Who gets hurt worst by Trumpcare? Budget office report makes it clear: Trump voters
by Bob Cesca at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2017/05/25/congressional-budget-office-score-reveals-how-trump-voters-are-most-hurt-by-trumpcare/
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If the ACA is a disaster, according to Graham, then what the hell is Trumpcare? The apocalypse? Come to think of it — maybe. Indeed, for millions and millions of Americans, Trumpcare might actually end up being just that. More specifically, Graham’s Republican constituents who purchase their insurance as individuals rather than through an employer, a whole lot of whom voted for Trump last year, will be at severe risk for bankruptcy and premature death because of this toxic legislation that Trump and the GOP so cynically celebrated in the Rose Garden 20 days ago.
Making matters worse, the CBO also reported that insurance coverage for one-sixth of all Americans would “become unstable by 2020.” Again, going back to Graham’s tweet, Trumpcare, not the ACA (Obamacare), is the law that will destabilize health insurance for one-sixth of Americans. Based on the current population, that’ll be nearly 54 million Americans impacted by Trumpcare’s looming destabilization.
Of course, I don’t mean to pick on Graham exclusively. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who’s name ought to be inextricably linked to this version of Trumpcare, tweeted out his own whopper lie after the CBO report dropped on Wednesday. Ryan wrote: “VERIFIED: MacArthur Amendment strengthens AHCA, protects people with pre-existing conditions.”
Nice try, Mr. Speaker, but the all-caps “verified” text fails to whitewash the lies that followed. The MacArthur Amendment, which allows states (most likely red states) to opt out of covering pre-existing conditions and essential health benefits, would make Trumpcare slightly less objectionable, with one million fewer people losing coverage. But still, 23 million more people will lose health insurance under the new version, with the MacArthur Amendment in place, than if the ACA were to continue untouched.
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