IMO, The GOP and DT45 have to pivot to "Single Payer" to keep hospitals open.

[Moostache]

7. Assumption #1 - GOP does NOT care how many die

Assumption #2 - see assumption #1.

They are not interested in the slightest bit at improving health care - unless it is in life expectancy elongation for billionaires and their egos. Anything that helps improve public health....like universal preventative care, universal access to essential care services, fitness and wellness campaigns and dietary improvement tips...those are anathema to the GOP.

They care about two things and two things only.

1) Will it get more money to their patrons and donors?
2) Will it make Liberals mad and in turn thrill the knuckle-dragging lowest-common-denominator of their "base"?

It is very much like the movie "Alien" (you know, the GOOD one that Ridley Scott made back in '79, not the shit he released in '17):

"Priority one: Insure return of organism for analysis.
All other considerations secondary.
Crew expendable."
—MOTHER's order directives in Alien

Translated into the Healthcare debate:

"Priority one: Insure tax cuts and repeal of Medicaid for donors.
All other considerations secondary.
Population expendable."
—GOP's order directives in 2017 Healthcare Debacle (can't be a "debate" with no hearings...)