The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday said a bill to stabilize Obamacare would not do much to counter the negative impact of repealing the individual mandate to buy health insurance. The Senate tax bill has such a repeal provision. The CBO previously estimated repealing the mandate would result in up to 13 million fewer people with insurance and a 10% increase in average nongroup market premiums in a decade. “If legislation were enacted that incorporated both the provisions of the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act and a repeal of the individual mandate, the agencies expect that the interactions among the provisions would be small; the effects on premiums and the number of people with health insurance coverage would be similar to those referenced above,” CBO Director Keith Hall wrote Sen. Patty Murray, the Oregon Democrat who is co-sponsor of the bipartisan stabilization bill.
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