Editorial Board
Different CBO Score, Same Result
The Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare is as indefensible in the Senate as it was in the House.
Why is this man smiling?
Photographer: Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesThe Senate legislation to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act was drafted in secret under the guidance of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Now the Congressional Budget Office has let this cat out of the bag.
The CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation on Monday released their analysis of the Republican Senate bill, and it is no less devastating for being entirely predictable. To fund the bill's tax cuts for insurers as well as the wealthiest Americans, the health insurance of 22 million Americans would be sacrificed by 2026.