Pelosi Statement on CBO Report on Consequences of ACA Repeal

"The CBO's nonpartisan report shows that Republicans' plan to repeal the Affordable Care will be nothing less than a nightmare for the American people.  If Republicans succeed in repealing the ACA, health care costs will explode, Americans in the individual market will see their premiums double by 2026, and the number of uninsured Americans will surge by 18 million in the first year alone and by 32 million by 2026.

"Republicans need to wake up to the brutal impact that repealing the ACA will have on the lives of their constituents.  Behind each of these statistics are stories of millions of Americans whose lives hang in the balance.  Republicans will have to decide whether they are really willing to hurt tens of millions of Americans, just to satisfy their blind ideological obsession with repealing the Affordable Care Act.

"While President-elect Trump promises ‘insurance for everybody,' Republicans are moving to destroy the health coverage of tens of millions of Americans and drive up costs for millions more.  The GOP plan isn't repeal and delay, or repeal and replace – it's cut and run.  Republicans cannot hide from the reality of their Make America Sick Again agenda."