Kevin Hassett

White House economic adviser. 2 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2025 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by PolitiFact11 Jul 2025United States Politics and government

Kevin Hassett, White House economic adviser

“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.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: 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.…

Checked by FactCheck.org11 Jul 2025United States

Kevin Hassett, National Economic Council Director

“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.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: 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 es…