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Time for our fact checking segment for fact's sake. on the new cbo score related to the new house health care bill, the house passed plan could see a rewrite in the senate after tough analysis by the non-partisan krocongressional budget office, which is headed by a republican at the moment. the number of uninsured versus had we stayed with affordable care act, 2018, 14 million more will be uninsured. 2020, 19 million more people will be uninsured. out to 2026, 23 million more people will be uninsured versus what would be the case under obamacare. 2026, under obamacare, there'd be 28 million am...

>> last question. >> follow up quickly, nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> specifically on the -- i don't hang out here often. on the cbo specifically, the language they use when it comes to premiums, despite the additional funding, those sicker americans would face extremely high premiums. how do you ensure the sicker americans with preexisting conditions they won't be priced out and it won't be unaffordable? >> what the cbo report doesn't state is states put their own part of this, as well. this is what this analysis, i think, forgets. which is, we are, for the first time ever, proposin...

The bill is in compliance with reconciliation instructions. what i'm encouraged is what the cbo says is we'll be able to drop premiums. we can give the states like wisconsin the plflexibility to t pri proceed y premiums down. a study came out yesterday from hhs saying premiums have doubled in america because of obamacare. people can't afford this. so what cbo just told us is the reforms we put in this bill will help lower premiums. so i'm very encouraged by that. i think what members are frustrated with is what's behind the cbo analysis, about who gets insured and who doesn't get insured. if y...

Of lecture he presented, that i think is going to leave many of these leaders deeply unsatisfied. >> good to talk to you. thank you so much. former u.s. ambassador to nato and now with the chicago council on global affairs. up next, the new reaction to the cbo score on the revised republican health care bill that would leave millions without coverage. we'll dig into the hard numbers. we're waiting for paul ryan to speak live. he is expected to address that cbo score and the situation in montana. we'll bring you those remarks live when they happen. my business was built with passion... but i ...

On the health insurance plans. the pot making is, you don't look at the risk pool idea federal alone. remember, the states will also do some of the lifting. the states, like in my state, we'll have an assessment on plans, if they choose to do that. they'll have an agreement with providers. we will have federal resources and state resources, which taken together, will improve the situation. we had a very successful risk pool in wisconsin. our insurance commissioner, deputy insurance commissioner testified, as much. it was very successful and didn't have a dime of federal spending. it had no fed...