Health Researchers: Graham-Cassidy BILL Would Increase Deaths by 41,600 Annually
Physicians and public health researchers Drs.
Since the
"The Graham-Cassidy bill--what we're calling 'The Undertaker Full Employment Act'--would cut health coverage by 14 million Americans in 2020, rising to at least 32 million in 2027," said
Drs. Woolhandler and Himmelstein studied CBO projections of previous
From there, the researchers projected the number of associated deaths based on their recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, "The Relationship of
"We became doctors to save lives," said
The Graham-Cassidy bill eliminates insurance subsidies provided through the Affordable Care Act to about 8 million Americans, and makes substantial cuts to state Medicaid programs that today insure more than 70 million Americans. The bill also allows insurers to charge more for patients with pre-existing conditions who would likely be priced out of the insurance market altogether.
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