The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has scored Paul Ryan’s 53-page American Health Care Act, and found it would save $337 billion over 10 years by denying health insurance to 24 million Americans. 14 million would lose coverage in the first year and insurance rates would rise 15-20% in 2018-2019. The AHCA celebrates all this by giving billions in tax breaks to the rich.
The biggest losers with the GOP health care bill? Americans who voted for Trump.
More:
“Health Bill Would Add 24 Million Uninsured but Save $337 Billion, Report Says,” Thomas Kaplan and Robert Pear, New York Times.
“The CBO’s nonpartisan report on the Republican ACA replacement plan, explained in 6 charts: It’s an attack on the poor.” Alvin Chang, Vox
Update:
Turns out that White House analysts are even more pessimistic than the CBO, and think 26 million people would lose coverage.
“White House analysis of Obamacare repeal sees even deeper insurance losses than CBO,” Paul Demko, Politico
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