The American Health Care Act, the proposed GOP replacement for Obamacare, would cause 24 million people to lose coverage and save the government $337 billion, according to a long-awaited report from the Congressional Budget Office.
The CBO is a nonpartisan budget agency that projects how bills would affect the country. You can read the full text of the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate here.
Stay tuned for more coverage from Vox shortly. In the meantime, read more about CBO and about the Republicans’ health care bill.
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