GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump clearly belongs in the camp of those who believe not every American should have access to affordable health insurance.
Having unveiled his alternative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Trump must now sit back and watch while the experts analyze it. An early read by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a bipartisan nonprofit policy organization, says Trump’s plan would both strip 21 million currently insured folks of their health coverage, and add to the deficit.
The group said its analysis indicates Trump’s strategy would “significantly reduce coverage” by creating a system in which coverage became available for 1.1 million Americans, but would not be there for the 21 million who would be directly affected by his repeal of the PPACA.
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