Rep. Chris Collins Casts Doubt on CBO Estimate of Number Who Could Lose Coverage Under GOP Health Plan

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CUOMO: "You’re giving them less money over time for Medicaid and that’s why the CBO is saying you’re going to have more people uninsured than today. That’s just the fact according to the actuarial estimates."
COLLINS: "Chris, these same actuarials are saying next year in 2018 — by the way, there's no change. No change on the exchanges, no change in Medicaid expansion, no change whatsoever. They're saying we are going to lose 14 million people next year. Now, how do you get your arms around something that says we're losing 14 million people when there isn’t even a single change? So, I guess under ObamaCare then, they’re somehow saying we’re going to lose 14 million people next year. The CBO, they're pretty good on numbers. On something like this, I can't wrap my head around how they think we're losing 14 million people in a year when there's no change."