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Veterans under the current president. >> this is the first president in post world war ii history whoever made veterans the centerpiece first of his campaign and then of his administration. we now have, thanks to this president and thanks to choice, the highest veteran satisfaction rate in our history. we're sitting at 89.7%. >> sandra: important interview you had with the v.a. secretary important. >> it is important to look wrat the v.a. is today than a year ago. disarray, veterans not getting treated properly within healthcare institutions and so we have seen a big improvement here at the v....

Services secretary price praised him not long ago saying hi economic prowess was commendable, i'm paraphrasing but you know the cbo has also gotten it right on obamacare sometimes. is that a smart tactic? >> not mostly. mostly gotten it wrong in terms of how much obamacare would cost, how many people would be covered. they were in the wrong area code in terms of being close. >> hold on. >> yeah. >> when they came out in 2010 they estimated 89% of people under 65 years old would have coverage in 2016. the reality, 89.7% had it. yes, they were way off on those that would buy in to the individual...

Estimate, i think. >> so, a lot of focus from the white house and mulvaney there on the part that they got wrong. and the cbo was wrong in estimating how many people would insured under the obamacare exchanges, right? it was about half of their estimate. but they were spot on when it came to how many americans would be insured total by 2016. they predicted, you know, 89% and it was 89.7% of americans had insurance last year. they've been wrong, but right, too. >> this is a very complex kind of issue. you have to guess how employers are going to respond. and they didn't drop as much insurance h...

Of their time. let's take a look, then. at the congressional budget office projections for obamacare. the cbo estimated 21 million people would gain coverage through health care exchanges in 2016. only 10.4 million people did. cbo projegted 82 and 89 adults would have coverage in 2016. they were closer on that count. 89.7% of americans had insurance last year. you see how high the tensions are over health care at town halls across the u.s. hours ago, in kansas, jenkins was booed when she tried to defend the republican health care plan. >> the cbo scores are rarely, if ever, right. [ crowd re...

Wrong about obamacare. so why believe it now? well it is true, the agency did get a few things wrong. like how many americans would sign up. it predicted 22 moip people, only about half of that enrolled last year. that error is partly because fewer employers dropped health coverage than predicted. and more americans were eligible for medicaid. the cbo was also wrong about costs, it predicted 132 billion dollars, but the actual pricetag was $22 billion less. there's one stat the cbo got right. how many adults would be insured. the agency predicted 89% by 2016. the actual number was 89.7%, up 7%...