The Congressional Budgeting Office released their estimate for the repeal and DELAY bill in the Senate.
It’s no bueno, people.
CBO SCORE – BY THE NUMBERS:
17 million more uninsured by 2018
27 million by 2020
32 million by 2026— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 19, 2017
Just in: CBO score says #Obamacare repeal bill would increase number of uninsured by 32 million by 2026
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 19, 2017
Now that includes people who are forced to have insurance and don’t want it. AND the plan is to have a replacement done within the next two years before repeal actually happens. So that’s not as bad, but it will surely be tossed in every American’s face by the media.
Then there’s this:
MORE: CBO estimates average premiums for individual policies would increase by 25% in 2018 and by 50% in 2020 if Obamacare were repealed. pic.twitter.com/qsDxtqf1ll
— ABC News (@ABC) July 19, 2017
MORE: CBO estimates an Obamacare repeal would decrease deficits by $473 billion over the 2017-2026 period. https://t.co/8UupHPDBNs pic.twitter.com/10KAmSpWaD
— ABC News (@ABC) July 19, 2017
Well… Trump already said he doesn’t care about the deficit, so….