re: ahca -- i don't have the exact numbers for this argument, but:

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i would love to be able to say something like:

"the ahca will net a well-paid orthopedic surgeon making $500,000 per year about $20,000 in tax savings.

that's roughly one single penny for every 10 americans who will lose their insurance as a result of this disastrous plan.

no doctor with a conscience would want to destroy 10 american lives for the sake of a penny.

moreover, then 20 million people won't be able to afford the orthopedic surgery that pays that $500,000 salary in the first place...."