Republican plan leaves 14m fewer with health insurance in 2018: US budget office
Washington
FOURTEEN million fewer Americans will have health insurance next year under the Republican plan to replace Obamacare, a nonpartisan congressional analysis projected on Monday, heaping pressure on President Donald Trump to make good on his pledge to broaden coverage.
By 2026 that number would shoot up to 24 million, the Congressional Budget Office said, largely because the bill would undo the Obamacare rule mandating people to have health insurance.
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