Report: 18 million could lose insurance if ACA not replaced
In the first year, insurance premiums would jump by 20 percent to 25 percent for individual policies purchased directly or through the Obamacare marketplace, according to the report. The number of people who are uninsured would increase by 18 million.
Those numbers would only increase in subsequent years. Premium prices would continue to climb by 50 percent the next year, with the uninsured swelling to 27 million, as full repeal took effect, the report said.
Americans may be beginning to worry about such costs. For the first time, more Americans view the Affordable Care Act as a "good idea," rather than a bad one, according to a new
The one-two punch at efforts to dismantle the ACA comes as President-elect
Protesters rallied across the country over the weekend to save the law that now benefits 20 million Americans.
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"Today's report shows only part of the equation a repeal of Obamacare without any transitional policies or reforms to address costs and empower patients," said Sen.
But Americans are increasingly skeptical that
About 50 percent of those polled said they had "very little confidence" or "no confidence at all" that
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