Source: American Academy of Family Physicians Washington, DC, Office
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an estimate of the effects on revenue and coverage of the American Health Care Act (HR 1628) as passed by the House of Representatives.
The CBO analysis was produced jointly with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) and projects that enacting the final House bill would reduce the cumulative federal deficit over the next ten years by $119 billion. The CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that, in 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under HR 1628 than under current law. Nineteen million more would be uninsured in 2020 and 23 million in 2026. Senate staff is expected to begin drafting a Senate bill over the Memorial Day recess.