As Uninsured Rate Sinks to Record Low, CBO Says GOP Bill Will Raise the Deficit & Increase Uninsured Rate

Gallup released key information earlier today regarding the Affordable Care Act: it's working and the uninsured rate has now sunk to a record low, 12.9 percent!

CNBC: Obamacare effect: Uninsured rate hits record low

Washington Post's Morning Plum: As GOP continues denouncing Obamacare as failure, uninsured rate falls yet again

MSNBC: Obamacare pushes uninsured rate to new lows

The Hill: Poll: Uninsured rate drops under ObamaCare

Chicago Sun Times: DATA: Uninsured rate sinking under Obamacare

Vox: One big way Obamacare is working, in one graph

Washington Examiner: Uninsured rate in U.S. drops to 12.9 percent

POLITICO: Gallup: Uninsured rate plunges to new low

This great news, however, is at risk after CBO and Vox described the latest Republican destructive, ACA repeal bill pushed by Speaker Boehner, Chairman Ryan and House Republicans as:

• reducing "the number of people receiving employment-based coverage—by about 1 million people";
• …raising the nation's deficit by $53.2 billion;
• …increasing the number of uninsured – leaving many more Americans without quality, affordable coverage;
• …altering ACA "to only require employers to cover people who work 40 hours each week…"