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specialk on 30 June 2017
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Raistline said:

This just in, 21.98 million of the people that do not find value in health insurance will no longer be forced to pay for health insurance.

In other, completely related, news, 20,000 people who want to be insured would be uninsured if this new health care act goes through because they cannot afford insurance.

In other, also related new, 22 million people will no longer be insured if the health care act goes through and much of the tax increases in the ACA will be removed.

Funny how a headline and selective data can change a story drastically. This is why you should never take a single news source at face value and try to read from multiple sources to get the real story. The "news" today is really only headlines and fluff. My numbers above are pure fluff

 

*Edit* I am posting this not in favor of Trumpcare, Obamacare, or any political party. This is just an observation that this and most news stories like it are severely biased and politically charged and so cannot be trusted.

This claim didn't hold water when Paul Ryan tried it, and it doesn't hold water now.

Per the CBO analysis of the Senate Bill:

"Enrollment in Medicaid would be lower throughout the coming decade, with 15 million fewer Medicaid enrollees by 2026 than projected under current law in CBO’s March 2016 baseline"

Over two-thirds of the 22 million that the CBO projects would lose out on insurance, would lose out through Medicaid. Medicaid is a hell of a deal and it would be a pretty big stretch to say that those losing out on Medicaid eligibility "don't find value" in it. 

As for the other 7 million, perhaps they would theoretically be making a value calculation, but remember that the bill would dramatically change that equation. 

Under the BCRA, subsidies would change. Currently, they are based on a benchmark plan with 70% actuarial value. The new benchmark would be a plan with 58% actuarial value. So while some of those 7 million may lose coverage because they "don't value" it, part of the reason why they may not value it has to do with this proposed bill lowering the value of the coverage available to them.