CBO: 24 Million More Uninsured By 2026 Under GOP Health Care Bill
ByTIERNEY SNEEDPublishedMARCH 13, 2017, 4:13 PM EDT
Twenty-four million people would lose their insurance over the next 10 years under Republican legislation being pushed to repeal Obamacare, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday.
"In 2026, an estimated 52 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law," the CBO said.
Many of the provisions in the Republican bill, the American Health Care Act, would not take effect until 2020. But according to Monday's CBO score, its effects on coverage would be felt almost immediately. The agency projected that in 2018, just in time for mid-term elections, 14 million more people would be uninsured than under current law, if the GOP bill was implemented. The difference would grow to 21 million in 2020, which is when the Republicans' massive overhaul of Medicaid would kick in, and then to 24 million in 2026.
The release of CBO's findings was a much-anticipated moment in the debate over whether and how lawmakers dismantle the Affordable Care Act. The Republican bill was already facing resistance by the GOP's far-right wing in the House, and the CBO's coverage numbers were being watched closed by Republicans in Senate, who have signaled they would prefer a more moderate approach to replacing Obamacare.
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