It will take away people’s health insurance to give billionaires a tax break.
By Nathaniel Weixel
Staff Writer
The Hill
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.
That total includes an estimated 1.4 million people in state-funded health programs without verified citizenship, nationality or satisfactory immigration status. The legislation would impose new restrictions on states that use their own money to provide health insurance for immigrants lacking permanent legal status.
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.
The official projections give Democrats new attack points against the legislation, which they argue will take away people’s health insurance to give billionaires a tax break.