The CBO’s Analysis of the GOP’s Health Care Bill Is Worthless
26th May 2017
Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis of the current version of the House health care bill that was trumpeted by Democrats because it projected that 23 million people would “lose” their health insurance if the law went into effect. However, as Guy Benson points out, this claim is false, since “the large bulk of those who are said to be ‘losing’ coverage do not currently have coverage.” Further, to the extent that some who currently are forced to buy health insurance by Obamacare decide it isn’t worth the cost to them, and choose not to purchase it, that is rightfully their decision.
I guess we have to revise the classic phrase ‘Lies, damned lies, and statistics’ to ‘Lies, damned lies, and government information.’
Why should we believe an agency on a topic where its past projections have been wildly off the mark?
Indeed. If you look at the history of the CBO, it has never been right in any of its projections. Not once. Not ever.