So Mulvaney is saying the cbo estimate assumes

[Ilsa]

People give up their free Medicaid, which people won't do.

I thought it meant that people lose their Medicaid because the expansions are eliminated. I don't get their arguments.

[sharedvalues]

1. Mulvaney is a liar and should be treated as such

Link to tweet

Given Mulvaney's history of lying, until he rebuilds our trust (by telling the truth for months or years), why should we believe anything he says?


Mulvaney is a functionary, installed by the GOP to destroy government so the rich can take more of American wealth.

[OldHippieChick]

2. He's speaking in circles and hoping we aren't listening.

The same way he said it's "care" not "coverage" that matters. Too bad Mika couldn't have followed that up with "How are you going to provide care to those who don't have coverage"? She was so focused on getting her own question answered, she failed to see the obvious next question.

[bigbrother05]

3. The CBO is calculating how many won't be covered based on the funding in the plan

All Ryan cares about is the budget reductions

[wishstar]

4. Plan cuts nearly $900 billion from Medicaid- so it can't cover as many

Budgetary Effects of Health Insurance Coverage Provisions
The $935 billion in estimated deficit reduction over the 2017-2026 period that would stem from the insurance coverage provisions includes the following amounts (shown in
Table 3):
• A reduction of $880 billion in federal outlays for Medicaid;
• Savings of $673 billion, mostly stemming from the elimination of the ACA’s subsidies for nongroup health insurance—which include refundable tax credits for premium assistance and subsidies to reduce cost-sharing payments—in 2020;
• Savings of $70 billion mostly associated with shifts in the mix of taxable and nontaxable compensation resulting from net decreases in the number of people estimated to enroll in employment-based health insurance coverage; and
• Savings of $6 billion from the repeal of a tax credit for certain small employers that provide health insurance to their employees.
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