WH study warns 9 million Americans could lose health insurance in 'major' recession if Trump budget bill fails

The White House on Saturday released a study estimating that 8.2 to 9.2 million more Americans could be without health insurance as a result of an ensuing recession if President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" on the budget does not pass. 

The finding comes from a White House Council of Economic Advisers memo titled, "Health Insurance Opportunity Cost if 2025 Proposed Budget Reconciliation Bill Does Not Pass." 

The research assumes that the U.S. had approximately 27 million uninsured people in 2025. If the budget bill does not pass, that could increase to approximately 36 million uninsured people, far closer to the approximately 50 million people who were uninsured before the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, in 2...