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CBO Confirms It: Speaker Ryan & House Republicans Deal Americans' Health Coverage a Devastating Blow

March 14, 2017
Blog Post
Now we know why Speaker Ryan is rushing his legislation through the House.  A nonpartisan CBO report makes it clear to the American people: it's a disastrous bill that will claim lives, knock people off their health coverage leaving 24 million hard-working Americans uninsured, and force Americans to pay more for less – all while giving the richest people in the country a massive tax giveaway.

WHAT AMERICANS ARE READING:

Reuters– Republican Obamacare repeal would benefit wealthiest: study

CNN– If you're older and lower income, prepare to pay more under GOP health bill

VOX – Trump promised not to cut Medicaid. His health bill will cut $880 billion from it.

Chicago Tribune 24 million more would be uninsured by 2026 under Republican health care plan, CBO says

NPR– Surgeon On Health Care Bill: The Stakes Are 'Extremely High' For Patients

Las Vegas Review-Journal – GOP health care plan would cut funds for opioid and gambling addiction treatment

FiveThirtyEight – The GOP Health Plan Would Drop Coverage To Pre-Obamacare Levels, The CBO Says

Washington Post – "Congressional plan…would leave many women without services…"

MSNBC – "…it keeps those Medicare ‘cuts' Paul Ryan and others pretended to find outrageous."

Huffington PostDevastating CBO Report Exposes The Empty Promises Of Obamacare Repeal

Forbes– Keep Your Plan? Not Under Trumpcare, Says Devastating CBO Report

NBC– Trump's Backing a Healthcare Plan That Breaks His Promises

Business Insider Republicans will regret ignoring the Congressional Budget Office

Vanity Fair – The G.O.P.'s Great Health-Care Betrayal

HOW CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS ARE RESPONDING TO THE DISASTROUS GOP HEALTH CARE BILL:

Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) – "Quite frankly, right now it looks like (then-Democratic House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi was more efficient."

Rep. Rob Whitman (R-VA) – "This bill is not consistent with the repeal and replace...I must oppose it..."

Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) – CBO report "does little to alleviate" concerns...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) – "This bill doesn't bring down the cost of premiums…There's a reason every major conservative organization in the country is opposed to this legislation."

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) – The CBO score "is a cause for alarm.  It should prompt the house to slow down and reconsider..."

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) – "We need to do better. I want to see costs and premiums go down..."

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) – "I have some concerns with the bill..."

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) – "It's awful.  It has to be a concern..."

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) – "I'm very worried what the house bill would do..."

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) – "It is bad law & it can't pass."

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) – House leaders should "pause" and take seriously the CBO's projections on coverage and premiums…

EDITORIALS SLAM THE REPUBLICAN #PAYMOREFORLESS LEGISLATION:

New York Times: Trading Health Care for the Poor for Tax Cuts for the Rich

Chicago Tribune: A horrific CBO report paints the GOP's Obamacare repeal as a monstrosity placing 24 million at risk

Washington Post: The CBO report demolishes the GOP's edifice of deception

Penn Live: CBO report reveals the GOP'shealthcare cruelty

Bloomberg View: CBO Exposes Republican Penchant for Deceit

Sacramento Bee: Stop and think on health care, Republicans

Mass Live: Republican health-care plan on exceedingly rocky road

Aurora Sentinel: For the rich, Trumpcare is to die for; for older, poorer Americans, it's to die from

USA TODAY: CBO exposes Ryancare

Bristol Herald Courier: Republicans fall short on health care reform

Miami Herald: Republicans' healthcare plan is a classic case of class warfare

WHAT HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS ARE SAYING:

AARP – CBO finds people age 50-64 w/ modest incomes would be disproportionately hurt by this bill.

American Public Health Association – "This proposal is more of a health policy disaster than it appeared to be when unveiled last"

American Heart Association – "With the release of the nonpartisan CBO…[AHA] cannot support this…"

Association of American Medical Colleges – "The [CBO] analysis is in…This weakens…the health care safety net and the overall health of the nation.

American Medical Association – "the current proposal – as the CBO analysis shows – would result in the most vulnerable population losing their coverage."

American Optometric Association – "[CBO] confirms that the [AHCA] neither increases access to care nor addresses the foundational issues plaguing our health care system…[AOA] cannot support this legislation…"

American Hospital Association – "The CBO number reinforces our concerns…"

It took Republicans seven years to come up with their atrocious health care repeal bill – and it'll take even longer to alleviate the catastrophic harm Speaker Ryan and Republicans will do to the health coverage of millions if they don't pull this bill, as Leader Pelosi has called for.