Budget Monitor Says G.O.P. Bill Leaves Many Uninsured

New York Times by David Herszenhorn | Nov. 5, 2009 (News)

(Blog Post) The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans. The Congressional Budget Full Story »

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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Nov. 5, 2009

The Republican bill, which has no chance of passage, would extend insurance coverage to about 3 million people by 2019, and would leave about 52 million people uninsured, the budget office said, meaning the proportion of non-elderly Americans with coverage would remain about the same as now, at roughly 83 percent.

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