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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/upshot/how-to-read-the-cbo-score-of-the-health-bill-like-an-expert.html

@Antifar shared the bloomberg story recently that explained the house might need to pull the bill depending on the CBO score, but I didn't feel it explained why very well. This article does.

In practical terms, this is the most important question that the C.B.O. needs to answer for the bill to move forward. Republicans are passing their health overhaul bill through a special budget process in order to avoid a filibuster in the Senate. That process comes with a number of special rules.

One is that the bill must not increase the federal deficit beyond a 10-year window. Our entire panel thought the bill would still hit that target.

But the measure also must comply with specific instructions from an earlier budget resolution. That legislation said that the health bill had to save at least $1 billion from portions of the bill overseen by the Senate Finance Committee and at least $1 billion from portions of the bill overseen by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. There is a small chance that it could miss. Bloomberg News reported last week that the House is waiting to send the bill over to the Senate, just in case it fails to comply with the budget instructions.
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