Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
CBO Score Of Revised GOP Health Bill: Over Next Decade, 23M Would Be Left Uninsured, Deficit Reduced By $119B
The Washington Post: Uninsured Ranks Still To Grow By Tens Of Millions Under Latest House Health-Care Bill, CBO Says
Congressional analysts concluded that one change to the House bill aimed at lowering premiums, by allowing states to opt out of some current insurance requirements, would encourage some employers to maintain coverage for their workers and get younger, healthier people to buy plans on their own. But those gains would be largely offset by consumers with preexisting conditions, who would face higher premiums than they do now. “Their premiums would continue to increase rapidly,” the report found. (Eilperin and Snell, 5/24)
NPR: GOP Health Plan Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured, Budget Office Says
The bill will now move on to the Senate, and should it pass that chamber, it will not look like this current AHCA version. (Kurtzleben, 5/24)
Los Angeles Times: GOP Health Bill Would Raise Deductibles, Lessen Coverage And Leave 23 Million More Uninsured, Analysis Finds
The House bill would be particularly harmful to older, sicker residents of states that waive key consumer protections in the current law, including the ban on insurers charging sick consumers more. The budget office estimates that about one-sixth of the U.S. population live in states that would seek such waivers, which would be allowed under the House bill. “Over time, it would become more difficult for less healthy people (including people with preexisting medical conditions) in those states to purchase insurance,” the report notes. (Levey, 5/24)
