Nearly 12 million estimated to lose health coverage, says CBO

A sprawling budget bill in the US Senate could reduce health insurance coverage for nearly 12 million Americans and add 3.3 TN (2.4 TN £) in debt, according to new estimates.

The evaluation of the Congressional Budget Office, a non -partisan federal agency, could complicate republican efforts to adopt a major bill by President Donald Trump in the coming days.

The spending plan narrowly erased a preliminary vote in the Senate late Saturday after the party leaders rushed to the hesitant members of their rank.

A defector, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, announced that he would not ask for re -election after having voted against the legislation on the signature of the president.

Democratic legislators have criticized the bill. CBO numbers calculate $ 1 TN in cuts to financing health care if the measurement passes.

The latest version of the bill was put forward during a Senate vote of 51-49 Saturday evening. Two Republicans – Tillis and Rand Paul from Kentucky – joined the Democrats to oppose this decision.

Paul said that he opposes the bill because he increases the limit of the American debt. Tillis said the bill would cost its state billions of dollars in health care funding.

While the senators debated the bill on Sunday, it is not clear if it has enough support to finally pass.

Republicans have a small majority in the Senate, holding 53 seats. Vice-president JD Vance has the vote of the equality so that the party can only afford three defectors.

The Democratic senators used chamber rules to force a reading of 16 hours of the bill of almost 1,000 pages in order to delay a vote on its adoption.

Under the rules of the Senate, legislators now have 20 hours allocated to debate the bill. Democrats are expected to use their time to delay a vote more, while Republicans are trying to speed up the process.

Legislators could also propose changes to the bill. If the revised bill adopts the Senate, it must always return to the House of Representatives for final approval before landing on the president’s office to sign.

Trump pushed the bill to erase the congress before a self-imposed deadline on July 4. The White House said that not passing would be the “ultimate betrayal”.

On Saturday, he called the Senate’s vote to advance the bill a “great victory”.

But the cuts proposed by the bill in Medicaid, a health care program that is based by millions of older and low -income old Americans have become a political flash point.

Democratic senator Mark Warner told CNN on Sunday that the measure would negatively affect millions. “These are tax reductions for the richest to reduce health care, clear and simple,” he said.

Under the bill, more than 80% of Americans would benefit from a tax reduction next year, although wealthy taxpayers would benefit the most, including as a percentage of income, according to the non -partisan tax policy center.

Senator Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, told NBC on Sunday that legislation was aimed at eliminating fraud, waste and abuse.

He argued that many Americans using Medicaid are not on the poverty line.

“We are not paying the people of this country to be lazy,” he said. “We want to give them an opportunity. And when they go through difficult times, we want to give them a hand.”

Certain parts of the expense bill have been revised in the Senate in order to appease republican retained.

It always contains some of its main components: tax reductions on which Trump has campaigned, such as a tax deduction on social security benefits, and the elimination of taxes on overtime and advice.

It would also extend the tax reductions adopted by the Republicans in 2017.

The bill offers reductions in certain programs in order to pay tax deductions.

On health care, the expenditure bill offers a work requirement on most adults in order to qualify for social benefits.

It also reduces the amount of taxes that states can charge for medical providers, funds from which are used strongly to finance Medicaid programs.

After some Republican senators have submitted that these cuts harm the rural hospitals of their districts, the legislators added a provision in the last bill which increases the size of a rescue fund at the rural hospital by $ 15 billion to 25 billion dollars.

The bill includes restrictions on the American food coupons program, asking most adults with children 14 or more to show proof of work in order to qualify.

He also moves certain costs of the federal government to the States from 2028.