The CBO has released it’s scoring of the Senate healthcare bill and here’s the lowdown:
Breaking: 22 million Americans would lose insurance by 2026 under Senate health bill compared to current law: Congressional Budget Office pic.twitter.com/nt6fmoVJM1
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 26, 2017
Breaking: CBO – Bill would lower premiums, cut $321 billion from federal district. Senate Health Plan raises uninsured by 22 million in 2026 pic.twitter.com/E2hpFgbZrU
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) June 26, 2017
CBO finds that by 2026, 22 million fewer people would have health insurance (House bill estimate was 23 million)
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 26, 2017
The Senate bill reduces spending by $1.022 trillion and reduces tax revenues by $701 billion in 2017-2026
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 26, 2017
The largest savings is in Medicaid, where the growth in Medicaid spending would be 26% below ACA levels by 2026
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) June 26, 2017
CBO Says Senate GOP Obamacare Repeal will Increase Medicaid Spending by $71 billion. Obamacare calls for a $231 billion spending hike. pic.twitter.com/oYKjPl9d0x
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) June 26, 2017
David Limbaugh weighs in on this, calling the statistics meaningless:
CBO says w/ Sen. bill 22M will lose insurance by 2026. This is what I mean. This is a meaningless statistic out of context.
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) June 26, 2017
Just bc more people are so-called “insured” does not mean they are paying less for health care & certainly doesn’t mean better quality care
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) June 26, 2017
Are those being compelled to have insurance worse off by not having it? What’s the point of this scoring other than Dem propaganda?
— David Limbaugh (@DavidLimbaugh) June 26, 2017
Good point. Just because people are insured doesn’t mean it isn’t costing a fortune or that they have good coverage.
Heck many people don’t even want to pay for healthcare, especially when they’re young, so why should they have to do so?
Can you imagine how the CBO would score a completely free market healthcare bill?
330 MILLION PEOPLE WILL LOSE HEALTH INSURANCE! HEALTH INSURANCE-MAGEDDON!