Trump Touts Cruz Plan in Push to Revive Stalled Health Repeal
- White House leans on HHS analysis showing low premiums in plan
- Senators say they’ll meet later Wednesday to weigh next steps
CBO Says Obamacare Repeal Would Cut Insured by 32 Million
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The Trump administration pressed its case to revive the Senate’s stalled health overhaul using a rosy estimate of the effects of an amendment offered by Texas Senator Ted Cruz designed to win over wary conservatives.
The estimate said Cruz’s proposed amendment to the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act would offer consumers cheaper plans and result in more people buying health insurance than under the status quo, according to a Department of Health & Human Services document obtained by the Washington Examiner. The plans would come with extremely high deductibles, according to the analysis, and might not cover some basic services.