24 Million More Would Be Uninsured Under GOP Replacement Plan By 2026
The highly anticipated Congressional Budget Office analysis of the American Health Care Act projects grim coverage numbers for the Republicans' bill.
The New York Times:
Health Bill Would Add 24 Million Uninsured But Save $337 Billion, Report Says
The House Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of people without health insurance by 24 million by 2026, while slicing $337 billion off federal budget deficits over that time, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday. (Kaplan and Pear, 3/13)
In other national health care news —
Politico:
GOP Scrambles After Scorching Health Bill Appraisal
House Republican leaders plunged into damage control mode Monday after a brutal budgetary assessment of their Obamacare replacement threatened to upend Senate GOP support and armed their critics on the left. Speaker Paul Ryan’s team quickly pinpointed rosier elements of the report by the Congressional Budget Office, from cost savings to lower premiums. (Cheney, Everett and Pradhan, 3/13)
The Associated Press:
Critics Of GOP Health Bill Get Ammunition From Budget Score
Critics of GOP health care legislation got fresh ammunition from a report that estimates the bill would increase the ranks of the uninsured by 14 million people next year alone, and 24 million over a decade. (Werner, 3/14)
Politico:
White House Analysis Of Obamacare Repeal Sees Even Deeper Insurance Losses Than CBO
The House bill was already under attack from both very conservative members who wanted it to go further, as well as moderates worried about coverage erosion particularly in Medicaid. The CBO number made the task of passing it even more challenging. (Demko, 3/13)
The Associated Press:
Trump: GOP Bill Will Push Insurance Costs 'Down, Down, Down'
President Donald Trump sought to highlight complaints about the Obama health care law Monday, including a gripe of his own, that the law is "a disaster" but that the media makes it look "wonderful." (3/13)
The Washington Post:
The GOP’s Dramatic Change In Strategy To Pass Its Health-Care Law
To get the Affordable Care Act passed, Democrats used a big-tent approach, convening health-care groups that did not normally talk to one another while cutting deals and strong-arming key industry players to build broad support for the plan. First, the drug companies got on board. Then came the hospitals and the doctors. (Johnson, 3/13)
The New York Times:
Health Policy Expert Is Confirmed As Medicare And Medicaid Administrator
The Senate on Monday confirmed Seema Verma, a health policy expert from Indiana, to lead efforts by the Trump administration to transform Medicaid and upend the Affordable Care Act. (Pear, 3/13)