Washington Post, Natasha Sarin, on very likely deaths due to this BB bill if it passes & is enacted: To take the most conservative of … three research teams work suggests this uptick in the uninsured population will translate to about 100,000 more avoidable deaths over the next decade. - ThreadSky

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carl231.bsky.social • 15 days ago

Washington Post, Natasha Sarin, on very likely deaths due to this BB bill if it passes & is enacted:

To take the most conservative of … three research teams work suggests this uptick in the uninsured population will translate to about 100,000 more avoidable deaths over the next decade.

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carl231.bsky.social•15 days ago

(That number is well over 140,000 if we include the impact of [other] expiring credits.)

… there is no way to cut the data to reach any conclusion other than the following: People will die prematurely if this bill becomes law.

carl231.bsky.social•15 days ago

It is … remarkable that the Republican Party has made its … legislative mission passing a bill that simultaneously manages to increase deficits by trillions over the next decade & takes away health coverage from millions of Americans, resulting in earlier deaths for tens of thousands of them.

carl231.bsky.social•15 days ago

It is hard to articulate a comprehensible justification for ballooning the federal debt in service of saving fewer lives.
The American people should stand aggressively against legislation that will make our finances less healthy and our population less healthy.

carl231.bsky.social•15 days ago

It’s true that, as economist John Maynard Keynes famously stated, in the long run, we’re all dead. But there is no reason to spend trillions of dollars making the long run closer to today.

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