“If you look at the CBO numbers, if you look at the big numbers, they say that people are going to lose insurance, about 5 million of those are people who have other insurance. They’re people who have two types of insurance. And so, therefore, if they lose one, they’re still insured.”
Kevin Hassett
National Economic Council Director. Claim dated 6 Jul 2025.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
He exaggerated the number who the CBO said would still retain health coverage under a House version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and his remark may leave the mistaken impression that he was addressing the CBO’s estimate of the total increase in the uninsured.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kevin Hassett (National Economic Council Director) made this claim around 6 July 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 July 2025, 5 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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