The tax overall signed by President Trump will cause the fund to be depleted three years earlier, said Medicare trustees.
"There’s no reason we’ll pay less in the U.S.," one economist said.
One of the stated goals of the CDC is to reduce tobacco use, yet CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald owns tobacco company stock.
At least 21 million fewer Americans would have health-care coverage from 2020 to 2026, says a Brookings Institution estimate.
Some businesses have seized upon promising treatments to make deceptive assurances to patients.
The deductibles in the controversial Republican plan would be so high that they’d violate maximums set in U.S. law, CBO says.
Hundreds of arrests are expected in a crackdown on fraudulent claims made to some of the nation’s biggest insurers.
The health industry expects the Senate to be more receptive to lobbying than the House on Obamacare replacement.
The president’s warning came a day after GOP leaders made several changes to their measure.
Congressional actuaries have yet to issue a “score” that will show how much it will cost or save taxpayers.