Just ahead of the first presidential debate, the Commonwealth Fund has released new estimates that show GOP contender Mitt Romney's plan to repeal the health reform law would leave about 72 million Americans without health insurance coverage by 2022.
That compares with the roughly 27 million people estimated to be uninsured that same year if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is not overturned, according to the report, Health Care in the 2012 Presidential Election: How the Obama and Romney Plans Stack Up.
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