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Repealing Obamacare will kill more than 43,000 people a year June 26, 2017 11:50 am RL

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-obamacare-repeal-lose-health-insurance-deaths-20170123-story.html

The story is in the data: The biggest and most definitive study of what happens to death rates when Medicaid coverage is expanded, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that for every 455 people who gained coverage across several states, one life was saved per year. Applying that figure to even a conservative estimate of 20 million losing coverage in the event of an ACA repeal yields an estimate of 43,956 deaths annually.

  • New name: "SwampCare" by podrock 2017-06-26 17:52:19
    • or "Don'tCare" by podrock 2017-06-26 17:53:07
    • Well, the CBO just released the good news... by Robert 2017-06-26 13:43:40
      • The american people don't want this, Trump's base doesn't want this- but the billionaires do... by RL 2017-06-26 14:28:31
        • Soylent 2.0: A Modest Proposal by Robert 2017-06-26 15:17:08
      • From 2009- The republicans want to kill tens of thousands a year to fund tax cuts for the wealthy by RL 2017-06-26 11:53:51
        • We can always send them to the ER. by hank 2017-06-26 13:22:44
          • LOL, TB never changes does he... by RL 2017-06-26 14:10:04

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