Republicans' Obamacare repeal plan 'axes insurance for 32m'
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceThirty-two million Americans would lose health coverage under a Republican plan to repeal Obamacare, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has forecast.The non-partisan office's analysis found the cost of a medical insurance policy would increase 25% next year and double by 2026. The so-called repeal-and-delay bill would also cut the federal deficit by $ 473m (£363m), predicted the CBO.The Republican controlled Senate has twice failed to pass a healthcare bill.The CBO estimated the number of uninsured would rise by 17 million next year alone if the Affordable Care Act were to be dumped without a new healthcare plan, as Republicans plan to do.President Donald Trump earlier called on his party to postpone their summer holiday until they have kept t...