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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 05:40 PM Mar 2017

Fewer Would Be Insured With GOP Plan Than With Repeal

https://politicalwire.com/2017/03/21/fewer-insured-gop-plan-simple-repeal/

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“The CBO recently said that around 24 million fewer Americans would have health insurance in 2026 under the Republican repeal plan than if the current law stayed in place,” the New York Times reports.

“That loss was bigger than most experts anticipated… But one piece of context has gone little noticed: The Republican bill would actually result in more people being uninsured than if Obamacare were simply repealed. Getting rid of the major coverage provisions and regulations of Obamacare would cost 23 million Americans their health insurance, according to another recent C.B.O. report. In other words, 1 million more Americans would have health insurance with a clean repeal than with the Republican replacement plan, according to C.B.O. estimates.”

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