The CBO Score Complicates the Senate’s Ability to Pass a Modified House AHCA Bill

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) score of the American Health Care Act further confirms what we already know: the AHCA is a terrible bill for consumers, especially kids, older adults, people with disabilities and low- and middle-income families. According to the CBO’s analysis, 14 million people would lose their health care coverage in 2018 – increasing to 23 million by 2026, all to finance tax cuts for the wealthy. The $834 billion in cuts to Medicaid would destroy state budgets, force states to lower payments to physicians, and make cuts to care, education, transportation, and efforts to address the opioid epidemic. These findings are likely to complicate Republicans’ push to pass a companion bill in the Senate.