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Lawmakers and experts warn H.R. 1 would cut coverage, increase uncompensated care and undercut access to digital health benefits
Summary
Several members and an academic witness told the House health subcommittee that proposed reconciliation changes (H.R. 1) would strip millions of insurance enrollees of coverage, reduce provider revenues and make it harder for patients to use digital health tools, citing CBO estimates and other analyses presented during the hearing.
Republican‑led budget reconciliation proposals discussed during a House health subcommittee hearing were criticized by members and an academic witness as likely to cause large coverage losses, reduce provider revenues and impede patient access to digital health tools.
Sabrina Corlette, research professor and co‑director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University, told the panel that the bill "would actually make it harder for people to obtain health care, tying them up in a maze of bureaucracy, raising their premiums, and imposing new federal mandates." Corlette testified that a $1,000,000,000,000 reduction in health‑care program spending would significantly increase uninsurance.
Representative Lloyd Doggett (referred to in the…
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