Quick Fact: Hannity falsely suggests Democratic health bills would “actually” only insure “12 million” people

Written by Greg Lewis

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Sean Hannity responded to a statement by Democratic strategist Jacques DeGraff that “We're on the threshold of taking care of 31 million Americans who don't have health insurance” by claiming that “It's actually 12 million” who would get insurance.

From the November 20 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

FORMER MD GOV. ROBERT ERLICH: We're on the threshold of quadrupling the national debt.

DEGRAFF: We're on the threshold of taking care of 31 million Americans who don't have health insurance.

HANNITY: It's actually 12 million, but that's a whole different story.

Fact: CBO says Senate and House health bills would each reduce the number of uninsured in 2019 by more than 30 million

According to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) cost estimate of the Senate health care bill, “the number of nonelderly people who are uninsured would be reduced by about 31 million” in 2019 compared to current law. Similarly, the CBO's score of the House bill as passed estimated the bill would have the net effect of reducing the number of uninsured Americans by 36 million in 2019 compared to current law.