Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:If you dig deeper it's who won't be insured. It will be the elderly andQuote:vorticity wrote:Well, it looks like they won't be able to. The CBO numbers came out today, and it's a disaster for the Republicans -- their plan result in loss of insurance for 14 million Americans over the first year, with an additional 24 million losing coverage over the next decade, and another 14 million not enrolling in/qualifying for Medicare, for a total of 52 million additional uninsured by 2026. The repeal crowd are ducking and covering. The White House and the hardliners are predictably disputing the numbers, basically insisting that the only true part of the CBO analysis is that premiums are going to go down, but everything else is an outright lie.
I can't believe that the Republicans are going to ram this law down our throats without proper review!
At least one Democratic senator who was leaning toward repeal, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, is now firmly opposed to repeal because of the result.
CNN article here.
the poor. So if the white working poor (and soon to be elderly) who voted for Trump are going to
be hammered by this. Kinda sad to be screwed over by the people who you voted for, but them's the breaks.
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