Warning: Beware of Deceptive Responses to Upcoming CBO Report on Revised AHCA
With a much anticipated estimate on the effects of the revised American Health Care Act (AHCA) expected soon from the
In a report (PDF) (https://www.citizen.org/system/files/case_documents/mulvaney-ahca-cbo-spin-report.pdf) issued today, Public Citizen offers a guide to the distortions and selective rhetoric put forth by
"Mulvaney and the rest of the administration likely will do everything they can to discredit the upcoming CBO report," said
Among Mulvaney's deceptions after the first CBO report:
* Mulvaney praised the CBO's finding that the bill would eventually lower average premiums by roughly 10 percent for people who buy their own policies. Mulvaney did not acknowledge that the conclusion was based upon its finding that the bill would make health care unaffordable for many seniors, because the CBO estimated it would increase premiums for some seniors by more than 750 percent. Therefore, seniors would drop insurance altogether, lowering the average premium among those who retained insurance.
* Mulvaney claimed that the problem with Obamacare is that people have coverage but can't afford care. But he failed to mention that under the
* On the CBO's estimate that 24 million fewer people would be insured by 2026 under the
"When the first CBO score was released, Mulvaney relished his joke that according to the CBO, it was 'sunny and 75 degrees' in D.C. when it was in fact snowing," said
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