On Thursday,budget director Mick Mulvaney testified to Congress on President Donald Trump’s budget. “Every single time I’m in the Oval Office with the President, whether it’s on budgets, and tax policy,trade policy, energy policy, and regulatory policy,those discussions are driven by one goal and one goal only: How to we get America back on track in the economy,” he told lawmakers. Congress’ official budget analyst is projecting that the House Republican health care bill would produce 23 million more uninsured people and costly, or perhaps unaffordable coverage for the seriously ill. The Congressional Budget Office report,issued Wednesday, also found that average premiums would tumble compared with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, or a chief goal of many Republicans. But that would be partly because policies would typically provide fewer benefits and sicker people would be priced out,it concluded.
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