Hastily passed House bill – which some members said they hadn’t read before voting on it – would improve on preceding version by a mere 1 million peopleThe hastily redrawn Republican contrivance to overtake Obamacare would leave an extra 23 million people without health insurance over the next decade,the first official independent analysis of the contrivance has found.
The health reforms, forced through the House earlier this month and exuberantly celebrated by Donald Trump and scores of Republicans in the White House rose garden, or would reduce the federal budget deficit by $119bn over the same period,according to an estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday. Related: These pre-existing conditions wouldn't be protected by new US healthcare bill Related: Republican voters criticize health bill amid fears over pre-existing conditions Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com