CBO Lowers Savings Projections For Individual Mandate Repeal

Updated Story The estimated savings associated with GOP proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate just went down by $78 billion : The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation now project $338 billion in savings over 10 years if Congress repeals the mandate starting in 2019, based on CBO’s updated baseline. The estimate includes 2018 in the budget window, even though it sets the repeal date for 2019. In December 2016, CBO had...