Can CBO be trusted?

Sat., July 8, 2017

There is a lot of “news” about the health care proposal. We don’t hear or read much about what is really in the bill, but we do hear and read a lot about what its ills are. The Congressional Budget Office came out with its projections. The projections were quite negative. I can remember when Obamacare was passed, the CBO had pretty glowing projections. Their projections did not happen and even as recent as last year their projections were way off.

Wouldn’t it be interesting to compare the CBO projections in 2010 with what really happened? Makes you wonder if the CBO’s data can be trusted. Our senators should not let the CBO reports influence their votes so much.

Joan McKinley

Spokane Valley

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