Collins: CBO’s Score Of Obamacare Repeal Is ‘Obviously Not A Positive’

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks amid a crush of reporters after Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. She is one of four GOP senators to say they are opposed to it as written which could put the measure in immediate jeopardy.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks amid a crush of reporters after Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday... Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks amid a crush of reporters after Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. She is one of four GOP senators to say they are opposed to it as written which could put the measure in immediate jeopardy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Thursday said the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office’s report that millions of people would lose coverage under Senate Republicans’ proposal to repeal Obamacare is not a point in support of the bill.

Collins said the CBO’s estimate is “obviously not a positive.”

In its analysis of the bill, the CBO found that 22 million more people would lose insurance by 2026 under Republican senators’ bill than under current law.

Collins, a moderate representing a state with many elderly and rural residents whose healthcare would be devastated by the current proposal, on Sunday said she had “very serious concerns” about the bill and wanted to see the CBO’s analysis of its impact.

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