The New York Times’ lead headline Thursday was outright, deceptive fearmongering: “Why 1.5 Million New Yorkers Could Lose Health Insurance Under Trump Bill.”
Yet the story was little more than a rewrite of Democratic campaign releases.
For starters, many of its figures come from health-care bosses and state officials ever eager to maximize their take in federal dollars — and with a keen interest in overestimating the damage.
These sources, and the Times itself, won’t talk much about the obscene amounts (tens of billions) that New York spends on government-subsidized health care — or how much of that bill Washington winds up footing.
Let alone note that many who lose coverage under this law can — and surely will — find other plans to cover their health care, whether public or private.
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Nor are they eager to