PNHP past president Dr. Adam Gaffney appeared on “Democracy Now” on June 30, 2025. He discussed the dire implications of the Republican budget bill making its way through Congress.
“Nearly 12 million people would lose health coverage,” he said. “We estimate [in a recently published Annals of Internal Medicine study] this translates to 1.9 million Americans losing their doctor, 1.3 million Americans going without needed medications, 1.2 million Americans being saddled with medical debt, and 380,000 women going without their needed mammograms.
Biggest of all, we estimate more than 16,500 deaths annually as a result of the coverage losses that would be inflicted by the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill Act.”