Proving once again that "America First" never meant "Americans First," we have a new metric showing that the people who favored Donald Trump are the biggest losers of his healthcare repeal.
Basically, the people who stand to lose more than $1,000 in tax credits with the new Trumpcare scheme also favored him by seven points, writes Nate Cohn. Generally speaking, the more money you stand to lose with Trumpcare, the more likely you were to vote for Trump.
The voters hit the hardest — eligible for at least $5,000 less in tax credits under the Republican plan — supported Mr. Trump by a margin of 59 percent to 36 percent.
The plan is especially disastrous for groups who typically face the highest health care costs: older and rural Americans. That's because the tax credits offered are flat across the board instead of varying based on a person's health insurance costs.
The Republican plan offers less assistance to older and lower-income Americans, especially in rural areas, according to the Kaiser data. These groups generally backed Mr. Trump. Most of all, President Trump’s white working-class supporters often make enough money to be ineligible for Medicaid, but not enough to afford costly health insurance that might even become more expensive under the Republican plan.
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