CBO: GOP bill would do little to expand health insurance coverage

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The measure would cover 3 million additional people at a cost of $60 billion through 2019 , according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The measure would cover only 3 million additional people at a cost of $60 billion through 2019, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It would leave more than 52 million Americans uninsured a decade from now.

The share of legal nonelderly residents with insurance coverage in 2019 would be about 83 percent, roughly in line with the current share," CBO director Douglas Elmendorf wrote in a letter to House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).The Democrats' bill, by comparison, would cover far more -- 36 million additional Americans -- at a much higher cost -- $1.055 trillion through 2019, the CBO has said.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/11/budget_analysts_say_gop_bill_w.html?hpid=moreheadlines


This is embarrassing. Their bill leaves more than 52 million Americans uninsured by 2019. Wow. The Party of No is also the Party of No New Ideas.

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1. $61b vs $1.1t

don't underestimate fiscal modesty in an orgy of govt. spending since Sept. 2008 in the face of trillion dollar deficits for many years to come.

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2. The Dem bill is fully paid for

Fiscal modesty? 36 million uninsured Americans and mounting health care costs? The Dem bill is far superior to the GOP bill by any measure.