The sweeping Republican bill to enact the core elements of President Trump's domestic policy agenda would add $2.4 trillion to the national debt over the next decade while forcing millions to lose health insurance coverage, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The findings, which focus on the version of the bill that narrowly passed the House last month, run counter to GOP talking points that the trillions set aside in the bill to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts are offset by spending cuts in other areas and future economic growth to stem from the plan. It was an argument that allowed fiscal conservatives in the House to sign off on the bill.

The CBO is expected to release an additional estimate in the near future that would account for

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