Medicaid Expansion Cost, Potential For Public Plan Savings Addressed By CBO At HELP Hearing
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Expanding Medicaid eligibility could cost $500 billion over 10 years, according to a new Congressional Budget Office estimate. CBO also suggests a public plan would not reduce health care costs or increase insurance coverage among the uninsured.
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