British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is credited with the statement famously repeated by Mark Twain: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
Expect this general sentiment to be debated quite a bit for the next few weeks. On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced its projection that 22 million more Americans will be uninsured by 2026 under the Better Care Act (already being referred to as Trumpcare) than would be the case under current law. The sparks began to fly immediately.