page_title: Political debates about the United States federal budget
section_title: Budgetary impact of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")
hierarchical_section_title: Political debates about the United States federal budget / Cause of increases in deficits and debt 2001–2011 / Budgetary impact of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")
caption_attribution_description: English: Estimated effects on deficits of repealing the Affordable Care Act
context_page_description: Political debates about the United States federal budget discusses some of the more significant U.S. budgetary debates of the 21st century. These include the causes of debt increases, the impact of tax cuts, specific events such as the United States fiscal cliff, the effectiveness of stimulus, and the impact of the Great Recession, among others. The article explains how to analyze the U.S. budget as well as the competing economic schools of thought that support the budgetary positions of the major parties.
context_section_description: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was evaluated multiple times by the Congressional Budget Office, which scored it as a moderate deficit reducer, as it included tax hikes primarily on high income taxpayers (over $200,000, roughly the top 5% of earners) and reductions in future Medicare cost increases, offsetting subsidy costs. The CBO also reported in June 2015 that: "Including the budgetary effects of macroeconomic feedback, repealing the ACA would increase federal budget deficits by $137 billion over the 2016–2025 period." CBO also estimated that excluding the effects of macroeconomic feedback, repeal of the ACA would increase the deficit by $353 billion over that same period.
caption: CBO estimated in June 2015 that repeal of ACA would increase the deficit between $137 and $353 billion over the 2016–2025 period, depending on the impact of macroeconomic feedback effects.[36]
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