EDITORIAL: GOP attack on Californians’ health is most brutal yet
That's saying something. The last Republican attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act inspired this editorial headline: "
It is an attack on Californians and low- and middle-income citizens across the nation.
In the
And it would drive up the cost of insurance premiums by at least 10 percent per year, a consequence of having fewer healthy people in the insurance market pool.
The proposed tax cuts will blow a
To balance the budget in March, part of the
These cuts are double the amounts
"It would be catastrophic in the extreme," said
Literally. When people lose access to insurance and can't afford routine preventive care as the wealthy can, they end up sicker, receive poorer treatment and often die prematurely.
House Speaker
The
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