The right's hypocrisy over ACA

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The finding, pointed out by Axios health care editor David Nather, is on page eight of the CBO report on the recently revised Better Care Reconciliation Act:

The limit on out-of-pocket spending in 2026 is projected to be $10,900. (Under current regulations, the limit on out-of-pocket spending is defined by a formula based on projections of national health expenditures.) Therefore, plans with an actuarial value of 58 percent and a deductible of $13,000 would exceed that limit and would not comply with the law unless the formula used to calculate the limit was adjusted.

In short, the BCRA makes changes to regulations that will cause annual deductibles for individual market health plans to skyrocket — to $13,000. But other regulations set the legal limit on annual out-of-pocket spending to $10,900. This means the BCRA’s health plans could actually violate the law.

Republicans could amend their bill to fix this — if they choose to push forward with the BCRA, which for now looks like it’s not going to pass. But for now, it’s an embarrassing finding by the CBO.

The CBO found a huge problem with the Republican health care bill - Vox