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

Published May 9, 2018 4:20pm ET



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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