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My reason for posting the ever popular guest columnist here at the Tall Table; Ann Coulter; was because of the lines below.
I had heard that 22 million will lose coverage, in fact, I'm sure I read it on here, likely Sew repeated it.
But is Ann correct in what she writes below? If so, why are we even discussing it?
-------------------------------------------------------- There is no truth in any discussion of Obamacare. Currently, the most persistent lie is the claim that -- according to scoring by the CBO! -- 22 million Americans would "lose" their health insurance under the Senate health care bill. Turn on the TV right now and you'll hear someone saying this.
"A new (CBO) budget score said 22 million more Americans would lose health coverage under this plan ..."
-- Poppy Harlow, CNN, June 27, 2017
"A score from the Congressional Budget Office ... said the Republican bill to kill Obamacare would kick 22 million Americans off their health insurance."
-- Rachel Maddow, June 27, 2017
"The clock is ticking on the Senate health care bill as the CBO estimates 22 million people will lose their insurance."
-- Chris Hayes, June 26, 2017
HELLO? REPUBLICANS? ANY OF YOU GUYS WANT TO REBUT THAT? IT'S PRETTY EASY TO DO!
The actual CBO report says nothing of the sort. People citing the "22 million" figure didn't read past the CBO's headline-grabbing paragraph at the top of the "Summary" page.
In fact, the CBO merely estimates that -- in the year 2026 -- 22 million Americans who otherwise would have been forced by the Obamacare penalty to buy health insurance will choose not to buy insurance once the penalty is gone. By "people thrown off their health insurance," liberals mean: "people who voluntarily decide not to have health insurance." (More accurately, "people who choose not to prove to the government that they have health insurance.")
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