USA TODAY : reported that Trumpcare could leave 23 million without health insurance

USA TODAYUse it before you possibly lose it: The House bill passed this month to repeal and replace Obamacare would leave 23 million people without health insurance by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office found in an analysis released Wednesday. The CBO's take on TrumpcareThe GOP's health bill would also increase premiums by 20% next year and 5% in 2019, the CBO found. Pope Francis with President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner in Vatican City on May 24, 2017. The budget would also eliminate key NASA programs, increase the TSA's airline ticket fees and expand the definition of "sanctuary city." In all, the bill as approved would decrease the deficit by $119 billion, about $32 billion shy of the last version of the bill.

CBO: 23 million more would be without health insurance over next decade under House-passed bill

"Today's devastating CBO score hammers home Trumpcare's dire consequences for working families and seniors across the country," she said. It also says that for states that don't obtain waivers, average premiums would be "about 4 percent lower in 2026 than under current law." There were reports last week that the House might have to vote again on a health care bill if the CBO projection found that the bill wouldn't save at least $2 billion. "This CBO report again confirms that the American Health Care Act achieves our mission: lowering premiums and lowering the deficit. This estimate of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) projects that 1 million fewer people would lose their health insurance over that period than had been previously estimated when the CBO scored earlier versions of the bill.

23 million fewer Americans would have health insurance under House bill

Congressional estimates show that the tax cuts in the House Republicans' health care package have shrunk by $69 billion. Wednesday's projections will serve as starting points for Senate Republicans writing their own health care bill. It's been eagerly awaited but shows little change on insurance coverage compared with the earlier version of the health bill, which collapsed. The Congressional Budget Office says an estimated 51 million people under age 65 would be uninsured in 2026 under the latest version of the House Republican health care bill. The report says that is partly because insurance on average would cover less of people's health care costs.


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