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Watch Trumps Health Secretary dodge millions who will lose insurance under Trumpcare
[font size="3"]Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price was Sean Spicer's opening act at the first televised White House briefing in over a week, and he gave a stunning non-answer when asked if the Republicans' replacement plan would result in millions of people losing health insurance.[/font]
http://shareblue.com/watch-trumps-health-secretary-dodge-millions-who-will-lose-insurance-under-trumpcare/
REPORTER: Keeping in mind that the CBO score isnt in yet, [font size="+1"]can you guarantee that this plan will not have a markedly negative impact on the deficit, or result in millions of Americans losing health insurance?[/font]
PRICE: [font size="+1"]What I can say is that the goal and the desire, I know, of the individuals on the Hill, is to make certain that this does not increase the cost to the federal government.[/font]
Of course, the CBO has already stated that a repeal of Obamacare would result in 36 million more uninsured Americans by 2026, and Prices response indicates not only a refusal to guarantee that will not happen, but that preventing such an outcome is not even a goal. According to Standard & Poors, the GOP plan could result in 10 million fewer insured.
As to the cost, the CBO has also previously stated that repeal would blow a hole in the deficit, and the Republican plan does not address that at all.
The Republican plan may indeed be much shorter than the Affordable Care Act in actual pages, but that means it is shorter on substance, as well. And as Prices non-response makes clear, the GOPs plan will likely lead to millions of Americans losing their affordable health insurance.
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Watch Trumps Health Secretary dodge millions who will lose insurance under Trumpcare (Original Post)
Bill USA
Mar 2017
OP
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)1. It will cost the federal government money so he is lying but it is true
that they dont give a shit how many die.
In fact the more that die the better.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)2. yeah, that's the key to what savings they do achieve. Each dead patient doesn't require anymore
treatment. SAVING MONEY!