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Representative from Texas urges rejection of COVID-era coverage extension, cites CBO on GOP bill
Summary
A representative from Texas urged colleagues to reject proposals to extend a COVID-era health program, calling it rife with fraud and saying a Republican provision would lower premiums by 11 percent, according to the Congressional Budget Office. He urged members to stand firm against the proposal.
A representative from Texas used a three-minute floor speech to urge colleagues to reject proposals to extend a COVID-era health program, arguing it has produced widespread fraud and would not make health care affordable.
The representative said the House GOP’s approach includes a bipartisan provision that "would lower premiums by 11% per the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan Budget Office," and framed that estimate as evidence the Republican plan would reduce costs. He said the current market created by the Affordable Care Act, commonly called…
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