Aurora Sentinel editorial: Trumpcare 1.2 — the political cure for Obamacare is toxic medicine for America
Republican victory speeches after a barely successful health care vote in the House this week were grandiose, but what President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders said was actually delusional, deceptive or outright lies.
Like most of America, we were desperately hoping Congress would offer something that did what Obamacare isn’t doing: making health care accessible and affordable. Trumpcare does neither. It makes the problem much worse and more dangerous.
Republicans do not have a good answer to America’s health-care crisis. Trumpcare version 1.2 — the American Health Care Act — is undoubtedly worse for all Americans than the seriously flawed Obamacare. For those who are older than 50 or have pre-existing conditions — such as surviving breast cancer or who’ve been diagnosed with depression, diabetes, asthma, menstrual problems, obesity or sleep apnea — Trumpcare is a financial and medical calamity. For millions of Americans not extremely poor or extremely rich, it could be a virtual death sentence.
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