15,000 Americans Died Because Red State Republicans Refused To Expand Medicaid

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BY JASON EASLEY at Politicus USA

15,000 Americans Died Because Red State Republicans Refused To Expand Medicaid

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/07/22/15000-americans-died-because-red-state-republicans-refused-to-expand-medicaid.html

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New research revealed that 15,000 Americans who live in Republican-controlled states died between 2014 and 2017 because GOP lawmakers refused to expand Medicaid.

Economist Sarah Miller tweeted her National Bureau of Economic Research working paper:

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The Red State Republican Decision Not To Expand Medicaid Killed Americans

Healthcare is a matter of life and death. Democrats bicker about how to get to universal coverage for every American, but Democrats, Republicans, and Independents all agree that no one should die from a lack of healthcare. Fifty-four percent of Republicans, 68% of Independents, and 82% of Democrats support mandating that insurance companies cover people with preexisting conditions according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll. A majority of Republicans and Independents all support prohibiting insurance companies from charging sick people more than healthy people. The main provisions of the Affordable Care Act are popular across party lines.

When red-state Republicans made the political decision not to accept free federal money to expand Medicaid, tens of thousands in their states died from a lack of health insurance.


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[Guilded Lilly]

1. The deaths are on their hands. Not that they really give a damn.