Alwaght- During the first year of Trump's presidency, over 14 million US citizens will lose their health insurances as the real estate Mogul goes ahead with his new healthcare plan.
A US nonpartisan congressional office said an additional 14 million people will not have health insurance next year under a planned Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
In a decade that number will surge to 24 million, the Congressional Budget Office said in its assessment of the proposal.
It said in a report that most of the surge in uninsured Americans next year will come from the planned repealing of penalties that force individuals to have coverage.
Other planned changes to former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law will see the number of those who lose coverage skyrocket to 21 million by 2020 and 24 million by 2026.
That year, an estimated 52 million would not have coverage, compared to nearly half, 28 million, who would lack coverage under the current law.
But the report said the Republican proposal, known as the American Health Care Act, "would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the 2017-2026 period".
Republicans have criticized the existing law, popularly known as "Obamacare", for what they said are rising costs to individuals while healthcare choices have deteriorated.
Still, the bill has been met with stiff criticism from a relatively wide cross-section of individuals and groups, including a united Democratic Party.
