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To go to the table with the 40 mott rads in the house -- >> im one of them. by the way, im one of those moderates. we met with the new dems last week. you know what the new dems said? >> what? >> basically they said were not going to talk about ending the expansion, the 90% for able-bodied. they basically said well tweak something a little bit here or there, but we need more money to do this, we need more money to do that, and were not going to talk about rolling back the expansion to medicaid. ...

Relieved. brian on the phone. what did you think about his three-minute statement that a? jackie, it is disingenuous. theres another way to say it. i was waiting for him to start crying. when he is talking about nursing homes and folks that are winners under obamacare, i represent several nursing home spread let me tell you. folks do not understand that obamacare expanded medicaid. some of the down syndrome, and traditionally, medicaid was our system for those who are disabled like my sister-in-...

Thats been grossly mischaracterized about this bill. i think much of what people have heard is inaccurate. were hearing a very vocal protest from people who dont like the direction were heading in. >> whats inaccurate? >> i would say the characterizations of medicaid are widely inaccurate. >> the republican governors are wrong? >> yeah. look, republican governors like having a lot of free money thrown at them. thats a fun position to be in. >> its not like they can build ferris wheels. its to ta...

Heard, talk about medicaid, and able-bodied young men are on medicaid. this is taking it back to its original purpose. they cant communicate. president needs to take the lead in communicating the agenda. maria: that is what it is the messaging e-- explain to the american people what happened to medicaid. once you see it. you understand that program needs to change. take a break. when we come back, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he has doubts, next after the break. i was always "the ...

In a direction way different than that with bonus payments to sign people up for obamacare who are able bodied, working age individuals. finally our proposal really focuses on this high cost of insurance that people are faced with, the doubling rates of obamacare. what we do looking at these rates and the cbo says its actually lowers the rates for insurance 30% couple of years from now. thats what people are screaming about at home, the increasing rates and the projections for next year are even...

Able-bodied, working age individuals. finally, our proposal really focuses on this incredible, high cost of insurance that people are faced with. the dublin rates of obamacare. what we do looking at these commended cbo score lowers the rates 30%. a couple years from now. thats what people are screaming about at home. the increasing rates and the projections for next year are even higher under obamacare. obamacare is a bust. its going off a cliff. the democrats are saying, stay on board. we are t...

Billion, so, theres more spending on medicaid. one thing that were viewing this bill through the prism of is, were cutting, were taking away. but maybe we ought to be viewing this through the prism of, we overextended ourselves, we promised something that we cant afford and now were having to do reforms to bring it in alignment with what we can actually deliver. another issue were not talking about inside of medicaid is this. under the current medicaid system, you get more reimbursement for cove...

And forth for the last couple weeks. well see when those are released whether or not thats enough to get those wary senators, the senators already opposed to that initial discussion draft in line, wolf. >> phil, thank you. phil mattingly on capitol hill. the new bills effect on medicaid coverage is one of the biggest sticking points so far, but from the white house, we have heard two very different messages on the issue. >> these are not cuts to medicaid, george. this slows the rate for the fu...

Weve taken those people, put them back out in the private markets. medicaid should be for the exact people that youre talking about. it should be for the elderly, disabled and for folks who are single moms who are having children and are poor. thats what medicaid was designed to do. it should do that. and those who are able-bodied, the working portion should not be on medicaid. we should have a better system in the private market. >> those folks have been paying into medicaid all their lives and...

It is a tax cut bill. cuts taxes, a trillion dollars for the well thinkiest people in america. then to pay for that or pay for some of it, theyre going to kick millions of people off medicaid. two-thirds of everyone in nursing homes in america is paid for by medicaid. 49% of the births is paid for by medicaid. so this is the republicans dream. this is why they become republicans, to kick some kid out of his wheelchair. >> paul. >> thats the point of being a republican, right? >> you very well kn...