INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
weekend by the Congressional Budget Office
The massive piece of legislation is likely to change as senators are currently running a "vote-a-rama" for rapid-fire amendment
proposals.The bulk of the estimated reductions in health spending come from Medicaid, which will lose more than $1 trillion
Of the 11.8 million people who could lose health insurance, 1.4 million are people without "verified citizenship" or "satisfactory
immigration status," the CBO noted.The overall number of people estimated to lose health insurance is an increase over what was estimated
from the House's version of the bill, which was about 10.9 million.The substantial cuts to Medicaid, a program jointly funded by states and
the federal government, largely stem from two features in the bill, The New York Times notes
One is a strict nationwide work requirement, despite the fact that the vast majority of working-aged adults on Medicaid are already working
The new requirements are estimated to cut Medicaid spending by $325 billion over a decade, while a 2023 CBO analysis found that a strict
work requirement would not increase employment.
