Wonkbook: How the Republican health-care bill could raise premiums for 177 million Americans

By Carolyn Y. Johnson A leading business coalition has warn... | Sponsored by Presented by SAPRAC   The latest economic and domestic policy from Wonkblog   (Evan Vucci/AP) By Carolyn Y. Johnson A leading business coalition has warned that employers could pick up the tab if millions of people lose their coverage under the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. David Lansky, president and chief executive of the Pacific Business Group on Health, a nonprofit organization whose members include Boeing, Chevron, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Intel, Walmart and the Walt Disney Company, told The Washington Post that the Senate proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act could push the costs of providing health care to uninsured people onto employers and their workers. "There are a couple of specific reasons continuing to support an effective Medicaid program and an individual market is important, and one of those is its importance to business," Lansky said . Approximately 177 million Americans receive insurance through employers. Until now those plans have been largely left out of the debate. Read the rest on Wonkblog. Top policy tweets CBO says no score Monday. And no vote next week anyway because McCain is too sick. — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 16, 2017 Mccain delay means cbo score comes out before senate vote to proceed, maybe score on cruz amendment too. Not good for mcconnell. — Harris Meyer (@MHHmeyer) July 16, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT   Any one of 50 senators could have come out as a hard no yesterday and forced immediate rewrite. None of them did. — Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 14, 2017 Many of America's boom towns are paradoxically building the least new housing https://t.co/BBtT8GN71N pic.twitter.com/CdCyJJL2gJ — Laura Kusisto (@LauraKusisto) July 17, 2017 "There are growing signs of a sustained slippage in inflation expectations." https://t.co/WDypwuCRCi pic.twitter.com/KhEci6TQMs — Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) July 17, 2017 Changes in the international economy are acting as constraints on what Trump's protectionism can achieve https://t.co/4V8z2ouZxi — Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) July 17, 2017 LA once had the biggest urban rail network in the world. Building it back could serve as an economic mobility engine https://t.co/kn7EZAsDyc — David Dayen (@ddayen) July 17, 2017 Most Recent Posts from Wonkblog Trump officials open border to 15,000 more foreign workers Visas will go to seasonal workers who staff fisheries, summer resorts and golf courses By Tracy Jan  •  Read more »   Republicans’ Obamacare repeal is starting to look like Medicaid repeal The bill would cut the most from a program that helps those with the least. By Matt O'Brien  •  Read more »   How the Republican health-care bill could raise premiums for 177 million Americans Why the Senate health care bill could be bad for business By Carolyn Y. Johnson  •  Read more »   Why this group is trying to stop Amazon from buying Whole Foods A union warns that the sale could lead to a reduction in grocery-store competitors, resulting in store closures and lost jobs. By Danielle Paquette  •  Read more »   The country with the world’s most progressive taxes has the world’s highest income inequality By one measure, it is the most unequal country in the world -- despite progressive tax policies. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   Trump’s team is ready for a trade war over steel Administration officials acknowledged the risk of retaliation, but said real threats were necessary to bring other countries to the negotiating table. By Ana Swanson and Damian Paletta  •  Read more »   Let’s take a look at how the CBO thinks Trump’s proposals stack up against Obama’s The first official estimate for how Trump's proposals would affect the economy is out, and the results are mediocre. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   White House releases sensitive personal information of voters worried about their sensitive personal information By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   Trump admits his border wall could be defeated by medieval siege technology No wall can stop a well-built trebuchet. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   The Finance 202 Your daily guide to where Wall Street meets Washington. 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