Harvard economist David Cutler and health economist Emily Gee at the Center for American Progress have estimated the 10-year reductions in medical coverage under the Republican health-care plan for each congressional district in the U.S. (story)
Their estimates “come from combining the CBO’s projected national net effects on coverage with state and local data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the American Community Survey from the U.S. Census, and administrative data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS” and are based on the bill before some last minute tweaks made this week by the GOP leadership.
Follow the link above to get to the full .xls file. Here are the bottom lines for Illinois:
District / Congressman / total coverage loss (non elderly)
1st / Bobby Rush-D / 46,400
2nd / Robin Kellly-D / 48,000
3rd / Dan Lipinski-D / 44,100
4th / Luis Guttierez- D / 58,400
5th / Mike Quigley-D / 39,100
6th / Peter Roskam-R / 34,000
7th / Danny Davis-D / 51,500
8th / Raja Krishnamoorthi-D / 43,100
9th / Jan Schakowsky-D / 48,300
10th / Brad Schneider-D 37,800
11th / Bill Foster-D / 43,100
12th / Mike Bost-R / 41,100
13th / Rodney Davis-R / 39,300
14th / Randy Hultgren-R / 37,500
15th / John Shimkus-R / 39,500
16th / Adam Kinzinger-R / 37,800
17th / Cheri Bustos-D / 43,700
18th / Darin LaHood-R / 34,700
That’s 263,900 constituents in Republican districts.
Eric Zorn is a Chicago Tribune columnist.
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