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217,000 Americans will die in the next decade if the GOP death care bill passes. -MSNBC (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 OP
Worth repeating...it will kill more Americans than "killed in war since Tanuki Jun 2017 #1
The death figure doesn't take into account... Eyeball_Kid Jun 2017 #2
+1 treestar Jun 2017 #9
There will also be an increas in drug addiction and suicides. world wide wally Jun 2017 #3
The GOP doesn't care. Dulcinea Jun 2017 #4
You are correct. They see all these dead as Takers. kairos12 Jun 2017 #5
and they will be murdering these people slowly and methodically. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #6
Wonder what the break down is between Buckeyeblue Jun 2017 #7
And many more bankrupted. Dem pundits forget to mention the financial wiggs Jun 2017 #8
Is that number from rusty fender Jun 2017 #10
Where did MSNBC get those figures? The ACA has only virgogal Jun 2017 #11

Tanuki

(14,919 posts)
1. Worth repeating...it will kill more Americans than "killed in war since
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 09:16 AM
Jun 2017

World War II." Kill this bill before it kills you!

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
2. The death figure doesn't take into account...
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 09:25 AM
Jun 2017

the immeasurable amount of suffering that these and others will have to endure, and of the suffering others will have to endure as they watch their loved ones deteriorate without proper medical care.

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)
3. There will also be an increas in drug addiction and suicides.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 09:38 AM
Jun 2017

My new meme is "show our billionaires some love...some tough love. Just say no"

Dulcinea

(6,645 posts)
4. The GOP doesn't care.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 10:30 AM
Jun 2017

I mean, why should they have to pay for all these poor, sick, aging freeloaders?? (sarcasm, of course)

"What does that get us? A discontented, lazy rabble instead of a thrifty working class." --Mr. Potter , "It's A Wonderful Life."

Solly Mack

(90,773 posts)
6. and they will be murdering these people slowly and methodically.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 11:28 AM
Jun 2017

And with malice.

You don't propose a law which feeds the already too full by taking away from the starving without feelings of malice toward the hungry.

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
7. Wonder what the break down is between
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 11:35 AM
Jun 2017

Trump voter vs. HRC voter.

I still say the irony of this law is that it will hurt low info R voters the hardest.

wiggs

(7,814 posts)
8. And many more bankrupted. Dem pundits forget to mention the financial
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 11:51 AM
Jun 2017

costs to millions of under- and uninsured...hard working people who lose life savings, homes, family members' savings, etc. A main discussion point in 2009.

 

virgogal

(10,178 posts)
11. Where did MSNBC get those figures? The ACA has only
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 01:20 PM
Jun 2017

been around for 6 years and people weren't dropping like flies before the ACA passed.

Facts to back up that ridiculous MSNBC statement would help.

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