Current Events > CBO score for the amended AHCA is supposed to come out today

(+) Yeah! (+)

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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When does Gamespot's review come in?
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gaiz this is srs

the only thing I'm doing today is waiting for this CBO analysis to be released so I can blog about it
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no idea

I think we should expect it before end of business day, but I've been told they could theoretically do it at any time
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you're tellin me man

thought this was funny: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/334920-mcconnell-cbo-analysis-for-house-bill-a-technical-step
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I applied to an internship at the CBO once but they didnt want me :(
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Spooking posted...

Going to receive a horrible score, so I wouldn't get hyped about it.

That's what the hype is for. The worse score it gets, the better for the country. So we can see how shitty the current so called leaders are at their jobs.

Antifar posted...

When does Gamespot's review come in?

Pitchfork gave it 8.7 Best New Legislation so we'll see
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Butterfiles posted...

Antifar posted...

When does Gamespot's review come in?

Pitchfork gave it 8.7 Best New Legislation so we'll see

WTF WHY SO LOW
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CableZL posted...

Butterfiles posted...

Antifar posted...

When does Gamespot's review come in?

Pitchfork gave it 8.7 Best New Legislation so we'll see

WTF WHY SO LOW

Disney's check must not have cleared.

my kingdom for a cbo score
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52752
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Yahoo does a good job summarizing it

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cbo-releases-estimates-obamacare-repeal-203400390.html
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so uh, not good then
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major, skimming at a glance takeaways:

>This version reduces the deficit by a much smaller amount over the time period studies, down to $119b from $337b

>It does this primarily through making cuts in spending less steep; taxes are basically unchanged

>In exchange, CBO estimates that only 23m people will be uninsured compared to the 24m that would have been uninsured under the prior version

>They project more marketplace instability due to the cutting of essential health benefit premium protections
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Maeiv posted...

Yahoo does a good job summarizing it

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cbo-releases-estimates-obamacare-repeal-203400390.html

or just read this lol

fml
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Balrog0 posted...

>In exchange, CBO estimates that only 23m people will be uninsured compared to the 24m that would have been uninsured under the prior version

CableZL posted...

WTF WHY SO LOW

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Balrog0 posted...

>In exchange, CBO estimates that only 23m people will be uninsured compared to the 24m that would have been uninsured under the prior version

>They project more marketplace instability due to the cutting of essential health benefit premium protections

So in other words it's still not passing the Senate, right? ...Right?
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Some specifics:
https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/867483730906165248
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Frankly, I think this is harder to vote for than the previous version for the Senate
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GregShmedley posted...

Does it meet reconciliation?

Apparently yes. The CBO scored it quite generously because they didn't consider any of the (obvious) externalities.

I mean, it only had to save $2b to make the cut so I think their assumptions could have been much more liberal and still it would have met the requirement
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