Repealing the Affordable Care Act will kill more than 43,000 people annually

[Rev. Rye]

This is like arguing that the number of vehicles totaled would suddenly spike if we revoked everyone's auto insurance.

Yeah, the thing is auto insurance and health insurance are actually very different because of one thing: auto accidents happen in one go (Hell, they usually go from fine to totalled in less than a second), but health issues tend to linger for a longer time.

Health Insurance, in the case of many illnesses, can mean the difference between life, death, and spending the rest of your life in debt because someone had to pay for their cancer treatment; fans of Breaking Bad may notice that this last fact is why Walt turned to meth cooking after he was diagnosed with cancer. Americans may notice that the only thing unusual about that case is that Walt actually found a way to potentially pay for this treatment to prolong his life. In a real-world case, a young mother without health insurance is currently being forced to choose between a surgery to save her from being paralysed and ending up in crippling debt. In another case, a woman died of asthma; GODDAM ASTHMA, that she couldn't afford to treat. That said, the ACA doesn't cover everyone, but it does/did at least cover some people who didn't have healthcare before. I'm not sure of the exact number who'd die, but I can guarantee that there will be deaths that could have been prevented if that's gone and Trump doesn't put anything in its place.

Meanwhile, the universe does not give a shit whether you have the best auto insurance or no auto insurance whatsoever, the rain raineth on the just and unjust alike, and compared to examples like I gave above, could it do anything comparable?  Unless you decide to destroy your car for the insurance money, there is no cause and effect-relationship whatsoever with car wrecks and car insurance. It could either pay for repairs or pay part of the cost for a new car, as I know from personal experience.