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CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed an estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, as passed by the House of Representatives.

In a letter released this morning, 14 public health departments across Illinois have urged Illinois Senators Richard Durbin and Tammy Duckworth to vote against the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and encourage their fellow senators to dLetto the same.

By 2020, Illinois could lose a total of $40 billion in health care funding for the poor. View one-page information sheet by Health and Disability Advocates.

CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that enacting the legislation—which would repeal or modify many provisions of the Affordable Care Act—would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the coming decade.