UPDATING: CBO Says Senate Health Care Bill Will Force 22 Million More Americans Off Coverage Plans
TrumpCare or McConnellCare? By Any Name the Legislation Will Literally Kill People
The Congressional Budget Office has just released its scoring of the Senate health care plan. It’s bad news for Americans. An additional 22 million people would lose coverage by 2026. That’s 22 million more people than those who do not have coverage today.
The House plan would kick 23 million people off plans by 2026, so the new plan Republicans and the President have been claiming is even better is actually far worse.
President Trump had told Senate Republicans he wanted a plan with more “heart.” It clearly has even less.
BREAKING: Congressional Budget Office sees 22 million more uninsured by 2026 under Senate health bill in latest hurdle for GOP.
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 26, 2017
Regardless of the score, Senate Republican leadership as early as an hour ago vowed to hold a vote on the bill before the July 4 recess, presumably so they don’t have to face constituents who think they can change their votes.
Some responses to the CBO’s report:
Per CBO, 4 million people would lose *employer-provided* coverage next year under BCRA.
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) June 26, 2017
WOW. CBO: Premiums for a 64-year old with middle income go from $6,800 under ACA to $20,500 under BCRA âš ï¸ pic.twitter.com/iBm6eBbpw7
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) June 26, 2017
The tax cut for someone making $1 million a year is almost exactly the same as the net premium increase for an older worker making $57K. pic.twitter.com/8wePoJJks7
— Jason Furman (@jasonfurman) June 26, 2017
CBO says 15M fewer people would be covered in 2018 *and* premiums would go up 20% more than they already would. Just in time for midterms… pic.twitter.com/Yk3xdgg5XV
— Matt O’Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) June 26, 2017
The Senate bill in basically one chart: https://t.co/6qQyWPYOo3 pic.twitter.com/ObhFnfyt9m
— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) June 26, 2017
Pretty striking graph from WaPo: pic.twitter.com/Yt58pMJp8H
— Robert Faturechi (@RobertFaturechi) June 26, 2017
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