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"There will be deaths": Atul Gawande on the GOP plan to replace Obamacare
“The bottom line,” Gawande told Vox, “is that if you’re passing a bill that cuts $1.2 trillion in taxes that have paid for health care coverage, there’s almost no way that does not end up terminating insurance for large numbers of people.”
He continued: “If you are doing that, then there’s clear evidence that you will be harming people. You will be hurting their access to care. You will be harming their health — their physical health and mental health. There will be deaths.
It also means the debate about the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, and whatever health law, if any, comes next, is really a debate about what we value as a society and whether we consider these costs worthwhile.
The GOP plan for Obamacare could kill more people each year than gun homicides
And 24,000 is still a large number. That’s more than the death tolls from firearm homicides, HIV, and skin cancer in the US each year.
Again, the Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests 24 million people will lose insurance under the GOP’s American Health Care Act, which is more than the 20 million these estimates are based on. The CBO estimates the plan will include particularly steep cuts to Medicaid, which covers the most vulnerable Americans, including pregnant women, the disabled, children, and the working poor. It’s their lives that are on the line now.
Koch chief says health care bill insufficiently conservative
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Koch political leader says GOP healthcare bill not conservative enough
The Billionaire Koch brothers feel the Senate Bill doesn't go far enough. They need more people dying to get a bigger tax cut.
“The bottom line,” Gawande told Vox, “is that if you’re passing a bill that cuts $1.2 trillion in taxes that have paid for health care coverage, there’s almost no way that does not end up terminating insurance for large numbers of people.”
He continued: “If you are doing that, then there’s clear evidence that you will be harming people. You will be hurting their access to care. You will be harming their health — their physical health and mental health. There will be deaths.
It also means the debate about the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, and whatever health law, if any, comes next, is really a debate about what we value as a society and whether we consider these costs worthwhile.
The GOP plan for Obamacare could kill more people each year than gun homicides
And 24,000 is still a large number. That’s more than the death tolls from firearm homicides, HIV, and skin cancer in the US each year.
Again, the Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests 24 million people will lose insurance under the GOP’s American Health Care Act, which is more than the 20 million these estimates are based on. The CBO estimates the plan will include particularly steep cuts to Medicaid, which covers the most vulnerable Americans, including pregnant women, the disabled, children, and the working poor. It’s their lives that are on the line now.
Koch chief says health care bill insufficiently conservative
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Koch political leader says GOP healthcare bill not conservative enough
The Billionaire Koch brothers feel the Senate Bill doesn't go far enough. They need more people dying to get a bigger tax cut.
