CBO: Republican Bill Would Increase Deficit, Shrink Number of Work-Based Insured by 1M

A Republican bill that would change the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s definition of full-time employees would increase the federal deficit and reduce the number of people with employer-based coverage, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.

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From 2015 to 2024, the legislation — called the “Save American Workers Act” — would reduce the number of people with employment-based coverage by about 1 million and increase the number getting coverage through Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program or the PPACA health insurance exchanges by between 500,000 and 1 million people, according to the report. It would expand the uninsured population by less than 500,000.

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