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Anger over proposed cuts was loud and sharp across the deep-blue Philadelphia region Thursday as Senate Republicans unveiled their health-care plan. New Jersey Hospital Association CEO Betsy Ryan denounced the proposal as having “callous disregard.” Across the river, 18 people lay on the sidewalk outside Republican Sen. Pat Toomey’s Philadelphia office — “Every one of you represents someone who is going to die if they pass this bill,” a speaker said — as hundreds rallied against the measure. (Sapatkin, 6/23)

A group of protesters marched into U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake's Phoenix office Friday morning and started shouting at staff members, demanding they call Flake and have him specify his position on the American Health Care Act and whether he's going to vote against it. ... More than half the protesters were escorted out of the building by two security guards about 15 minutes into the protest. (Na, 6/23)

The Interfaith Healthcare Coalition's letter, which has more than 340 signatures from faith leaders across Ohio, urged Portman "to protect Medicaid" and states that "access to affordable, quality healthcare should not and cannot be a privilege" .... Nearly 40 percent of all children in Ohio are on Medicaid; it also covers low-income children, seniors and people with disabilities, according to the letter. (Padilla, 6/23)