Fact-check: Sanders says 15 million lost health insurance because of Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'
HIS CLAIM. COMING UP.
>> DEMOCRATS SAY REPUBLICANS
HAVE IGNORED VOTERS. CONCERNS
ABOUT AFFORDABILITY POINTING TO
EVERYTHING FROM GAS PRICES TO
THE COST OF HEALTH CARE.
AND SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS SAYS
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN HIS
SECOND TERM HAS ALREADY KICKED
15 MILLION AMERICANS OFF THEIR
HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSE PAY
CHECKS THAT CLAIM FOR
POLITIFACT.
>> AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S
SIGNATURE LEGISLATION, THE ONE
BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT ALREADY
THROWN 15 MILLION PEOPLE OFF
THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE WILL.
THAT'S WHAT SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS SAID DURING A HEARING
ON CAPITOL HILL THE OTHER DAY.
YEAH, WE ARE MOVING IN EXACTLY
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS A
RESULT OF THE QUOTE ON, QUOTE,
BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. 15 MILLION
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN THROWN OFF
THE HEALTH CARE THAT THEY NEED.
>> WE ASKED THE SENATOR'S
OFFICE WHERE HE GOT THAT NUMBER
AND THEY POINTED TO PROJECTIONS
ABOUT THE LAW'S CUTS TO
MEDICAID AND THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT. ONE REPORT FROM THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE,
A NONPARTISAN ARM OF CONGRESS
THAT ANALYZES LEGISLATION.
THEY PREDICTED THE NEW LAW
WOULD LEAVE 10 MILLION PEOPLE
WITHOUT INSURANCE BY THE YEAR
2034 ANOTHER STUDY BY THE GROUP
CALLED THE CENTER ON BUDGET
AND POLICY PRIORITIES ON THAT,
ANOTHER 4 MILLION PEOPLE WOULD
LOSE THEIR COVERAGE BECAUSE THE
GOVERNMENT IS ALLOWING
SUBSIDIES TO EXPIRE FOR THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. THOSE
NUMBERS COME FROM FAIRLY
REPUTABLE SOURCES, BUT THEIR
PREDICTIONS. SANDERS SAID
15 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
THROWN OFF THEIR HEALTH
INSURANCE. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE
LATEST NUMBERS SHOW. THE
GOVERNMENT'S CENTERS FOR
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
ISSUED THIS PRESS RELEASE IN
LATE MARCH AND THEY SAID 23.1
MILLION AMERICANS SIGNED UP FOR
PLANS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S
HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES FOR
THIS YEAR. THAT'S ONLY 1.2
MILLION LESS THAN THE PRIOR
YEAR, 15 MILLION PEOPLE MIGHT
LOSE COVERAGE BY THE YEAR 2034
BUT FEDERAL POLICIES CAN CHANGE
A LOT IN A YEAR. SO IT'S
PREMATURE FOR SANDERS TO SAY
THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
ALL OF THIS IS WHY THE TRUTH
METER RACE AND HIS CLIENT MOST.