Scalise: 14M people will get off Obamacare ‘given the choice’

Published March 14, 2017 2:40am ET



House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Monday evening said the Congressional Budget Office’s calculations of how many Americans would lose healthcare coverage has been misinterpreted by the media.

“What CBO said is if given the option, which our bill – we actually give people freedom – you don’t have to get on Obamacare. You can get off of Obamacare and what CBO is estimating is even with taxpayer subsidies, they think 14 million people just next year will get off of Obamacare if given the choice,” Scalise told Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

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