Wyden Seeks 20-Year CBO Analysis Of Senate Bill's Medicaid Changes

June 26, 2017 at 3:32 PM
The Congressional Budget Office should estimate how many people would lose Medicaid coverage over 20 years of per-capita caps because Republicans are delaying the biggest cuts to Medicaid until near the end of the 10-year budget window to make the bill's impact on coverage appear smaller than they are, Senate Finance Committee ranking Democrat Ron Wyden (OR) said Monday (June 26). CBO ran a 20-year analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. CBO expects to release Monday evening...


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