Healthcare

White House struggles with Obamacare math in tweet

By Jack O'brien
Published June 26, 2017 9:01pm ET
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White House struggles with Obamacare math in tweet
The CBO was actually off by about 55 percent in their math. (@WhiteHouse/Twitter)

The White House tweeted the Congressional Budget Office was off with its math in a tweet that displayed its own struggles with simple division.

On Monday, the White House said in 2010 the CBO estimated 23 million people would be covered under the Affordable Care Act by 2017.

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