The study is based on research by Jonathan Gruber, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who worked on both the federal and Massachusetts health reform laws. “Repealing the Affordable Healthcare law would not only lead to increased numbers of people who are uninsured over time, it is also expected to lead to higher healthcare spending and larger deficits,” Sara Collins, vice president for Affordable Health Insurance at the Commonwealth Fund, said at an Oct. 4 briefing on Capitol Hill. She referenced estimates by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which projected in July that repealing the health reform law would increase the federal budget deficit by an estimated $109 billion between 2013 and 2022.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:07:17 +0000
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