Wonkbook: Repealing Obamacare will be ugly, but at least the GOP made the math add up

Sponsored by SEIU | By Max Ehrenfreund Republicans had cause for consternation Monday when Congress's budget referee scored their proposed health-care overhaul. Fourteen million fewer Americans would have health insurance next year if the plan were enacted, according to the analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, and that figure would swell to 24 million within a decade. A typical working-class 64-year-old …   The latest economic and domestic policy from Wonkblog   President Trump, accompanied by Vice President Pence, shakes hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Jan. 26. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Max Ehrenfreund Republicans had cause for consternation Monday when Congress's budget referee scored their proposed health-care overhaul. Fourteen million fewer Americans would have health insurance next year if the plan were enacted, according to the analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, and that figure would swell to 24 million within a decade. A typical working-class 64-year-old who makes $26,500 annually would pay nearly $13,000 more in premiums every year. But while the report could set back Republicans' efforts to sell their bill to the public, it did make it easier for them to move their measure through the Senate. That's because analysts projected that the bill would not increase federal borrowing in the long term — an official deficit-reduction forecast makes it easier for the legislation pass through the Senate without a filibuster from Democrats. Read the rest on Wonkblog. Image of the day The marijuana that researchers receive from the federal government looks nothing like the commercial product. Christopher Ingraham and Tauhid Chappell have more. Photos via Oliver Contreras/Washington Post (left) and MAPS (right) ADVERTISEMENT   Top health care tweets According to CBO, a 64-year-old with income of $26,500 pays $1,700 for ACA coverage. Under Ryan bill: $14,600. More than half their income. — Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) March 13, 2017 From @davidfrum: The question today isn't whether government will provide health care, but how: https://t.co/YmF87O2PvN pic.twitter.com/yaUAK29Q0s — Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) March 14, 2017 Reminder that this health care debacle would be unfolding same exact way with a President Rubio or Jeb!. This is what RyanCare looks like. — Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) March 13, 2017 Gets me thinking. Imagine we had single payer and someone proposed moving to Obamacare. It would be about as horrific a change. https://t.co/3lTWCnPkRO — Matt Bruenig (@MattBruenig) March 13, 2017 Internal White House analysis finds that 26 million would lose insurance coverage under AHCA, per @politico.https://t.co/n7mwh91RpT — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 14, 2017 Hey, remember that Trump speech to Congress? No, me neither. — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) March 14, 2017 Most Recent Posts from Wonkblog Trump’s ‘insurance for everybody’ plan has turned deadly This is peculiar. Political parties usually try to keep their voters alive. By Matt O'Brien  •  Read more »   The CBO has one piece of good news for Republicans' Obamacare replacement Republicans just might have gotten what they needed out of the report from Congress's nonpartisan scorekeepers. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   Women in finance work just as hard as men — and are more likely to get fired Gender might decide who gets a second chance. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   Republicans’ Obamacare replacement would cut $337 billion from the budget. Here’s who’d pay for it. On the whole, the bill would reduce federal borrowing by about $337 billion. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   Trump’s budget chief says Obama fudged jobs data. If that were true, he’d be able to prove it. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   Government marijuana looks nothing like the real stuff. See for yourself. "In two decades of smoking weed, I've never seen anything that looks like that." By Christopher Ingraham and Tauhid Chappell  •  Read more »   The GOP’s Obamacare replacement is a disaster for some of its most loyal voters By Jeff Guo  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   DemocracyPost Opinions and commentary that illuminate the challenges facing democracy around the world. Sign Up »         Share Wonkbook:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for a Wonkblog newsletter. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071