Among people aged 50-64, CBO projects 30% of those with incomes below
200% of poverty will be uninsured in 2026. Under current law, CBO projects the uninsured rate would only be 12
percent. Being uninsured is not about ``freedom.''
Speaker Ryan has argued that people will happily forgo insurance
coverage because this bill gives them that ``freedom.''
The argument makes as much sense as the foolish claim that slaves
came to America as ``immigrants'' seeking a better life. The freedom to be uninsured is no freedom at all to people in their
50s and 60s with modest incomes who simply cannot afford to pay
thousands of dollars toward premiums. They do not really have a choice.
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