GOP’s Obamacare repeal would cut insured by 32 million, CBO says

Anna Edney Zachary Tracer

July 19, 2017 6:17 pm

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, Mitch McConnell / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER — THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE estimates that the legislation U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to bring to a floor vote next week will cause 32 million people to lose their health insurance within a decade. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

WASHINGTON - A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of Obamacare without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under current law, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. That’s about 10 million more uninsured than the estimated 22 million people who wouldn’t be covered under a previous Senate Republican bill to…