CBO: President’s 2019 Budget Would Reduce Federal Health Care Spending By 1.3 Trillion

The president’s 2019 Budget would reduce federal spending for health care by $1.3 trillion, or 8 percent, through 2028, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concluded in a newly issued report . Most of the savings, $954 billion between 2019 and 2028, result from President Donald Trump’s proposal to phase out major provisions of the Affordable Care Act by replacing federal subsidies with block grants to states. This proposal in Trump’s budget attempts to mimic the failed health reform plan put...