$5B Of Half Trillion In Savings Remains In H.R. 3 After Benefits Added

By John Wilkerson / December 10, 2019 at 6:22 PM
Updated Story All but $5 billion from the half a trillion dollars in overall savings from House Democrats’ drug pricing bill would be absorbed by new Medicare benefits for seniors and other investments, according to the final budget-impact projection by the Congressional Budget Office. CBO released its score while the House Rules Committee prepared H.R. 3 for a floor vote. Democrats last week released top-line estimates of the bill’s savings , but that did not include the...


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