Congress has a duty to safeguard taxpayer funds. Kvetching about coverage losses among people who are legally ineligible for the coverage they currently claim does not square with that duty.
In a recent letter to top Democrats, the Congressional Budget Office claimed that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act would kick millions of people off their health insurance. That warning is misleading.
Millions of people are improperly enrolled in Medicaid and taxpayer-subsidized plans through Obamacare’s exchanges. Republicans are rightly trying to bring some integrity to these programs and ensure that only those needy individuals who are eligible for publicly funded health coverage under the law can claim it.
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Don’t believe the CBO’s spin on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Sally C. Pipes
Congress has a duty to safeguard taxpayer funds. Kvetching about coverage losses among people who are legally ineligible for the coverage they currently claim does not square with that duty.
In a recent letter to top Democrats, the Congressional Budget Office claimed that the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act would kick millions of people off their health insurance. That warning is misleading.
Millions of people are improperly enrolled in Medicaid and taxpayer-subsidized plans through Obamacare’s exchanges. Republicans are rightly trying to bring some integrity to these programs and ensure that only those needy individuals who are eligible for publicly funded health coverage under the law can claim it.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.