GOP has to be careful when they repeal Obamacare

Published January 23, 2017 7:17pm ET



The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently warned Republicans that repealing some, but not all, of Obamacare could throw the health insurance market into turmoil.

The CBO estimates in a new report that if Congress and President Trump repeal Obamacare’s tax and spending provisions, but leave its insurance regulations in place, 18 million people would lose their insurance. Furthermore, premiums would spike 25 percent in just the first year.

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