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Robert Reich: I think it does move the needle, in fact, quite a bit, because remember that 24 million people losing health insurance…

On the recordMay 23, 2017
I think it does move the needle, in fact, quite a bit, because remember that 24 million people losing health insurance, that first CBO estimate, having to do with the first time that the House tried to put its version of a repeal of Affordable Care Act, that was enough to basically scuttle that version all together. It didn't even go to a vote.
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Robert Reich

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Robert Reich discusses the impact of the CBO score on the health care bill and its potential to influence Senate Republicans.

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