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On May 24, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that estimates the costs and overall effect of H.R. 1628, the . This is the third report to come from the CBO since the first version of thebill was introduced in March. If theU.S. Senate passes the bill in its current form, the CBO estimates that it would reduce the federal deficit by $119 billion between 2017 and 2026 – $32 billion less than the original bill. “The largest increases in the deficit would come from repealing or modifying tax provisions in the ACA that are not directly related to health insurance coverage, such as repealing a surtax on net investment income, repealing annual fees imposed on health insurers and reducing the income threshold for the tax deduction for medical expenses,” said. ţӰsupported the following provisions of the AHCA, several of which were included in ABC’s to chairs of the relevant House committees on health care reform: