The Congressional Budget Office Wednesday released its long-awaited score on the second Republican plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, the American Health Care Act, which passed the House of Representatives last month. Democrats criticized House Republican leadership for bringing the updated AHCA to the floor for a vote earlier this month month before getting an updated CBO score to go with it. “This reckless and irresponsible behavior is not how we should be making policy here in Congress.”Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., said the CBO score showed that the AHCA offered “higher costs, less coverage." “This CBO report confirms that the American Health Care Act achieves our mission: lowering premiums and lowering the deficit. But Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., said that despite the CBO score, “it’s no secret Obamacare is collapsing under its own weight.”“Families need real relief now from the limited choices and skyrocketing costs of the failed law.

Source: Fox News May 24, 2017 21:34 UTC