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Individual health policies will have higher premiums if Trump halts ‘Obamacare’ subsidies, report says

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also estimated that cutting off the payments would add $194 billion to federal deficits over a decade.

Latest Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans without insurance

By Laura Santhanam

The latest legislation in the Senate offers a greater reduction in the deficit by preserving certain taxes Republicans had killed in the older version. They found more savings by reducing and ending certain federal matching funds and capping per-capita-based payments…

Repealing Obamacare would leave 32 million more uninsured by 2026, report says

By Associated Press

The report from Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst says the measure would cause average premiums for people buying their own health insurance to double by 2026.

CBO says Trump’s budget doesn’t balance federal ledger as promised

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Thursday's Congressional Budget Office report says that Trump's budget, if followed to the letter, would result in a $720 billion deficit at the end of 10 years instead of the slight surplus promised.

As deficit spikes, CBO says Congress must act on debt by October

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

A new government estimate says the drop-dead deadline for lawmakers to increase the government's borrowing limit is early to mid-October.

Facing defections, Senate GOP leaders delay health care vote

By Alan Fram and Erica Werner, Associated Press

Senate leaders scrambled to rescue their health care bill, in deepening jeopardy as opposition from rebellious Republicans intensified.

CBO: 22 million people would lose insurance under Senate health care bill

By Laura Santhanam

The bill was released last Thursday, and GOP leaders are pushing for a final vote this week.

AP sources: Senate GOP’s reworked health care bill would reshape Obama’s law

By Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

After weeks of closed-door meetings that angered Democrats and some Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell planned to release the proposal Thursday.