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[NEWS] Republican Obamacare replacement to leave 52 million uninsured
Jairo:
--- Quote from: sources ---http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39261503
https://apnews.com/8a85adb3cdee47bc85eead093d9d526c
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/obamacare-revision-would-reduce-insured-numbers-by-24-million/2017/03/13/ea4c860a-0829-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_cbo-430pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.8a5c35629c0d
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-Annoying Orange-obamacare-replacement-14m-more-americans-without-insurance-a7628311.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/us/politics/affordable-care-act-health-congressional-budget-office.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/24-million-more-uninsured-under-gop-obamacare-replacement_us_58c6ebb2e4b0598c6698b098?dw8jqotcy8z4obt9&
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the unveiling of the republican american health care act has been met with less than enthusiastic reviews: it's slated to leave more than 14 million uninsured by 2018 and 24 million by 2026.
coupled with repealing obamacare medicaid measures, an additional 5 million low-income people could be dropped by 2018 with an exponential increase as premiums rise and subsidies decrease for a whopping grand total of 52 million uninsured by 2026.
these numbers make the last leg of the obamacare repeal exceptionally tough as the replacement looks less and less possible to implement
PhantOS:
well, this is what they wanted
Master Matthew²:
Well, if people can't go out and get health insurance/ find jobs with health insurance plans, then it's not the government's job to force it down people's throats.
PhantOS:
--- Quote from: Master Matthew² on March 13, 2017, 05:34:06 PM ---Well, if people can't go out and get health insurance/ find jobs with health insurance plans, then it's not the government's job to force it down people's throats.
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you know, even with a job that gets you health insurance, you still end up paying around 20-30% of the cost. the smaller the business, the more you have to pay for health insurance.
all in all this boils down to "stop being poor"
IkeTheGeneric:
--- Quote from: Master Matthew² on March 13, 2017, 05:34:06 PM ---it's not the government's job to force it down people's throats.
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It is, however, their job to gracefully wean people off of the ACA if they want to repeal it. Really no reason to try and push it so fast considering how many people still depend on it.