Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A bipartisan plan to stabilize the healthcare marketplace under the Affordable Care Act would lower the federal deficit by $3.8 billion and "would not substantially" change the number of people with health insurance, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
The independent assessment of the plan put forth by Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., also says health insurance premiums wouldn't change much for 2018.