CBO scoring on the amendment to let the states destroy Obamacare mandates would be difficult, it seems to me. Because it is a conditional thing. Should they score it as if all the states apply for waivers? Half the states? And what waivers will they apply for? Etc.
Notice I am not questioning whether the waivers will be granted, no matter how thoughtless the justifications. Maybe ALEC will even put out some nice boilerplate for the states to use to cancel the pre-existing condition mandate, age bands, essential health benefits and other other Obamacare safeguards. I’d bet the’ve got a couple teams working on the wording right now, so the applications will be all ready to go as soon as AHCA passes. And of course they’ll all be instantly rubber-stamped by Trump’s HHS.