Since the CBO determined that certain health measures would reduce the budget deficit, isn’t reconciliation justified in that case?
No it is NOT a budget bill. It is a new entitlement bill.
No, because measures in a health bill are not budgetary items... period. This is particularly true when the health bill extends to Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance companies, hospitals, state and federal legislatures, and the like.
You smell like you live under a bridge...
No. Almost everything can be said to affect the budget. Reconciliation is limited to adjusting rates and budgets on existing taxes and programs (except Social Security). It cannot properly used to create NEW programs. Google “the Byrd Rule.”