--- title: Health Care: CBO Estimates 22 Million More Uninsured by 2026 description: The latest version of the legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act would result in an additional 22 million people being uninsured. canonical: https://time.com/4866778/cbo-health-care-bill-uninsured-insurance/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-20T17:33:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T05:34:49.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Senate's Latest Health Bill Leaves 22 Million Uninsured og:description: According to the latest CBO analysis og:url: https://time.com/4866778/cbo-health-care-bill-uninsured-insurance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd60ac9f2995e5e1/6988d68d4ee262d0bb30e3d5/gettyimages-818956520.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Senate GOP Leadership Addresses The Press After Lunch With President Trump At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Senate's Latest Health Bill Leaves 22 Million Uninsured twitter:description: According to the latest CBO analysis twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd60ac9f2995e5e1/6988d68d4ee262d0bb30e3d5/gettyimages-818956520.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # CBO: The Senate's Latest Health Bill Would Leave 22 Million Uninsured > Sponsored content. 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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media July 19, 2017 at the White House in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:34 AM UTCPublished: Jul 20, 2017 5:33 PM UTC * The latest version of the Senate Republicans’ health care bill would result in an additional 22 million people becoming uninsured by 2026, according to a Thursday report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, or CBO. The number of uninsured would reach 15 million by 2018 before climbing further. The report analyzed an updated version of the bill which includes additional funding for opioid recovery programs and out-of-pocket expenses. But the CBO did not factor in a version of an amendment first proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz which would allow Americans to purchase cheaper health insurance plans with fewer offerings. Those opposing that amendment argued it would increase health care costs for the sick. The CBO report found that passing the health bill would reduce the federal deficit by $473 billion over the next decade. A large portion of those savings would come from Medicaid spending reductions, according to the CBO. The bill would end federal funding allowing states to expand Medicaid programs by 2024. The CBO’s findings are similar to the office’s report issued for the first version of the bill, which it also said would result in an [additional 22 million](http://time.com/4832809/health-care-bill-cob-score-uninsured/) people losing their insurance by 2026\. That bill was met with opposition from several Republicans, and leadership went back and revised the proposal. Neither bill has enough support among Republicans to pass in the Senate. With 52 Republican Senators in the chamber and universal opposition from the Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can only afford two defections. More than two Republicans are opposed to each version of the bill. McConnell acknowledged as much earlier in the week, stating that the Senate would vote to simply repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. But McConnell appears to lack the votes for that, too. According to a separate CBO analysis, repealing Obamacare without passing a replacement would result in an additional [32 million](https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52939) Americans without health insurance. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4866778/cbo-health-care-bill-uninsured-insurance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4866778/cbo-health-care-bill-uninsured-insurance/"},"headline":"CBO: The Senate's Latest Health Bill Would Leave 22 Million Uninsured","datePublished":"2017-07-20T17:33:58.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T05:34:49.000Z","description":"According to the latest CBO analysis","url":"https://time.com/4866778/cbo-health-care-bill-uninsured-insurance/","keywords":["Healthcare","Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd60ac9f2995e5e1/6988d68d4ee262d0bb30e3d5/gettyimages-818956520.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd60ac9f2995e5e1/6988d68d4ee262d0bb30e3d5/gettyimages-818956520.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senate GOP Leadership Addresses The Press After Lunch With President Trump At The White House","caption":"Senate GOP Leadership Addresses The Press After Lunch With President Trump At The White House","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/healthcare/","name":"Healthcare"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4866778/cbo-health-care-bill-uninsured-insurance/","name":"CBO: The Senate's Latest Health Bill Would Leave 22 Million Uninsured"}}]}] ```