The effects of a repeal of ACA

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Here we have yet another effect, tearing up communities.

In the early 1990s, one of Florida's most populous counties had a problem. So many uninsured residents were using the public hospital that it was costing the county more and more money. But unlike other communities suffering the same fate, Hillsborough County had a unique solution. Local leaders were able to pass a half-cent sales tax increase to give health care services to about 30,000 uninsured residents. And 25 years later, the program is still going strong.

So health care advocates tried to bring this policy to other communities. But they kept running into similar problems: People with insurance didn't see it as priority to use public funds to create a safety net for their less privileged neighbors.

So when Republicans talk about repealing Obamacare, they promise to replace it with something better — and much of the talk is about individual health, even though every plan they've pitched so far would insure fewer people and shift the burden disproportionately to the poor, sick, and nonwhite. In fact, studies show a straight repeal would cause between 24,000 and 44,000 deaths a year.

Research shows that high rates of uninsurance tears at the fabric of a neighborhood. It makes the uninsured feel dehumanized; it makes residents feel like their neighbors are less trustworthy and benevolent. Instead of blurring the differences between people we see on a daily basis, it brightens them. And some research even suggests that as we're exposed to these signs of impoverished people in our communities, we become less willing to help them. We become less generous.

How repealing Obamacare could splinter neighborhoods - Vox

The article is full of disturbing research findings corroborating this view..