11.8 million people could lose health insurance under Senate GOP tax bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans’ version of President Trump’s tax bill would lead to 11.8 million people losing health insurance over the next decade, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office released Saturday night.

That projection suggests the Senate’s version of the party-line bill would leave nearly 1 million more people without insurance than the House’s version of the bill, underscoring concerns among some Senate Republicans that their version cuts health programs too aggressively. 

About 1.4 million of the 11.8 million projected to lose coverage in the Senate bill are people without “satisfactory immigration status,” according to the CBO report.