In the hour it was reported with smothering ubiquity that the GOP’s Obamacare replacement would cause 24 million individuals to “lose” insurance, the debate about government health care policy was given a bucket of buffalo wings, a wet nap, and a day off. It was about to get sloppy and awfully lazy.

“24 million people losing insurance is roughly equivalent to the population of” 15 particular states, Rachel Maddow tweeted, not one of them with more than five electoral votes, but, when listed vertically, appeared ominous. Almost 50,000 users have hit the retweet button.

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