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SunSeeker

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10. What this means is people will DIE because they can't afford health insurance.

Wed Oct 1, 2025, 03:49 PM

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Before the ACA, 45,000 Americans died every year because they didn't have health insurance. They didn't go to their annual exams, cancers were not caught early when it was treatable, blood pressure medication was not prescribed to prevent strokes, people did not get flu/pneumonia shots and died of pneumonia, and people died of numerous other preventable deaths, because they could not access a simple family doctor. They would end up in an ER after it was too late.

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ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire [View all] douglas9 Wednesday OP

they want us to be sick and deeply in debt... RT Atlanta Wednesday #1

Who used to post right here on DU! Rhiannon12866 Thursday #11

And TheFarseer Wednesday #2

You're not required by law to have coverage. subterranean Wednesday #6

My mistake TheFarseer Wednesday #8

Why was there an expiration date written into the legislation when it was passed? MichMan Wednesday #3

+1 leftstreet Wednesday #9

Republicans want Americans to suffer, go bankrupt and die dalton99a Wednesday #4

An expiration date on any legislation like that is a built in weapon to be used Autumn Wednesday #5

We had the chance in 2021 superpatriotman Wednesday #7

What this means is people will DIE because they can't afford health insurance. SunSeeker Wednesday #10