Congressional Budget Office Releases Report on AHCA Effects

Premiums could fall for some, individual markets destabilized in some states

The House passed the AHCA without benefit of the CBO scoring. The revised Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will leave 23 million more people uninsured over the next decade than if the ACA were to remain in place. Read about challenges the CBO analysts faced in deriving their estimates in NPR

Read the view from Reuters

Republicans in Congress generally focus more on reducing health costs than on expanding coverage. Their proposals will inevitably cover fewer people than the Affordable Care Act, they say, because they will not compel people to buy insurance. Smaller deficits and more uninsured. Read Robert Pear’s perspective in The New York Times

Read the summary produced by the Congressional Budget Office

Read the CBO Cost Estimate for yourself