The Congressional Budget Office estimated on Thursday that permanently extending premium health subsidies would increase the number of insured people 3.8 million by 2035 while also increasing the deficit by $349.8 billion over 10 years.
The analysis was requested by Democrats who are looking to avoid the year-end expiration of expanded subsidies for buying health insurance on government-run exchanges and persuade Republicans to negotiate on an extension.
They also requested estimates of the effect of rolling back other changes to the individual market under President Donald Trump: repealing a Trump administration final marketplace rule and repealing portions of the GOP reconciliation law.
