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Trumpcare solution

When discussion of rationing healthcare arose as the Affordable Care Act was debated, Republicans raised the scepter of “death panels.”

Now, with the Congressional Budget Office estimating that at least 22 million Americans will lose health insurance and perhaps as many as 200,000 will die prematurely under Trumpcare, what shall we call this Republican policy?

Martin Motes, Redland

This story was originally published June 28, 2017 at 8:32 PM with the headline "Trumpcare solution."

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