The increase in the number of uninsured people relative to the number under current law would reach 19 million in 2020 and 22 million in 2026.
The revised Senate Republican measure would reduce the federal deficit by $420 billion, up from $321 billion in the original bill, the CBO said.
The provisions in the latest version of the Senate bill are much like the version scored at the end of June: It would end the individual and employer mandates, it would roll back the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion and cut spending to that program by hundreds of millions of dollars, and roll back some taxes.
The Senate Republican bill would expand tax-free Health Savings Accounts and let individuals tap them to pay their premiums, but such accounts primarily are used by upper-income individuals.
One of those amendments is from Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
The amended version of the Republican healthcare plan would lower the U.S. federal budget deficit by $420 billion, but will result in 22 million people losing health insurance coverage in the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a report on Thursday.
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That's because it could lead to a bifurcated market, in which sick people gravitate to the more comprehensive plans and healthy people choose the skimpier coverage. The revised legislation and the CBO score reflect new funding that's been added to the bill but not a proposed amendment from Sen.
In a call on Thursday, CBO staff said they would evaluate the Cruz amendment, but had no information on when that estimate might be available.
The latest plan put forth by Republicans in the US Senate on health care reform would result in an increase in the number of uninsured people to 32 million by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
Trump's call for the Senate to keep working followed a decision by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to abandon a vote on legislation to repeal and replace the existing health care law and instead bring up a pure repeal bill. ". We've just got to have 50 votes to do it, that's the question".
But that legislation, the CBO said Thursday, would result in fewer Americans having access to health care.
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