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So here are some just awesome numbers from a study by the Urban Institute on a repeal of Obamacare -- (edited)

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Dec 7 '16, 07:14

additional tweets on it:

82% of those who would lose ACA coverage are in working families -- ya know, the people Trump/GOP now claim to represent.

22.5M will lose coverage as direct result of Obamacare repeal

7.3M will lose coverage b/c of near collapse of indiv market following repeal

Repealing ACA will double the number of uninsured children in America.

GOP will vote to take coverage away from *4 million* children

Grain of salt: They are a very liberal think tank (twitter.com)

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I was just discussing this with my co-worker that does the health insurance in our agency here - he thinks it will more likely be a name change with - JenBro Dec 7, 07:22
Why, it's almost as if the Affordable Healthcare Act did a lot of good things. -- nm - David Dec 7, 07:21 15
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  - But the part that's crazy to me is when have insurance rates not gone up? They were rising at a crazy rate before the ACA. The increases have been - pmb Dec 7, 07:43 1
    - baby boomers, as a generation, are spoiled. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 7, 07:46
  - actually - rates for group plans (at least in our State) have seen lower rate increases this past year - even though some people changed from the - JenBro Dec 7, 07:35 2
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      - #lemmings - still though - I'm hoping enough people have friends who finally got covered so that they think of something besides just their cost - JenBro Dec 7, 07:42
- There is still a way to screw it up worse. - Will Hunting Dec 7, 07:25 7
  - Insurance markets would collapse. -- nm - ty97 Dec 7, 07:32
  - Is anyone really following the mandate, though? the only people paying the penalty are those who do so on the honor system. - Inigo Dec 7, 07:28 4
    - don't you have to provide proof of insurance with your taxes now -- (edited) - decline Dec 7, 07:30 3
      - I think you just check a box. I don't know if they check. -- nm - university of amanda jones Dec 7, 07:34 2
        
        there is a form you turn in with your taxes - *shrug* - our company mails ours out - Epiphany Dec 7, 07:40 1
        
        here there is a box on the W2 form where the amount gets filled in - but I think it's because we have the premiums paid pre-tax - JenBro Dec 7, 07:43
  - if they did your IM it would probably result in a bailout of the insurance companies -- nm - decline Dec 7, 07:26
- This is what drives me *mad*. If you poll people who want to repeal Obamacare on the specifics of it - ty97 Dec 7, 07:22
Most Republicans I have heard from - Strongbad Dec 7, 07:16 2
- I tend to think repeal without replacement would be politically damaging. -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 7, 07:20 1
  - I agree that the vote to repeal and check that box to meet a campaign pledge -- (edited) - Strongbad Dec 7, 07:25

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