I don't think that's quite telling of the whole truth.
As I understand it...
There are already a lot of people who aren't purchasing health insurance, despite the ACA stating that they have to. They're taking the penalty instead because they don't qualify for assistance with the premium due to too high of an income but still feel that the high premiums are not affordable.
Then there are those whose incomes are low enough to qualify for assistance with the premium and have coverage as a result. If ACA is repealed, those are the ones who would lose access to coverage in the way that it is now, because they'd be back in a situation where they couldn't afford any coverage available to them. These are the ones she and others are referring to in addition to those who have pre-existing conditions who may lose coverage if ACA is repealed, so there is a truth to her claim.
Of course, that second group isn't really much better off with ACA because the plans that they can get with assistance also have such high deductibles that those throw many into financial chaos anyway. ACA is a dumpster fire bit of legislation. That much is painfully obvious. If anyone were speaking truth, they'd be saying that repealing and replacing ACA or leaving ACA as-is are both awful solutions and we need to go deeper into the root of the high cost of health care and figure out why the U.S. has significantly higher per-capita costs than other first world nations.
That just doesn't fit into a sound bite. And it requires effort & collaboration, something the petulant children in D.C. seem incapable of doing. You've got to give it to her -- she at least seems to have had experiences that would seem to lend themselves to more reason, leadership, and working with those she doesn't 100% agree with, and that should be breath of fresh air in the swamp.
Duffy wrote:
When this claim is made one these two things are true (and possibly both)...
1. The person saying it thinks you're stupid.
2. The person saying it is stupid.
It is estimated that 20 million people will
choose not to buy health
insurance if they were not
forced to purchase it.
From that we he the statement "republicans want to
take away healthCARE from 20 million people.
It is one of the most insidious and Orwellian type of lies I can think of.