The stupidity of Trumpcare: Government will spend $34 billion more a year to cover 8.9 million fewer Americans

Those fiscal geniuses in the White House and Republican-controlled Congress have managed to do the impossible: Their sabotage of the Affordable Care Act will lead to 6.4 million fewer Americans with health insurance, while the federal bill for coverage rises by some $33 billion per year.

Also, by the way, premiums in the individual market will rise by an average of more than 18 percent.

These figures come from the Urban Institute, which on Monday released the first