Three Talking Points for the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the new Disasterous Republican plan.

First Talking Point: 14 Million People lose coverage in the first year alone.

By next year 14 million people will lose their health care coverage. 24 million will lose coverage by 2026. [2]

14 million people! Let me put this number in perspective for you. 14 million people is about 60,000 people short of the entire population of the following 10 states: [4]

1. Kansas
2. Nebraska
3. West Virginia
4. Idaho
5. Maine
6. New Hampshire
7. Montana
8. Alaska
9. North Dakota
10. Wyoming  

Think about this... 14 million people losing heath care adds up to every person from all of these states losing their health care.

Now consider that real people in this population of 14 million are going to die because they do not have health care. This is a statistical inevitability! If only 1/10th of 1% die, not at all a far fetched number, that amounts to 14,000 of our friends and family.

And just like the days before the Affordable Care Act, once again many families will be bankrupted trying to save their loved ones because they cannot get and/or afford health care coverage.

Frankly, we could stop right here on this point alone. But we have two more important points to cover.

Second Talking Point: The CBO scored 337 billion in savings is actually a tax rebate that robs people that need health care the most and gives it back  predominantly to the top 1% income earners. [2]

There was no mandate for this!

Republican President Trump ran on...
“We’re going to have insurance for everybody”

“There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us.” People covered under the law “can expect to have great health care. It will be in a much simplified form. Much less expensive and much better.”
– From Washington Post interview with Donald Trump on 1/15/2017. [1]

And he said the same in an interview with 60 Minutes.




Third talking point: Premiums for the elderly and the poor will immediately skyrocket.

Here is just one example of what the disastrous Republican Health Care replacement plan would do to premiums on the poor and the elderly.

"A 64-year-old making $26,500 would pay $1,700 for coverage in 2026 under Obamacare, thanks to its subsidies. But under the GOP plan, his annual premium would be $14,600 since its tax credit would not offset as much of the cost."  [3]

The Republican plan charges a one size fits all pricing plan. How in the world can someone making $27,000 afford $14,500 for health care insurance premiums? THEY CAN'T. Taking away health care for 14 million of our fellow Americans and replacing it with something that is not affordable is a moral travesty. It is not what Republican President Trump got elected on. His message was to offer something a) more afforable than Obamacare; b) with better coverage than Obamacare; c) That covers more people than Obamacare.

Clearly, to even the most gullible person "Republicancare, Ryancare, Trumpcare" or whatever you want to call this plan does just the opposite.

Oh, and by the way here is a short but powerful list of who has come out against the disastrous Republican Health Care plan. [5]

• AARP
• AMA American Medical Association
• AHA American Hospital Association
• Most Governors (including Republicans) 

Sources:

1. Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan
2. Health Bill Would Add 24 Million Uninsured but Save $337 Billion, Report Says
3. If you're older and lower income, prepare to pay more under GOP health bill
4. US Population by State
5. Doctors, hospitals and insurers oppose Republican health plan