Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jan 2017
Health law’s repeal could raise costs and number of uninsured, new report says
17 January 2017 - Repealing major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, while leaving other parts in place, would cost 18 million people their insurance in the first year, a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday.
A repeal could increase the number of uninsured Americans by 32 million in 10 years, the report said, while causing individual insurance premiums to double over that time.
The budget office analysed the probable effects of a Republican bill repealing the law like the one approved in Congress, but vetoed early last year by President Obama.
