Congress’s non-partisan scorekeeper didn’t find any big savingsfor the U.S. government in a Senate bill designed to stabilize Obamacare, but the reason for that isa technicality.

The bipartisan legislation, from Republican SenatorLamar Alexander and Democrat Patty Murray, would explicitly fundthe Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reduction payments through 2019,while offering more flexibility for states to set up their owninsurance markets. This month President Donald Trump halted thepayments -- which reimburse health insurers for offering reducedco-pays and deductibles to lower-income customers -- amid a disputeover their legality.

Funding the payments known as CSRs doesn’t have a cost orbenefit, according to CBO, because the they are already included inthe agency’s baseline estimates. The agency used the baseline thatassumes the CSRs are made after consulting with Budget committeesin the House and Senate, according to the report.