CBO Analysis Bolsters Case Against S.1955

S.1955 would eliminate crucial health care services that millions of Americans have come to depend on, while pricing older Americans and those with complex health needs -- those most in need of protection -- out of the health insurance market. While the goal of the bill is laudable, S.1955 does more harm than good and must be defeated.

American Chiropractic Assoication - Executive Vice President Kevin Corcoran

CBO Findings:

• S.1955 could result in higher premiums for small businesses with older workers or employees with complex health care needs.
• S.1955 would lower premiums by only 2 to 3 percent on average.
• S.1955 would cause 100,000 people who have and depend on health insurance to lose coverage. While CBO believes that a total of approximately 600,000 people (or only 1.3 percent of the 45 million Americans who are uninsured) would gain coverage under the bill, that group would be younger and healthier and have "lower health costs than those who would lose private health insurance under S.1955."
• Due to the preemption of state guaranteed benefits, such as cancer screenings and treatments, diabetes supplies and education, and chiropractic care, individuals and families would "find it more difficult to find coverage for conditions or services that had previously been mandated under their state laws."

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