23 Million More Uninsured: Read The CBO’s Report On The GOP Health Care Bill

The CBO had scored an ear­li­er ver­sion of the Republican bill back in March. At the time, it pro­ject­ed that 24 mil­lion peo­ple would lose health insur­ance thanks to the bill. But the hard right of the Republican cau­cus reject­ed that iter­a­tion of the bill. House lead­er­ship had to include a new amend­ment that offered states the option to rip away Obamacare’s core con­sumer pro­tec­tions. The cur­rent bill would allow insur­ance com­pa­nies to side­step Obamacare’s ban on charg­ing extra for peo­ple with pre­ex­ist­ing conditions.

But once Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R‑Wis.) got the votes he need­ed, he did­n’t want to waste any time or let an eco­nom­ic analy­sis muck up his vote. Breaking with norms, Ryan and the Republican lead­er­ship rushed through the new ver­sion of their health care bill before the CBO had time to run the num­bers. The bill nar­row­ly passed the House in a 217 – 213 vote, with no sup­port from Democrats. Three weeks lat­er, the CBO’s num­bers are final­ly out.

This is a break­ing news sto­ry that will be updat­ed. :http://​www​.moth​er​jones​.com/​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​/​2​0​1​7​/​0​5​/​c​b​o​-​r​e​p​u​b​l​i​c​a​n​-​h​e​a​l​t​h​-​b​i​l​l​-​o​b​a​m​a​c​a​r​e​-​r​e​p​e​a​l​-​p​r​e​e​x​i​s​t​i​n​g​-​c​o​n​d​i​t​i​ons

One thought on “23 Million More Uninsured: Read The CBO’s Report On The GOP Health Care Bill

  1. Now we see what ‘suc­cess’ means to the GOP. 23 mil­lion more peo­ple with­out health insur­ance, unaf­ford­able pre­mi­ums for peo­ple with pre­ex­ist­ing con­di­tions, all to save 2% of the mil­i­tary bud­get over 10 years. Seriously? The GOP would rather gut our health­care than pony up $10B/​year in med­ical costs? That’s insan­i­ty. Tell you what, cut 5% of the insane mil­i­tary bud­get and give us sin­gle payer!

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