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By 2018, 14 million will have fewer plans. before this came out. tom price said this. >> i firmly believe that nobody it will be worst off fingsly in the process. we have a great opportunity to increase coverage over where we are right now. >> here is what tom price said moments ago after the report came out. >> we believe the plan we are putting in place is going to ensure more than are insured. >> there's this just moments ago. here is what senator lindsey graham told nbc news. >> this is not good news. if they are half right, there are some that will be uninsured. the way i look at it, give...

Employers and state government will respond. part of the estimate how state and locals respond to the bill. it's not awful how states would respond. that's one example. >> who are big winners and losers in the score of the gop bill? >> with legislation will do cut taxes for richer people and benefits for lower income people. from cbo estimate it depends on what people are trying to achieve. if you think the change should keep everyone -- this report is bad news for that. if you think it's appropriate for pull back the size of the government, even if tens of millions lose, then the report

And learning from the inaccuracies and how to make better estimates in the future. cbo analysts are knowledgeable about the uncertainties around -- that's why they were created to provide information for the congress and the american part-tieople. thank you for joining us. >> happy to be here. >> karen, just moments ago senate minority leader schumer, said they hand picked cbo. that's unfair do you agree? >> this is a pretty tough

Out there. they are not saying how many people the plan will cover. the cbo will -- may exactly 24 million but i suspect the gn on it is right it will cost a lot of people to lose coverage. >> there are, the republicans need, if they lose 24 votes in the house. there are 34 members of the freedom caucus, they can kill it t. is it likely to pass the house as is? >> i would not want to predict. it's going to be tough. one reason it's hard it bring the people on board is they are getting mixed signals. paul ryan is saying, no, take it as it is. if people think the bill is going to change when it ...

Report. and it's got a lot of bad news in here for the republicans sponsor of the bill. >> republicans doesn't like the bill? >> suddenly they don't. paul ryan had a statement that was friendlier towards the cbo. this has been a strategy of undercut the institution. you see trump doing that frequently when he thinks the numbers are going to support the sales job he has to go out and do. unfortunately, for donald trump there's a point he wants the cbo on their side. >> in all fairness, the cbo tries hard to make the best estimate but it's squishy at