Subject: A travesty of a health-care bill
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Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 05:03:19 -0400 (EDT)

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The Senate Health Bill Is a Travesty on a Fast Track

After weeks of secretive deliberations, Senate Republicans finally released the details of their health-care bill on Thursday. It didn't take long to realize why they'd kept so quiet. The plan would worsen health care for millions of Americans, the Bloomberg View editorial board notes, while Megan McArdle says it doesn't even fix the flaws of Obamacare, which it was ostensibly designed to replace. But despite widespread opposition (including from fellow Republicans) GOP lawmakers will almost certainly pass the unpopular bill. Francis Wilkinson explains why.

A Win for Immigrants, and a Win for Liars

It's a question for our time: What lies should cost immigrants their citizenship? The U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on Thursday, ruling that a person can lie repeatedly in immigration proceedings and still not lose her citizenship. In many ways it's a humane decision, but Noah Feldman warns that the court's sympathy for refugees comes at a cost.

A Hero of Watergate Has Some Advice For Trump

Remember Bill Ruckelshaus? He investigated Nixon and lived through the Saturday Night Massacre, so he knows the price of a coverup. Al Hunt speaks with the Watergate investigator about an earlier era of scandal's lessons for the current president.

Downtowns Reinvented Themselves. So Can Malls.

Malls are struggling as anchor tenants downsize or go bust, but what if you replaced those aging department stores with facilities that meet community needs: doctors' offices, day-care centers, offices, hotels and the like? Conor Sen argues that when big stores abandon malls, the future of the suburbs can begin.

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Ritholtz’s Reads

How to protect yourself from misleading investment claims (USA Today)

A Kansas investment firm spurring change on Wall Street (New York Times)

The woman who took a big swing at Uber, and did us all an even bigger favor (Recode)

(Read Barry Ritholtz’s full daily news roundup here.)

Bloomberg Gadfly

A bank payout bonanza is one step closer

Bailouts may blemish the Buffett brand

The Bank of England risks forgetting its history

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