I drafted this piece on behalf of our organization for publication in newspapers around the country. Check out a version in today's Sacramento Bee . The shortest answer to their prompt is simply: Hell no. Con: Millions lose health insurance to pay for tax The Affordable Care Act (ACA, or “Obamacare”) extended health insurance to 20 million people while closing loopholes in existing insurance for everyone. The GOP proposal would take health insurance away from 24 million people —and likely millions more —and re-open those loopholes. While it is marketed as an ACA repeal, the GOP proposal actually goes far beyond the ACA, attacking long-standing programs like Medicaid and long-standing health providers like Planned Parenthood. The bill does all of this in order to give the 400 wealthiest households in America an average tax cut of $7 million each . Doctors groups like the American Medical Association, seniors groups like the AARP, patient groups like the American Cancer Soci