The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate and House bills would save $132 billion and $138 billion respectively.
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Fiscally minded "Blue Dog" Democrats in the House and conservative Democrats in the Senate are worried about estimates of how much the plans will cost.
The CBO estimates that the Senate bill would reduce the number of uninsured by about 31 million, the main GOP plan would reduce the number by about 3 million.