The revised GOP health care bill would cost more than the earlier version and still leave 24 million fewer people insured by 2026, new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office show.
The legislation to repeal major portions of Obamacare would reduce the federal deficits by $150 billion over 10 years, according to the revised estimates. The original bill would have lowered the deficits by $337 billion.
The new numbers reflect the amendments made to the bill that were announced on Monday, but do not take into account a deal underway to woo House conservatives to support the measure.
House leaders were forced to postpone voting on the measure Thursday, after a day of multiple high-level, tension-filled meetings that still left conservative members opposed to the bill.
A White House official said the House hopes to vote on the legislation Friday morning.
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