(CNN) As House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the Republican health care bill from voting, I could almost hear the giant sigh of relief from Atlanta and across the nation's health care establishment. The GOP leadership touted the AHCA as "health freedom," liberating average Americans from the chains of federal mandates and control. How the GOP angered constituenciesJUST WATCHED Trump and Ryan pull GOP health bill Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Trump and Ryan pull GOP health bill 02:36Perhaps the coup de grace came with Vice President Mike Pence's tweet of a White House meeting with members of Congress, discussing cuts in women's health and maternity coverage to reduce the overall cost of the AHCA. Whether from drugs, accidents or any other cause, premature death rates are worst in rural America , where health care is least accessible. That translates to a little more than 640,000 people , and makes health care the primary cause of pre-ACA American financial catastrophe.

Source: CNN March 26, 2017 00:33 UTC