The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday evening will release a score of the “repeal and delay” bill that Republicans may consider on Obamacare, the agency announced in a blog post shortly after text of the bill was released.
A January score of the bill, formally known as the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017, projected that 32 million more people could be uninsured over a decade if the bill were to become law, 18 million of them in 2018. The bill would repeal Obamacare and delay the implementation for two years. It would undo the employer and individual mandates, Obamacare’s taxes, and the expansion of Medicaid to low-income people. It also would cut off family planning funds for a year from facilities that also provide abortions, such as Planned Parenthood, but does not change Obamacare’s regulations on insurers.
At least three Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, oppose that approach.
Republicans, in deciding how to proceed on healthcare, also are considering a bill that would immediately replace portions of Obamacare as they repeal it, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act. They have failed to reach an agreement on the details because of concerns about premium costs, Medicaid and projections that the bill would increase uninsurance rates.
