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10%. >> and house speaker paul ryan describing this as good news. >> actually, i think if you read the entire report, im encouraged by it. it exceeded my expectations. we are saying the government is not forcing people to buy something they dont want to buy. if we end the mandate, guess what, people wont buy that. >> the cbo score wasnt all bleak for republicans. the appeared plan would lower the deficit by $337 billion over ten years. the score is putting republicans on the defensive and embold...

He knows a lot about music. steve: spent a lot of time on the bus. republicans wanted to wait until the congressional budget office scored repeal and replace plan. although not repeal her say. >> yeah. steve: good news it would save $337 billion over 10 years, cut the deficit but the other headline 14 million americans next year would be kicked off of health care. the politics of that not really good. >> i think what, i know newt gingrich blasted the cbo. i think he makes some great points. i ha...

Joins us now. lets talk more about the headlines first of all from the report. >> anderson, start with the context. republican aides knew it was not going to be a great number. they did not know it was going to be this. you hit the top lines. 14 million uninsured after the first year. by 2026, that number jumped to 24 million. those are huge issues right now. they knew it was going to be a bad number. they knew the numbers werent going to match up perfectly well with obamacare that is a big numb...

They still have big problems. it needed fixing. now you have 52 million. the numbers are daunting, abby. but can anybody be surprised? if youre cutting the amount of money that the individual gets, whether you call it a subsidy or tax credit, if you cut the amount of money that goes into medicaid, whether you pass it on to the states or not, youre going to have less people getting covered, because the money wont be there. >> thats right pip mean, this bill is designed to sort of thread this need...

Conservative republicans like about this plan, the $337 billion in savings that will go to the deficit. so theres not a lot of wiggle room where they can make conservatives happy without alien netting others. >> shepard: theres a few things they could do. not everybody would be happy about it. they save about $900 billion with the new plan. but they aid in about $650 billion in tax cuts, largely for wealthier americans. they could eliminate some of those tax cuts. >> that would eat away at the d...

Be left with no coverage after the president promised there would be healthcare for everyone. even though he admitted it was not a very republican thing to say, as he put it. now our capitol hill team reports theres news. theres about to be a big meeting. amendments to the bill may be in the works. president trump, the house speaker, paul ryan and kevin mccarthy are scheduled for a phone conference less than an hour from now. they need a way to unite the party because democrats are in lock step ...

Bill. looks improbable. >> jon: they say it will save $337 billion. you can buy a lot of healthcare with that. >> i would say that -- the house republicans, democrats are saying this is a tax cut. the house republicans love those numbers. internally the real problem that were seeing down the road here is that theres the house and senate are completely divided. even in the republican leadership. theres divisions. the house freedom caucus is pushing outside consumer groups are pushing the senate t...

Plan, guess what? people wont buy that. >> the cbo score wasnt all bleak. the plan would lower the federal deficit by estimate $337 billion over ten years. the score is putting republicans on the defensive. emboldening democrats who smell blood in the water for 2018. cnns phil mattingly has the latest. >> reporter: christine and dave. republicans knew it would be bad, but not this bad. 14 million uninsured by 2018. 24 million uninsured over the course of ten-year period. that is according to the...

I dont think people can drop their insurance policies because they choose to do so and if people would drop the insurance for their families, its because they cant afford it and not because they choose to. if you have $337 billion worth of savings, some of that should be invested to pick sure you dont get a huge drop off. right now do you. one of the things i have a major problem with, when people look at the plan, you argue, i dont believe this number. when you have good things -- you cant cher...

Does, when you have competition in any industry. what happens? they fall. >> heres what republicans like about this, $337 billion savings by 2026. they like that figure, but at what cost? >> sure. >> of this savings. >> were about half of the savings comes from the wealthy, from the affluent. we cut their taxes, and then guess what, a lot of people who are poor or not affluent, lose their insurance. is that really what the republicans want to go to the cant with. i dont think they can cure it rh...