Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

GOP Gimmick on Obamacare Repeal? Ignore the Math

House Republicans bet the White House will help them bypass the Congressional Budget Office.

March 7, 2017 at 8:47 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

The plans are not equal.
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Republicans are playing games and using gimmicks as they struggle to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The height of this chicanery is that two House committees are drafting the legislation without analysis of the budgetary and insurance-coverage implications other than partisan claims.