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"It's 2026. Nothing has happened." ↵↵"I just haven't seen any evidence in our committees of Republicans being interested in this issue," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said during the same briefing.
National health spending is projected to increase by an average of 5.4 percent each year from now through 2020, and 6.1 percent in 2026, the last year for which projections are available.
House Republicans are planning to push legislation later this year to extend the individual income tax cuts beyond 2026, though the Senate has thus far taken a dim view of the proposals.
But a separate report for Medicare paints a somewhat bleaker outlook for the giant health program for seniors and people with disabilities, estimating that its hospital trust fund will dry up in 2026 —
The former senator published his piece on the heels of a Congressional Budget Office report released last week that concluded 32 million more Americans would be without health insurance in 2026 under
The exception is the so-called Cadillac tax on high-cost insurance plans, which both the House and Senate health care bills delay until 2026.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has said 23 million people could lose insurance coverage by 2026 under the House proposal.