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More than 800 billion the house bill already cuts from the program. ever seen y seen yor in america read, it looks like american seniors could be paying way more. why do this? looking at the bill, the answer is because the republicans want to give a tax break to the wealthiest americans. those making over $200,000 a year and set themselves up to give these folks another, even larger tax cut in their tax bill. even though much of the early reporting says the bill will keep certain protections for...

Have to cover what you may actually need. it doesnt have to cover all or most of your costs. if you need treatment for opioid addiction, your plan may no longer cover it. if youre pregnant and need maternity care, your plan may have decided thats too expensive. the coverage that americans with preexisting conditions actually need may well become either unaffordable or even nonexistent under this bill. simply put, this bill will result -- not right now at the end of my remarks. simply put, this b...

You want. >> i think they are looking for a political victory. theres a reason why people hate washington, d.c. this is not the real world. it is not what is happening around the kitchen table. i want to get to that patient im seeing in the exam room and making sure they can get the coverage they need. >> what can you do to get there? with t exception of saying this doesnt work, dont do it, is there a solution? we have to be pragmatic. we dont have a choice. >> absolutely. what we ought to do is...

And i have not talked yet to any of the republicans that we consider to be key votes on this measure and instead were getting people basically ducking our cameras. john mccain, richard burr refused to say anything. we did speak to senator pat roberts of kansas and he said this was a difficult bill under difficult circumstances but that he wants to move forward with this. i think -- >> let me stop you for a second -- >> reporter: we are sifting -- go ahead. >> chuck schumer -- this will happen al...

Unanimous consent request. i ask unanimous consent that any substitute or perfecting amendment offered to calendar number 120, hr 1628, not be in order if the text of the amendment has not been filed at the desk and made available on a public website for at least 72 hours, along with an analysis by the congressional budget office of the bills budgetary coverage and cost implications. >> is there objection? >> reserving the right to object, my colleague, senator cornyn was going to ask the questi...

Only afford treatment to get him out from under his devastating addiction. somewhere in america, theres a parent whose child has cancer and mother and father who stay up late at night worried their insurance will either not be available or run out when the family needs it most. the america that my republican friends envision with this health care bill, those americans and many more beside might not get the coverage and care they need. we live in the wealthiest country on earth. surely, surely we...

Immigrants and leprosy. i think the science is pretty well dictated if that regard, too. let me ask you this, one of the most beneficial components of the affordable care act was the expansion of the medicaid program, that resulted in 11 million people nationwide and over 500,000 in new jersey gaining coverage, many for the first time. its one of the biggest programs on the republican chopping block, with prems to not only repeal the affordable cares medicaid expansion, but going further and gut...

Going to be left to congressman price, which i think is why the question was asked about would there be people who would lose coverage. and i think, you know, theres been a lot of data on this. this was sort of a loaded question, as you well know. the congressional budget office has released estimates if theres an repeal of the affordable care act. in year one, year two, year three. they say some 30 million more people within a few years would not have health care coverage. i think that thats wh...

Medicaid patients, who are not taking any medicaid patients. theres a reason for that. if were honest with ourselves, we would be asking the question why. >> well, if thats the case that one in three dont treat medicaid, you have to ask yourself, is that because medicaid reimbursements are so low? and since provider reimbursements are set at a state level, wont cutting federal funding and hitting states with higher costs only lead to lower provider rates? and how many doctors would actually trea...

Questions, largely tough questions from the democrats? >> tough questions from the democrats, not so much from the republicans. i think hes handling it well in terms of the theater of this. he insists hes done nothing wrong. ive not seen anything that will put his nomination in jeopardy. ultimately, this is going to be a party line vote. ultimately, republicans will rally around him. hes very popular among republicans on capitol hill. of course, he has been a republican congressman on the other ...