ANALYSIS: Medicaid Cuts Would Leave 7.6M Uninsured

Politico reports:

The Medicaid portions of the GOP megabill would lead to 10.3 million people losing coverage under the health safety net program and 7.6 million people going uninsured, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Republicans released the partial estimates Tuesday less than a half hour before the House Energy and Commerce Committee is scheduled to mark up its portion of the legislation central to enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda on taxes, the border and energy.

The panel has been tasked with finding $880 billion in savings, and the CBO confirmed the committee is on track to meet that target.

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Photo: Committee chair Rep. Brett Guthrie.