High-stakes CBO score to guide Senate on Obamacare repeal

Published May 24, 2017 4:01am ET



The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday is set to release a new score for the American Health Care Act, the legislation passed by House Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare, that will project government savings and how many people could become uninsured if the bill were to become law.

The new score follows amendments that were made to the bill allowing states to opt out of certain Obamacare insurance requirements and adding billions of dollars to pay for patients with high-cost medical needs.

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