Posted on 01/23/2017 2:36:51 PM PST by tcrlaf
Now that President Donald Trump is in the Oval Office, thousands of American lives that were previously protected by provisions of the Affordable Care Act are in danger. For more than 30 years, we have studied how death rates are affected by changes in health-care coverage, and we're convinced that an ACA repeal could cause tens of thousands of deaths annually.
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Good. These folks worship Darwin. Reap it!
Hey why not 43 million, it will have the same truth.
Without anything to reference to give context, that number doesnt mean anything.
I mean if we keep it and 82,000 are killed because we kept it,.....
...but BarkyCare is okay to kill babies before they are born...
Sorry, but not buying it, oh math illiterate journalism major.
And your source is even more so for more reasons than possible to explain.
Leftards live for hyperbole.
Where did they get that number and what are the statistical control factors?
Sounds like somebody done pull a number right outta dey fanny, again.
. . . not to mention our poor Veterans!
Obamacare has killed over 43,000 people per year by denying treatments or the doctor you had.
Will they be forced to move to Chicago?
Re-electing Obama cost many times that b.s. number. Bad economy, drug epidemic, gangs and illegals running amok.
Still and all, IF it's ILLEGALS and DEMS swho die...I say HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORAY!
This is classic alternate fact -or- fake news.
How do they know when the replacement of Obamacare is not even published yet?
Liberals have no shame in stating lies.
Given that Obamacare probably will kill 500,000 this year, by repealing it we will only be killing 43,000 will be a huge improvement.
And denying treatments to our Vets!
If your life is dependent on a government hand-out, you are doing it wrong.
Just another variation on the headline “Trump takes office; Women and Children Hardest Hit”
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