Sunday morning's paper contained an AP article purporting to list winners and losers in the Republican tax plan. (The article, not on the morning paper's website, can be found at fox23.com -- Ultra-wealthy win in Senate tax bill, other face hikes.)
And it highlights a point made at this blog before: Lefties are masters of word manipulation.
Among the losers the article identifies were people they said would lose insurance coverage because the individual mandate would be repealed. All that means is that they have a choice. Democrats are proud to say they are "pro choice," and it's a darn shame that only applies to abortions.
Here's that particular offending paragraph in the part listing "Losers":
- An estimated 13 million Americans could lose health insurance coverage under the Senate bill, which would repeal the "Obamacare" requirement that everyone in the U.S. have health insurance. The projection comes from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Eliminating the fines is expected to mean fewer people would obtain federally subsidized health policies.
If people opt out of Obamacare coverage, they are not losers. They've merely opted not to use Obamacare and are freed from being punished with a tax for that decision.
P.S. There are other problems with the article. Read the whole thing if you can stand it.
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12:41 PM 11/19/2017
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