CBO analysis of House Republicans revised health-care bill shows just as many uninsured, less defic

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Source: Washington Post

Full title: CBO analysis of House Republicans revised health-care bill shows just as many uninsured, less deficit reduction

The score by the Congressional Budget Office projects federal deficits would be lowered by $150 billion over 10 years but still projects that 24 million more Americans would be uninsured by 2026 than under the Affordable Care Act. The analysis comes as House Republicans continue making changes to try to line up enough votes to pass the bill.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/23/cbo-analysis-of-house-republicans-revised-health-care-bill-shows-just-as-many-uninsured-less-deficit-reduction/

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Just breaking.

From CNN -

Congressional Budget Office releases report on AHCA

Amid congressional chaos unfolding over the health care vote, the Congressional Budget Office has released its report on the legislation.

The new estimate shows smaller savings over the next decade and estimates that "enacting H.R. 1628, with the proposed amendments, would reduce federal deficits by $150 billion over the 2017-2026 period," compared to its original deficit reduction of $337 billion.

According to the report: "CBO and JCT estimate that, in 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under the legislation than under current law. The increase in the number of uninsured people relative to the number under current law would reach 21 million in 2020 and 24 million in 2026."

Here's the report in full: bit.ly/2oanNhe

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1. CBO: 24 Million Still Lose Insurance Under Revised O'Care Repeal Bill

By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published MARCH 23, 2017, 5:22 PM EDT

Amid the chaos on Capitol Hill Thursday as GOP leaders failed to muster the votes for their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Congressional Budget Office released its assessment of the most recent revision of the bill. The CBO had little good news for Republicans: 24 million people would still lose insurance over 10 years under the revised legislation, and it would do far less than the original bill to reduce the federal deficit.

The original bill was slated to reduce the deficit by $337 billion over a decade, but amendments proposed to win over the votes of moderate Republicans nervous about the bill's impact on their lower-income and elderly constituents would cost the government an additional $186 billion.

Read the report here:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/new-cbo-score