Moderate GOP senators bemoan ‘awful’ CBO report

Published March 13, 2017 11:28pm ET



Moderate Republican senators aired concerns Monday after the Congressional Budget Office report predicted that 14 million Americans would lose their health insurance after one year under the House GOP healthcare plan and 24 million over 10 years amid continued questions that the legislation will survive.

Not long after the report was announced, multiple moderate-leaning Republicans told reporters that they are concerned with the House bill amid the new predictions from the non-partisan CBO, which have immediately come under fire from House Republicans who support the legislation. Proponents of the bill point to $337 billion the CBO expects in deficit reduction and the $883 billion in tax cuts. However, it was tough to sugarcoat for some.

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