Overview
- The Congressional Budget Office projects the law will boost federal deficits by $3.4 trillion from 2025 to 2034.
- By 2034, an estimated 10 million additional Americans will be uninsured compared with current law.
- CBO officials say average premiums for the ACA benchmark plan will decrease by about 0.6 percent in 2034.
- A CBS/YouGov poll shows 57 percent of Americans believe the legislation will raise their health-care costs.
- The law permanently extends 2017 tax cuts and offsets new spending with deep reductions to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy programs.