Happy Pi Day! DC is under snow, and the House Budget Committee has delayed its markup of the ACA replacement bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), until Thursday morning. It was originally scheduled for Wednesday. The Congressional Budget Office released its long-awaited score of the AHCA yesterday, which said that 14 million would lose coverage immediately. By 2026, more people would be uninsured than before the ACA was enacted – 52 million.
The measure would reduce the federal deficit by $337 billion over the next decade by cutting federal Medicaid spending by nearly $900 billion over the same time, which would lead insurance premiums to increase at first, then shrink.
The full House is still expected to consider and pass the measure next week. It will proceed onto the Senate from there.