American Holocaust in health care

In 2009, the Harvard Medical School estimated that 45,000 Americans die prematurely every year due to a lack of adequate healthcare. This is the primary reason that rich people now live significantly longer than poor people in our country.

Obamacare was making a significant reduction in that number but is now going to be repealed.

The lawmakers responsible should be charged with manslaughter. If this is allowed to happen, history will refer to it as the American Holocaust - 450,000 people every decade and 4.5 million for the 21st century. Free healthcare insurance could be provided to every American by taxing capital gains at the same percentage rates as earned income. It is as simple as that.

This story was originally published May 11, 2017 at 4:23 PM with the headline "American Holocaust in health care."