"House Speaker Paul Ryan sat down with Fox & Friends Tuesday to defend the Senate Republican health care plan.
The Speaker was responding to the Congressional Budget Office report that said 22 million people would be uninsured by 2026 if the Senate's replacement bill passed.
"What they're basically saying at the Congressional Budget Office is if you're not going to force people to buy Obamacare, if you're not going to force people to buy something that they don't want, then they won't buy it. So, it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan, it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."
"The Congressional Budget Office estimated that 22 million MORE people would be uninsured by 2026 under the Senate Republican health care plan than under current law, with 15 million more uninsured people in the next year alone"
Just a bit different, don't you think? And on the "choosing not to buy it" front:
"A rollback of Medicaid programs that expanded in some states under the current law would hit people just above the national poverty level the hardest, the CBO estimated.
Close to 40 percent of adults ages 30 to 49 who make less than $24,000 a year (the 2017 poverty threshold for an individual is a little over $12,000) would not have insurance by 2026 under the Senate bill, according to the office's report.
Reminds me of the senator that said "either health insurance or a cell phone".
The Speaker was responding to the Congressional Budget Office report that said 22 million people would be uninsured by 2026 if the Senate's replacement bill passed.
"What they're basically saying at the Congressional Budget Office is if you're not going to force people to buy Obamacare, if you're not going to force people to buy something that they don't want, then they won't buy it. So, it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan, it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."
"The Congressional Budget Office estimated that 22 million MORE people would be uninsured by 2026 under the Senate Republican health care plan than under current law, with 15 million more uninsured people in the next year alone"
Just a bit different, don't you think? And on the "choosing not to buy it" front:
"A rollback of Medicaid programs that expanded in some states under the current law would hit people just above the national poverty level the hardest, the CBO estimated.
Close to 40 percent of adults ages 30 to 49 who make less than $24,000 a year (the 2017 poverty threshold for an individual is a little over $12,000) would not have insurance by 2026 under the Senate bill, according to the office's report.
Reminds me of the senator that said "either health insurance or a cell phone".
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