Nearly 11 million people would lose health insurance under the House Republican tax bill, mostly due to cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO’s latest report estimates that 10.9 million people would be uninsured over the next decade if the spending package, which includes much of President Trump’s legislative agenda, were enacted. According to the analysis, about 7.8 million would lose Medicaid coverage under strict work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks, and millions more would lose coverage through changes to the ACA exchanges.
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Source: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5332414-congressional-budget-office-estimate-health-insurance-losses-gop-megabill/