In 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under H.R. 1628 than under current law, according to an estimate published today by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, as passed by the House of Representatives.
CBO and JCT estimate that the increase in the number of uninsured people relative to the number projected under current law would reach 19 million in 2020 and 23 million in 2026. In 2026, an estimated 51 million people under age 65 would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law. Under the legislation, a few million of those people would use tax credits to purchase policies that would not cover major medical risks.
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