CBO Delays Analysis On Latest Senate Health Care Bill

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Nay Secretary nominee Richard Spencer.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Nay Secretary nominee... FILE - In this July 11, 2017 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Nay Secretary nominee Richard Spencer. Surgeons in Phoenix said they removed a blood clot from above the left eye of McCain. Mayo Clinic Hospital doctors said Saturday, July 15 that McCain underwent a "minimally invasive" procedure to remove the nearly 2-inch (5-centimeter) clot, and that the surgery went "very well." They said the 80-year-old Republican is resting comfortably at his home in Arizona. Pathology reports are expected in the next several days. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s another possible delay to the Senate’s consideration of a Republican bill to repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.

The Congressional Budget Office had been scheduled to release an analysis Monday on the latest GOP bill, including estimated cost and scope of insurance coverage.

But the Senate Budget Committee on Sunday said the release had been postponed. The committee did not indicate an explanation or when the analysis was expected, saying it will provide further information and updates as appropriate.

The CBO’s announcement comes after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was delaying a highly anticipated Senate vote this coming week on the bill, after Sen. John McCain’s disclosed that he had undergone surgery. Doctors had advised McCain to recover in Arizona this week.

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  1. They are waiting to see how well McCain’s bill is paid with his government insurance so they can know whether the Senate plan for everyone else just sucks or really fucking sucks.

  2. Hmmmmmmm…this stinks. On a whole variety of levels.

  3. Nothing suspicious here. Please, move along.

  4. politicalwire reports that a GOP aide has said possibly no CBO score this week.

    This makes sense to me. If insurers claim the Cruz amendment is unworkable, how the heck can the CBO analyze and score it?

  5. The CBO is perfectly capable of predicting the collapse of the individual private insurance market, which is what anyone with even a minimal understanding of what insurance is and how it works can see would happen if Cruz’s amendment passed.

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