Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price argued on Fox News Sunday that more Americans would have insurance under the Senate Republicans’ new health care bill, compared to the 2010 ObamaCare law they’ve been trying to replace. But the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the bill, which would project those coverage numbers, will not be released Monday as anticipated.
“One of the interesting things that’s in this bill … is the opportunity to make certain that those folks that actually fell into a gap below 100 percent of the poverty level, but above where a state might allow individuals on the Medicaid system… this bill provides for coverage for those individuals through the tax credit process,” Price said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “That hole was not covered before.”
He suggested that tax credits in the new bill would in part help those who had previously fallen into that coverage gap.
“That’s something that’s new,” said Price, a doctor. “That also is one of the reasons that we believe we’re going to be able to cover more individuals on this bill than are currently covered.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was expected to hold a key vote this week on the overhaul bill. Read more at Fox News.
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