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22 million fewer Americans insured under Senate GOP bill - Jun. 26, 2017
The WH spokesperson had this to say in May of this year:
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/04/obamacare-replacement-is-impossible-for-cbo-to-score-wh-claims.html
How does Sanders even have a job?
The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million fewer Americans with health insurance by 2026 than under Obamacare, the nonpartisan Congressional
Budget Office said Monday.
The highly anticipated score answers key questions about the impact of the Senate's controversial legislation made public last Thursday. The analysis also offers clarity to wavering Senate Republicans on whether to vote for the bill later this week.
The CBO also found the bill would reduce deficits by $321 billion compared with Obamacare.
The House passed its version of an Obamacare repeal bill in May. That legislation would leave 23 million fewer Americans with health insurance by 2026 than under the Affordable Care Act, CBO said earlier.
The WH spokesperson had this to say in May of this year:
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/04/obamacare-replacement-is-impossible-for-cbo-to-score-wh-claims.html
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters ahead of the vote that it is "impossible" for the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to score the proposal after a series of amendments. She echoed press secretary Sean Spicer, who said Wednesday that too many "variables" are "unknown" to predict its effects accurately.
In late March, the CBO estimated that the number of uninsured people would have increased by 24 million over the next decade under an earlier version of the GOP plan, largely due to a rollback of Medicaid expansion. Republicans have continued to defend the plan, highlighting instead the CBO's assessment that premiums would fall over 10 years after initially rising.
How does Sanders even have a job?