Inside the CBO score that became ammo for both sides and nearly blew up the GOP’s flagship bill

How the CBO gets to these figures is at the center of a long-running debate in Washington, because these estimates often become the tip of the spear in partisan warfare.
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Collins says she's waiting for CBO score to decide on Senate health-bill vote

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, listens as former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Sen. Susan ...
RAPS

CBO Finds Major Savings in FDA Provisions of Senate Health Bill

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Tuesday that the Senate’s bill to lower health care costs will reduce the deficit by about $7.5 billion over 10 years, and the sections with US Food and Drug ...
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CBO Offers Positive Score for Senate Bill to Reform OTC Drug Regulations

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week said that a Senate bill that would create a new user fee program for over-the-counter (OTC) drugs would not increase the budget deficit. “Over the ...
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CBO Score: Revised version of Senate health care plan would still lead to 22 million more uninsured

A revised version of Senate Republicans’ Better Care Reconciliation Act did nothing to increase the number of people with health insurance, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday, ...
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Schumer: CBO Score Shows ‘No Amount Of Tweaks’ Justify O’Care Repeal

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Thursday that the latest Congressional Budget Office analysis of Republicans’ effort to repeal and replace Obamacare “makes clear (once again): no ...