Health reform will cost less than was predicted last year but will cover fewer people, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.
CBO predicts the law will reduce the number of Americans without health coverage by 30 million, 2 million fewer people than last year. That would leave about 27 million people uninsured in 2016, two years after the law's insurance exchanges go online.
Additionally, 4 million Americans can expect to lose their employer-sponsored health care by 2016, a significant jump from the 1 million people estimated last year.
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