Any predictions on what CBO will say about latest healthcare plan?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Think future uninsured will go down from 20 some odd million - only because of Cruz piece that's in brackets (not sure if they are serious yet) - which offers no frills "skinny" plans. Skinny plans strip essential coverage and raise premiums on other plans. GOP will not tell you this - so Dems need to shout it on every network.

Think the resulting related deficit reduction will be more too - since they added back in the 3.8 tax on investment income and .9 payroll tax

All that said, everything should be compared to ACA. In 2008, 18% of the population were uninsured. Today, 11.3% uninsured. 2025/6 estimate 9% - or $28 mm

The last GOP version had $51 mil uninsured by 2025/2026

Note: This is all from a Health Care amateur perspective - Just wanted to get big picture view. Medicare cuts another subject way over my head at this point.

[MFM008]

1. It's going to say

Someone's going to lose healthcare.
Oh and destroy Medicaid....

[Hoyt]

2. It will kill/harm slightly less people than previous GOPer plans.

[mythology]

4. I disagree. I think the CBO will account for people buying the Cruz plans

Who will have crappy insurance that will find out their coverage doesn't cover enough either through benefits like ER visits and annual/lifetime caps.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Exactly. So, suppose CBO doesn't account for "quality" of product. GOP probably figured

that out - they thought about how the CBO analyzes and how they could trick out

[Ms. Toad]

10. Agreed - and not only that,

but the price of the ACA-compliant plans will skyrocket because of the temporarily healthy people jumping to the Cruz plans, leaving the ACA-compliant plans for people with extraordinarly health care costs.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. My prediction as well

but even 1 million people would be too many for me.

[onecaliberal]

3. They're still cutting Medicaid which with still throw millions off healthcare.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. But - will the CBO include the affects of Medicaid cuts? on coverage in total? Guess if you help

pay for your plan by cutting costs (cutting Medicaid) then you should consider the output - coverage - But I thought the medicaid cuts wouldn't go in until 2025 (end of CBO study)? perhaps I read that wrong.

If that's the case - this just a disguise for "entitlement" cuts. If the end date of analysis is 2025 - why even add in the Medicaid piece

[onecaliberal]

11. Everyone knows now it's full of shit. No color of lipstick is going to make it more popular

[WinkyDink]

5. Fake numbers! Bad math!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Ha. If it is better hope every single interviewer asks that. Why was CBO bogus before and not now