Your CBO Cheat Sheet: 5 Takeaways From GOP Health Bill

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The Republicans in the U.S. House voted for a health care bill on May 4 to dismantle "Obamacare," before the Congressional Budget Office had a chance to release its analysis. Three weeks later, the CBO determined how much the new bill would cost and how many Americans would become uninsured. Illustration by Mark Fiore/KQED

By Carrie Feibel, KQED News Fix/The California Report
An estimated 23 million additional Americans will become uninsured over the next decade if the current version of the Republican health care bill goes into effect, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Wednesday.

This is only slightly lower than the 24 million predicted in March, before Republicans tweaked the bill to pull in critical votes from both moderate and hard-right Republicans. The bill passed the House on May 4.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/The California Report.

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