’51 Million People Under Age 65 Would Be Uninsured’ by 2026
The Congressional Budget Office has just released its long-awaited scoring of the TrumpCare, or Trump-Ryan health care bill that repeals and “replaces” ObamaCare. The American Health Care Act in its current form, which Republicans pushed through the House nearly three weeks ago without knowing its effects on the economy or the health care system, would be devastating.
In 2018, were the AHCA to become law, an additional 14 million more people would become uninsured than there are today. Those numbers grow dramatically larger.
An additional 19 million in 2020 would lose health care, and 23 million in 2026.
Here’s the key finding: “In 2026, an estimated 51 million people under age 65 would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law. Under the legislation, a few million of those people would use tax credits to purchase policies that would not cover major medical risks.”
And the bill would not have a dramatically positive impact on the deficit, reducing it by only $119 billion by 2026.
UPDATE I: 4:58 PM EDT –
This is huge. If you have a pre-existing condition, forget about buying comprehensive medical insurance on your own:
And if you state applies for a waiver, forget about it at all.Â
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