{"id":4151,"date":"2017-03-16T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/?p=4151"},"modified":"2017-03-16T10:28:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T14:28:06","slug":"cbos-alternate-facts-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/cbos-alternate-facts-obamacare\/","title":{"rendered":"CBO\u2019s Alternate Facts About Obamacare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop\">M<\/span>illions may lose cov\u00ader\u00adage next year if Con\u00adgress does <em>not <\/em>repeal Oba\u00admacare.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not what this week\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/115th-congress-2017-2018\/costestimate\/americanhealthcareact.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal Bud\u00adget Office (<span class=\"caps\">CBO<\/span>) analy\u00adsis<\/a> says, but it is real\u00adi\u00adty. <span class=\"caps\">CBO<\/span>\u2019s esti\u00admat\u00ading mod\u00adels seem imper\u00advi\u00adous to reality.<\/p>\n<p>In the real world, the Oba\u00admacare exchanges are in cri\u00adsis, mil\u00adlions of unin\u00adsured peo\u00adple will\u00ading\u00adly pay or avoid <span class=\"caps\">IRS<\/span> penal\u00adties, and con\u00adsumers strug\u00adgle with ris\u00ading pre\u00admi\u00adums and cost-shar\u00ading require\u00adments. &nbsp;Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/445803\/cbo-obamacare-alternate-facts-affordable-care-act-failing\">more<\/a> on Nation\u00adal Review Online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mil\u00adlions may lose cov\u00ader\u00adage next year if Con\u00adgress does not repeal Oba\u00admacare. 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In the real world, the Oba\u00admacare \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/cbos-alternate-facts-obamacare\/\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"nfd_image_url":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,60,124,1302,1238],"tags":[31,209,401,623,1184,1188,1303],"class_list":["post-4151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care","category-medicaid","category-obamacare","category-obamacare-repeal","category-uninsured","tag-cbo","tag-congressional-budget-office","tag-exchanges","tag-health-insurance-exchanges","tag-medicaid","tag-obamacare","tag-obamacare-repeal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CBO uses alternate facts to say that millions would lose coverage if Congress repeals Obamacare. 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