CBO: Revisions To GOP Health Care Bill Reduce Savings By $186 Billion

By Michelle M. Stein / March 23, 2017 at 8:47 PM
The Congressional Budget Office says changes to tax and Medicaid provisions in the revised American Health Care Act would bring savings from the original bill down from $337 billion over 10 years to $150 billion over that same time frame, with effects on health insurance coverage and premiums similar to those of the initial bill. Key Democrats slammed the latest score, though they also noted it did not take into account removing essential health benefits in the private insurance market...


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