NEWS: Luján Responds to Latest CBO Estimates Showing 16 Million People Will Become Uninsured from Republican Health Agenda

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following statement on a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing 16 million people will lose coverage from the Republican reconciliation plan, including their failure to extend premium tax credits that Americans use to buy affordable health insurance:

“Millions of Americans will lose coverage, health care costs will rise, and people will get sick and lose their lives – that’s the sad reality of the Republican agenda. Congressional Republicans keep peddling lies about their plan, but the facts are the facts. This bill would dismantle the Affordable Care Act, gut Medicaid, take food away from kids, families, and seniors, and make life harder for New Mexicans.

“We should be expanding access to care – not ripping it away. I’ll keep fighting to protect New Mexicans’ health care, lower costs, and build a healthier America. The American people need to see this for what it is: an attack on their health and livelihoods. I won’t stop sounding the alarm — and I won’t stop fighting for New Mexicans.”

The letter from CBO can be found here.

CBO’s score can be found here.

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