Author: Stephanie Moffat

CBO: 4 Million Will Lose Employer Health Insurance Under GOP Plan GOP Health Bill Is So Awesome That Even 4 Million People With Employer Health Insurance Will Lose Coverage. A little-noticed aspect of the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Republican health care bill promises to be a major problem for people who get insurance through their employer. While most of the attention has been focused on the number of people who would lose coverage through Medicaid and the individual markets, the CBO found that the 4 million people who have employer-provided insurance in 2018 if the Republican bill...

Susan Collins Announces Opposition To GOP Health Bill Republican Senator Susan Collins announced Monday that she will be voting no on the Republican Obamacare repeal bill. Her announcement came via Twitter shortly after the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis finding that the bill would cause 22 million people to lose their health insurance. “I want to work w/ my GOP & Dem colleagues to fix the flaws in ACA. CBO analysis shows 1/3.” I want to work w/ my GOP & Dem colleagues to fix the flaws in ACA. CBO analysis shows Senate bill won't do it. I will...

John McCain Just Had The Perfect Response To The CBO Score News (Video) [Watch the video below] The Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the Republican health care bill finding that at least 22 million will lose their health insurance. While many have chimed in with their criticism, Senator John McCain may have just had the best response. When asked by a reporter what he thinks about 22 million people will lose their coverage, McCain sarcastically responded: “Well, obviously that’s not good news.” Watch the video here: McCain on CBO score saying 22 million more will be uninsured...

Nobel-Winning Economists Strongly Oppose Senate Healthcare Bill A Group Of Nobel Prizing Economists Just Destroyed The Republican Health Bill. A group of economists, which includes six Nobel Prize winners, wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to express their deep opposition towards the Senate Republicans health care bill. “At a time when economic change is making life more difficult for all but the relatively well-to-do, denying people to access health insurance is a giant step in the wrong direction,” the letter reads. “The goal should be to hold down health costs...

CBO: Republican Health Bill Would Cause 22 Million To Lose Insurance The Congressional Budget Office Just released its analysis of the Senate GOP plan – and as expected, it’s disastrous.  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the Senate Republican health bill on Monday and, as expected, the analysis shows millions will lose insurance under the GOP plan. According to the Congressional Budget Office, 22 million people would lose health insurance under the GOP plan. The analysis by CBO finds that 15 million would lose their insurance by next year, with the remainder losing their coverage over the next...