There's a concerted pushback among conservative commentators and healthcare experts trying to fight the most immediate and gut-wrenching fact of Trumpcare. Like this guy, a well-respected conservative healthcare analyst:
You see, talking about actual outcomes as they result to actual human beings, who we all thought were at the core of healthcare policy, is not being “thoughtful.” Well, sorry, Mr. Roy, but we're going to talk about it because it's real. People are going to die prematurely (and leaving mountains of debt for their loved ones) if Trumpcare becomes law. Here are the numbers as run by Vox: 208,500 deaths in the next decade.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that if the Senate Republicans’ health care bill becomes law, 14 million Americans will lose their health insurance in 2018, and, by 2026, 22 million would lose coverage.Drawing on that work, we estimate that if the Senate bill becomes law, 22,900 excess deaths will occur in 2020 — and the figure will grow over time. 26,500 extra deaths will take place in 2026. Over the next decade, we estimate that a total of 208,500 unnecessary deaths will occur if the law is passed (see Table 1).
We also calculate anticipated additional deaths, state by state, using state-level coverage losses for the year 2026 (see Table 2). The predicted excess deaths by state range from 30 in North Dakota to 2,992 in California in 2026 alone.
We delayed Trumpcare—for now. But the GOP leadership is hell-bent on denying health insurance, and is working hard to coerce Republican senators. We need three Republicans to stand firm. Call your senator at (202) 224-3121 and tell them “NO DEAL.” Then, tell us how it went.
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