CBO Scores Senate Finance Health Bill…Medicare Cuts and All

According to the latest Congressional Budget Office score released yesterday, the Senate Finance Bill has a total cost of $829 billion over 10 years, imposes $424 billion in new taxes and fees over the first 10 years, and has over $400 billion in Medicare cuts.

MEDICARE CUTS
-$133 Billion Medicare Advantage
-$128.8 Billion Hospitals
-$106.3 Billion Inpatient Prospective Payment System
-$22.5 Billion Medicare DSH payments 
-$56 Billion Home Health
-$22.2 Billion Medicare Commission
-$22.3 Billion Medicare Improvement Fund
-$19.8 Billion Medicare Part D
-$14.6 Billion Skilled Nursing Facilities
-$23.1 Billion Part B Schedules, Except Physician Services
-$8 Billion CMS Innovation Center
-$11 Billion Hospices
-$4.9 Billion Accountable Care Organizations
-$3 Billion Medical Imaging
-$800 Million Power Wheelchairs
-$300 Million Comparative Effectiveness Medicare Component
-$100 Million Medigap

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