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Trump administration disagrees with CBO report on health care
Fox News ^ | March 13, 2017 | Fox News

Posted on 03/13/2017 9:35:28 PM PDT by Innovative

The Trump administration on Monday lashed out at the Congressional Budget Office’s report that estimated that about 24 million more Americans in a few years would be uninsured under the new legislation.

The bill, called the American Health Care Act, would be “less generous” with new tax credits for those receiving subsidies under the current law and the plan would likely increase average premiums in the nongroup market until 2020.

Tom Price, the Health and Human Services secretary, downplayed the report and said, “we disagree strenuously with the report that was put out. It’s just not believable is what we would suggest.”

The CBO report, compiled along with staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, also determined that the Republicans’ American Health Care Act would save money for taxpayers. According to the study, it would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion from 2017 to 2026.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ahca; cbo; congress; healthcare; obamacare; tomprice; trump; trump45
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To: Artcore
Seriously, what the fu*k is happening to Trump?

The exact thing we Conservatives warned everyone about. And I do not believe we have seen nothing yet. Wait for soft immigration deals on 40 illegal grass crawling invaders.

What a shame, I was really happy thus far and was really getting my hopes up but THIS I cannot stomach.

41 posted on 03/14/2017 5:12:56 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: Paladin2
Impeach Roberts, the Traitor....

Impeach Roberts? Roberts did not write this bill and endorse it or is going to stump around the country for it. Is he?

42 posted on 03/14/2017 5:14:05 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
This bill does NOTHING about NO medical for illegals NOTHING we tax payers STILL give medical to people who are NOT citizens of this country!!! The American people are sick to death of this CRAP SANDWICH!!!

Elections have consequences

43 posted on 03/14/2017 5:16:01 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: Innovative

“It is not the government’s responsibility to provide health insurance to people.”

EXACTLY. Also, when has the CBO ever been right???


44 posted on 03/14/2017 5:53:21 AM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Exactly.


45 posted on 03/14/2017 5:59:07 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: eartick

Paul Ryan has got to go!


46 posted on 03/14/2017 6:01:05 AM PDT by 38special (For real, y'all.)
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To: edie1960; Trump Girl Kit Cat

I would venture to guess that the MAJORITY of Dems who voted for Trump, actually work (or did work, and are now retired) for a living.

And, that the majority of the welfare/0Care dependent Dems did not.


47 posted on 03/14/2017 6:01:39 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Innovative
Also from the article: “According to the CBO, the projected loss in insurance coverage is related mostly to a provision repealing penalties associated with the ACA’s requirement to buy insurance. ”

That's not what the CBO report says:

"CBO and JCT estimate that, in 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under the legislation than under current law. Most of that increase would stem from repealing the penalties associated with the individual mandate. Some of those people would choose not to have insurance because they chose to be covered by insurance under current law only to avoid paying the penalties, and some people would forgo insurance in response to higher premiums.

Later, following additional changes to subsidies for insurance purchased in the nongroup market and to the Medicaid program, the increase in the number of uninsured people relative to the number under current law would rise to 21 million in 2020 and then to 24 million in 2026. The reductions in insurance coverage between 2018 and 2026 would stem in large part from changes in Medicaid enrollment—because some states would discontinue their expansion of eligibility, some states that would have expanded eligibility in the future would choose not to do so, and per-enrollee spending in the program would be capped. In 2026, an estimated 52 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law."

48 posted on 03/14/2017 6:05:29 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: edie1960

You’re not wrong about the facts, but unfortunately that thinking leaves us stuck in RINO policy land and still slouching toward European-style socialist failure/bankruptcy.

The path we’re on is unsustainable. If we’re not able/willing to reform, what’s the point of all this?


49 posted on 03/14/2017 6:12:23 AM PDT by quesney
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To: Innovative

If Trump approves this, I will not vote for him in 2020.


50 posted on 03/14/2017 6:29:07 AM PDT by JenB987 (#NeverHillary)
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To: eartick

It’s an old charge that has significant effects that linger on.


51 posted on 03/14/2017 6:30:33 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: edie1960

If a family runs into financial trouble, the wise choice is to cut back on a luxury (entitlement). If families do it to survive so the hell should our government. That’s the problem; if the government acted like families we would have a GREAT country.


52 posted on 03/14/2017 6:39:54 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke)
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To: sagar

You are so right! Families have to cut out what teenagers consider entitlements when we hit hard times. Parents have an obligation to ensure our families survive. Our representatives are the parents here and if they can’t do their jobs, they deserve a divorce.

We conservatives sent them there to do that very thing and they are not willing to do it the right way. No more need be said except that I am very disappointed in Trump on this issue.


53 posted on 03/14/2017 6:47:15 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke)
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To: Kickass Conservative

The Uninsured they are talking about are the People that opt out of buying Health insurance because the Government “Mandate”, the Penalty that Chief Justice John Roberts turned into a Tax, is abolished.

Those people aren’t kicked off their Health Insurance, they CHOOSE not to purchase it.>>> some but alot are pre-existing. a lot of people went to the doctor after getting insured. if you are laid off you have no insurance. you have to enter the individual market. make all insurance individual.


54 posted on 03/14/2017 6:50:16 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (all your base are belong to us)
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To: sagar

On Fox & Friends this morning.
Someone making 26,000 a yr,
if they are
21 yrs old - premium goes down
40 yrs old - premium goes up
64 yrs old - premium under ObamaCare is $1,700, will now be $15,000

50 to 64 yrs old will be the most affected by RyanCare.

The admin official did not dispute the numbers. He said it will go down eventually.


55 posted on 03/14/2017 6:54:00 AM PDT by FR_addict (Ryan needs to go!)
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To: Innovative

That’s the sentence ignored so newspapers can have a screaming headline to put down Trump.


56 posted on 03/14/2017 7:56:29 AM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian)
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To: Artcore; eartick

He is doing exactly what he promised. People were too blinded by hope to pay attention.

He said clearly he wanted people insured and that he wouldn’t let people die in the street. He even made some reference to government paying for part of it.

He was incredibly vague on his replace plan, only talking about crossing state lines.

He IS doing what he said. On everything, so far.

I’m happy with his illegal alien plan and his economic plan, so I voted for hum. but I wasn’t in denial about how he would handle health insurance.


57 posted on 03/14/2017 9:01:19 AM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian)
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To: eartick

I agree, the savings of $33 million a year is a joke. We are in debt $20 trillion!


58 posted on 03/14/2017 9:04:17 AM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

“This bill does NOTHING about NO medical for illegals NOTHING we tax payers STILL give medical to people who are NOT citizens of this country!!! The American people are sick to death of this CRAP SANDWICH!!!”

I couldn’t agree more. ERs in Mexifornia are so full of illegals getting free care that Americans are charged a fortune AND have to wait for hours to see anybody.

This won’t change a thing.

We can only hope Trump really does deport (including those that self-deport) most of them.


59 posted on 03/14/2017 9:07:32 AM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you, Julian)
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To: Innovative

Wow, took less than 2 months for Trump to sell out.


60 posted on 03/14/2017 9:47:11 AM PDT by Shadow44
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