The Senate’s Health-Care Bill Is Still Unaffordable for Poor People
“First, some good news: Twenty-two million more uninsured people over the next decade is at least slightly better than 23 million. The rest of the numbers from the Congressional Budget Office aren’t so rosy for a plan Republicans hoped would score much better on coverage than its House-made predecessor. On Monday, the agency released its evaluation of the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate’s take on an Obamacare replacement plan. Perhaps to Republicans’ chagrin, the CBO didn’t find much difference between the Senate’s draft and the American Health Care Act passed by the House in May.”