The president’s health department’s auspicious Trumpcare estimates deal a blow to GOP health bill

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a division within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), projects federal health care spending would be $18 billion lower in 2026 under the latest Republican health care bill than under current law. In all, 31 states would receive less federal money for providing their residents with health insurance.

The CMS estimate — first obtained by Axios — is more generous to the Graham-Cassidy bill than previous rel...