The CBO Report is an Elephant. (Updated)

Do you remember that old parable about the elephant and the blind men? That's what we have right now with the CBO report on the GOP Deathcare / Trumpcare.

We have Rep. Paul Ryan telling us that the CBO report "validates" his plan.

We also have HHS Tom Price saying that the CBO report is "not believable".

Of course, we have Sen. Bill Cassidy, after seeing the CBO report, saying, "Can’t sugarcoat it. Doesn’t look good".

So there you go. Three blind men with a big (red) elephant in the room.*







*- Pardon the mixed metaphors.

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Update:

I guess we shouldn't find this shocking, but it turns out that the White House's internal review expected a higher number of uninsured (26M vs. CBO's 24M) by 2026. To recap, Donald expected worse numbers, then continued to attack the CBO despite the CBO's numbers being more conservative (re friendlier) than their own internals.

"WTF" should be your response.

Alternatively, "OMFG WTF" is also acceptable.