“A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they're still insured.”
What PolitiFact found
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that 2.9 million people who stand to lose Medicaid from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law are already covered by Medicare or by Medicaid in another state. Another 1.6 million would have access to other types of coverage but have not signed up for it, according to CBO’s numbers. This group of 1.6 million would not "have other insurance" at the time they lose Medicaid. They would have to locate new insurance, and be able to pay fo...
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In short
Kevin Hassett (White House economic adviser) made this claim around 6 July 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 July 2025, 5 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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