Trump tax bill would increase number of uninsured by 11 million, CBO says
June 4 (Reuters) - The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday projected that President Donald Trump's tax-cut bill, as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, would increase the number of uninsured by 10.9 million in ten years.
Another 5.1 million people would lose access to health insurance over that period under current law, the CBO said.
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