Senate GOP pressures budget refs for better score on ObamaCare replacement
Senate Republicans are working the referee as they try to salvage their shot at repealing and replacing ObamaCare.
They are specifically turning up the heat on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), hoping to get a more favorable analysis on the next version of their healthcare bill.
The CBO’s initial score of the GOP’s healthcare bill found that 22 million more people would be left without health insurance over the next decade compared to under present law.
It was a terrible number for GOP leaders, dealing a blow to their hopes of winning over centrist Republicans.
GOP senators wanted a better number than the House bill, which the CBO found would leave 23 million more people without insurance. What they got was a similar number, which underscored fears from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and others that the legislation would leave many vulnerable people without affordable health insurance.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/340375-senate-gop-pressures-budget-refs-for-better-obamacare-score
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