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Congressional budget office offered a brutal assessment of the republican legislation. 14 million more people uninsured by next year. and 24 million by 2026. >> simple answer of course i'm concerned. 14 million people losing insurance. i'm concerned. that's not what president trump promised. okay? that's not what republicans ran on. >> reporter: while the cbo projects the bill would reduce the deficit by $337 billion, it would do so only after cutting medicaid by nearly $900 billion. that has unnerved some republicans from states that expanded medicaid to provide coverage to low-income america...

Top republicans in congress pushing back on the congressional budget office report, which says millions more americans will be uninsured if the health care bill becomes law. let's discuss, grover norquist is here cnn's senior economic analyst. author of saving capitalism for the many, not the few. perfect two guests to discuss this, gentlemen, thank you so much. the cbo, congressional budget office, analyzed this new gop health plan here's what they estimate, 14 million more people would be uninsured by next year. fwlz a $337 billion in deficit savings in there, from 2017 to 26. i know you lik...

Plan. the entire plan uses the regulatory plan and they ignored completely the other legislative activities we'll be putting into place. we disagree strenuously with the report that was put out. we believe 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 for their family, not that the government forces them to buy. >> the cbo also found a substantial impact on the federal deficit. a reduction of $337 billion by 2026, compared to the smaller reduction of $124 billion by 2019 under obamacare. the net ...

Precedent down the road. they're basically so far apart on house and senate. i don't see how $337 billion tax cuts is going to get them to pass a bill. you have susan combs last night saying this was eye popping. the house needs to return to her bill. a more moderate version. i think donald trump might be happy that he's not going to have to face the house freedom caucus tonight in the bowling tournament. that will get pushed down the road. >> jon: i call it $337 billion tax cut. it's a projected reduction in the deficit. susan crabtree, thank you both. the justice department is asking for m...

Oh, my god, kaci. so far steve rattner says it's okay to boil it down to the rich will get tax cuts and poor people will lose health care. >> i actually think that's a fair assessment. they are shifting how they are going to spend money, poor people's insurance, putting variety of tax breaks $1.2 billion reducing spending things like medicaid and 0.9 billion adding things in, the cost of these tax cuts. that's how under the circumstances to $337 billion savings. that's also what has moderates, particularly in the senate frankly very umbrella happy with this. i mean, if you're tom cotton, you'r...