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Obamacare revision would reduce insured numbers by 24 million

The Washington Post: House Republicans’ proposal to revise the Affordable Care Act would lower the number of Americans with health insurance by 24 million by 2026 while reducing the federal deficit by $337 billion over 10 years, congressional budget analysts said Monday. The report from the Congressional Budget Office underscores the dramatic loss in health insurance coverage that would take place if the GOP health-care plan is enacted, potentially contradicting President Trump’s vow that the plan would provide “insurance for everybody” and could threaten support from moderate Republican lawmakers. Proponents of the plan, led by House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), have argued the total number of people covered is the wrong way to measure the law’s impact.

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