CBO: Children’s insurance cuts won’t hurt coverage

By Robert King

Published May 9, 2018 4:20pm ET

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CBO: Children’s insurance cuts won’t hurt coverage — 15-month-old August Goepferd received the measles, mumps and rubella booster shot at a clinic at Children's Minnesota in Minneapolis. August sat on the lap of his mom, Dr. Angela Geopferd, as registered nurse Kim Flaata administered the shot. | (AP Photo/Amy Forliti)

The White House’s proposal to cut $7 billion from the Children’s Health Insurance Program wouldn’t reduce the number of kids with insurance, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The plan drew widespread condemnation from Democrats and critics for cutting the popular bipartisan program. However, the CBO said Wednesday that the number of children with insurance under the program would not be affected.

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