|  Leaked data, previously undisclosed to the public by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), confirmed that at least 73 percent of the CBO’s projected health insurance coverage “losses†related to healthcare legislation is a direct result of efforts to repeal the individual mandate.
As the two articles by prominent healthcare policy expert Avik Roy included below demonstrate, the CBO projects that any legislation which includes a repeal of the individual mandate will result in at least 16 million Americans making the decision to not purchase insurance, regardless of what else is included. “By definition, you haven’t been ‘kicked off’ your insurance if the only reason you’re no longer buying it is that the government has stopped fining you.†– Avik Roy This information provides critical context for the healthcare debate as proponents of Obamacare continue to falsely argue that efforts to repeal and replace the law will “kick†millions of Americans off their insurance. From Roy: “If you’ve read a newspaper or watched cable news in the last month, you’ve probably seen someone say that the Senate GOP health care bill would ‘kick 22 million Americans off of their health insurance.’ But it’s not true.†|
