2026 Simple News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Congressional budget office offered a brutal assessment of the republican legislation. 14 million more people uninsured by next year. and 24 million by 2026. >> simple answer of course i'm concerned. 14 million people losing insurance. i'm concerned. that's not what president trump promised. okay? that's not what republicans ran on. >> reporter: while the cbo projects the bill would reduce the deficit by $337 billion, it would do so only after cutting medicaid by nearly $900 billion. that has unnerved some republicans from states that expanded medicaid to provide coverage to low-income america...

14 million more people uninsured by next year. and 24 million by 2026. >> simple answer, of course i'm concerned. the 14 million people are losing insurance, i'm concerned. that's not what president trump promised, okay. that's not what republicans ran on. >> reporter: while the cbo projects the bill would reduce the deficit by $337 billion, it would do so only after cutting medicaid by nearly $900 billion. that has unnerved some republicans from states that expanded medicaid to provide coverage to low-income americans. how concerned are you about the medicaid cuts, 880 billion over ten years?...