Gail Wilensky: We are not going to see an additional 20 million people uninsured

Speaking at The Washington Post on Monday, Project HOPE Senior Fellow and former health care advisor to President George H.W. Bush Gail Wilensky said it is unlikely that an additional 20 million people would be uninsured in a new Obamacare replacement plan. “We do have 20 million people, most of whom are on Medicaid, not in the exchanges," Wilensky said. "But there’s no member of Congress, Republican or Democrat, who’s going to want to go out and face an election in 2018 with 20 million plus individuals newly uninsured who had been insured, “ she said. “It’s just not going to happen."