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Doug Elmendorf Torches GOP on Obamacare

Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf.

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This is the Congressional Budget Office equivalent of burning someone’s house down:

Q: Will 2.5 Million People Lose Their Jobs in 2024 Because of the ACA?
A: No, we would not describe our estimates in that way.

There’s more at the link, but suffice it to say the point is that GOP characterizations of this are all wrong.