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| US health bill 'to leave 14m more uninsured' | US health bill 'to leave 14m more uninsured' |
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| An estimated 14 million more people would lose insurance coverage in 2018 under the new Republican healthcare plan, according to a budget analysis. | An estimated 14 million more people would lose insurance coverage in 2018 under the new Republican healthcare plan, according to a budget analysis. |
| The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan group of budget analysts and economists, released its assessment on the long-awaited Republican bill. | |
| It said the number of extra uninsured would jump to 24 million by 2026. | |
| The bill would also reduce the federal deficits by $337bn (£275bn) over the 10-year period, according to the CBO. | |
| Those savings could help House Republicans sell the legislation to some conservatives who remain sceptical about costs. | |
| President Donald Trump has backed the plan, which would replace the Affordable Care Act, but the new legislation has faced a backlash from Democrats and even some Republicans. | |
| Republicans have said the goal of the American Health Care Act is to lower costs and that coverage statistics are misleading due to the high out-of-pocket costs under President Barack Obama's signature health law. | |
| House Speaker Paul Ryan highlighted the CBO analysis' conclusions on deficit reduction and decreased premiums. | |
| "I recognise and appreciate concerns about making sure people have access to coverage," Mr Ryan said. | |
| "[O]ur plan is not about forcing people to buy expensive, one-size-fits-all coverage. It is about giving people more choices and better access to a plan they want and can afford." | |
| Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said the administration "strenuously disagreed" with the report's findings on the number of people who would lose coverage. | |
| "Right now, current law, we've got individuals who have health coverage but no healthcare," he said after the assessment was released. | |
| Mr Price contended the new plan would cover more individuals at a lower cost. | |
| Democrats jumped on the figures in the new assessment. | Democrats jumped on the figures in the new assessment. |
| California Representative Adam Schiff tweeted that the numbers in it were "appalling" while Virginia Representative Don Beyer called it a "disaster". | California Representative Adam Schiff tweeted that the numbers in it were "appalling" while Virginia Representative Don Beyer called it a "disaster". |
| "Now we know why @Speaker Ryan rushed to pass his repeal bill; CBO says it kicks 24 million off their healthcare in next 10 years. Appalling," Mr Schiff tweeted. | "Now we know why @Speaker Ryan rushed to pass his repeal bill; CBO says it kicks 24 million off their healthcare in next 10 years. Appalling," Mr Schiff tweeted. |
| The CBO, along with the Joint Committee on Taxation, also found that five million fewer people would be covered under Medicaid, which covers low-income people, by 2018. | |
| An estimated 14 million fewer people would enroll in the Medicaid programme by 2026. | |
| The report found that by 2026, an estimated 52 million people would be uninsured, compared with the 28 million who would not be covered that year under the current law. | |
| The nonpartisan estimate will probably be used by Republicans and Democrats in the debate over a finalised version of the legislation. | |
| "It's a big, fat, beautiful negotiation," Mr Trump said earlier on Monday at the first meeting of his cabinet at the White House. | |
| "Hopefully we'll come up with something that's going to be really terrific." |