The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will release its updated assessment of the GOP-passed Trumpcare bill next week—potentially causing more problems for the Republican Party, President Donald Trump, and the much-maligned legislation.
“Get ready,” Trump resistance group Indivisible wrote online. “It’s going to be atrocious.”
The CBO analysis will come Wednesday, the office announced Friday. Its previous report said the American Healthcare Act (AHCA) would ultimately wipe out healthcare coverage for 24 million people. Since that analysis, the bill has been significantly amended—likely changing the CBO’s calculations—but GOP leaders forced a vote without a revised CBO score.
That rush to get the legislation passed may cause big problems for conservatives. As Bloomberg and NBC News reported Thursday and Friday, the updated CBO assessment could even force a re-vote on Trumpcare in the House. “It all combines to make next week’s CBO report a little more dramatic,” Vox wrote.
Bloomberg explained:
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NBC added:
Indeed, since the bill’s passage, lawmakers have faced (or not) angry constituents in their home districts, while polls show Americans overwhelmingly oppose Trumpcare.
Meanwhile, the Senate continues to hammer away at its own version of AHCA, even if the House hasn’t yet officially sent over its bill. According to the Washington Post on Thursday:
In turn, Families USA chair emeritus Ron Pollack wrote this week, it’s imperative that activists “focus on round two of the legislative process: Senate consideration of the health bill.”
“Since Republicans only have a bare Senate majority,” Pollack noted, “this is where our active opposition has its greatest prospects for success.” Outlining five issues that warrant “high-priority advocacy,” he concluded: “If we succeed with this agenda, we will restore peace of mind for families across the country. By winning on these issues, we can ensure that—contrary to the mean-spirited GOP House bill—families will get the care they need when they need it.”