HHS head Tom Price calls scathing CBO health care report not believable while admitting...
Source: RawStory
HHS head Tom Price calls scathing CBO health care report not believable while admitting he hasnt read it
TOM BOGGIONI
13 MAR 2017 AT 17:54 ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Price criticized a U.S. Congressional Budget Office report that stated that millions will lose insurance with the GOP replacement plan for Obamacare after admitting that he hadnt read it yet.
Speaking with the press after the report was issued, stating 14 million more people would be uninsured in 2018 and 24 million more in 2026 if the plan being considered in the House of Representatives were adopted, Price dismissed it.
We believe that our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost and give them the choices that they want for the coverage that they want for themselves and their family, not that the government forces them to buy, Price stated after calling it not believable. Asked by a reporter if the CBO was wrong in their estimates, Price responded that he had yet to read it but its estimates were virtually impossible.
The fact of the matter is, if you look at that, its virtually impossible to have that number occur. We are not certain again, we havent been able to read the report.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/hhs-head-tom-price-calls-scathing-cbo-health-care-report-not-believable-while-admitting-he-hasnt-read-it/
video @ link, above
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,044 posts)klook
(12,178 posts)and that's good enough for Price.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)louis-t
(23,322 posts)Cosmocat
(14,606 posts)And, they will get free Ben and Jerry's for the rest of their lives, and handies, too!
bucolic_frolic
(43,614 posts)Feeling the empathy?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Turbineguy
(37,444 posts)the number of uninsured will drop as they die.
This is a republican eugenics program. They'll be harvesting organs and gold from peoples' teeth.
Augiedog
(2,552 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)mdbl
(4,976 posts)Price is a dork. He's just there to grease the palms of a few friends and pretend he gives a shit about anything.
paleotn
(18,041 posts)...at least read the damn thing. Asshole!
madamesilverspurs
(15,822 posts).
Thunderbeast
(3,433 posts)There is one party that states facts, and provides evidence to support their positions.
The other party starts most of their advocacy with the term "We Believe......."
We are in the Era of "faith-based" policies.
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