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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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
