"We Are Committing Mass Suicide": Laurie Garrett on Danger of Overturning ACA During Pandemic
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5A6KB)
Today, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act, and millions of Americans could lose their healthcare in the middle of a pandemic. In a way, we're committing mass suicide," says science journalist Laurie Garrett, who says scrapping the landmark Obama-era healthcare law would leave people to potentially carry disease forward into the community, into their workplaces, and so on, without any treatment, any help, any assistance. That's just insane."