The Congressional Budget Office score of the American Health Care Act confirms what was clear the moment the bill came out of committee. The legislation that squeaked through the House of Representatives without members waiting for the CBO analysis would precipitate a vast increase in the nation’s uninsured, putting millions of Americans at risk of inadequate health care. We now simply have an educated forecast : 14 million Americans losing health coverage next year, 23 million by 2026.
Congress is attempting to turn back the clock on a strong bipartisan tradition of expanding access to health care over the past half century.
