Selective math clouds AHCA debate

RE: AHCA: The American Health Carnage Act (Daniel E. Klein, May 28)

It would appear the fundamental premise of Klein’s op-ed is that the mere purchase of medical insurance somehow miraculously reduces the risk of death by 1 out of 830 people. First, simply purchasing medical insurance does not alter one’s death risk one iota nor does access to excellent health care that medical insurance might make available unless there is generally an alteration in living a healthier lifestyle. Although I haven’t run any statistical tests, I doubt if 1 death out of 830 people is statistically significant from 0.

I find it interesting to note that much ado is made of the possible 23 million (people) who could lose medical insurance under AHCA but nothing is said of how many people have already lost coverage under Obamacare due to Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna and Humana, etc., pulling out of the exchanges after losing millions of dollars since Obamacare was forced on the American public. Or are additional deaths after losing coverage under Obamacare irrelevant or not as important as deaths under AHCA as claimed?

Appears to be just more inane drivel. LANCE BOLLINGER Albuquerque