DeLauro Statement on CBO Report Showing 24 Million Americans Losing Health Care under GOP’s Plan

WASHINGTON, DC (March 13, 2017) — Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement regarding a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that 14 million Americans will lose coverage in 2018, and 24 million will lose coverage by 2026, if the Republican's American Health Care Act is enacted.

"Trumpcare is a disaster. Not only will 14 million hardworking Americans lose health insurance starting next year, 24 million will lose health insurance over the next ten years. The GOP bill will also send health care premiums sky high over the next two years by ‘inducing fewer comparatively healthy people to sign up.' None of this news should come as a surprise. The GOP replacement plan will give huge tax cuts to the very wealthy, paid for with higher priced insurance for older Americans and working Americans.

"Republicans will do everything they can to spin this report by saying that the GOP bill gives Americans the opportunity to choose the care that they want and that it decreases the deficit. Of course there will be a smaller deficit if you kick millions of Americans off of Medicaid and leave them in the cold without access to lifesaving care. Republicans must ask themselves how far they are willing to go to tow the party line. Eliminating health care for 24 million Americans should be too high of a price and Republicans should get rid of this bill immediately."