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Going to be affected the most are going to be the aged and disab disabled. >> mitch mcconnells plan. you know other versions that are competing with mcconnells plan. >> well if its anything like the negotiations we went through a few short months ago in the house, fredricka, then what were going to see is this bill change before it gets to a final vote. before i can comment on what the final plans are, i want to see the final plans. but i would urge those senators who have concerns with their st...

>> shes 41. shes been fighting this cancer, as sick as she has been. she would not be alive today if it wasnt for the aca. these are real people. >> right. >> my daughter. >> right. >> so i just want you to have that in your brain when you look at this. i can only imagine, but west virginia needs you so desperately to stand up against this immoral bill. >> these medicaid stories, some of them are so powerful, we saw one last week on lawrence, this young man who is completely paralyzed and his mo...

Ourselves why is that the case and fix that. the medicaid population is basically four different demographics. seniors, its disabled, its healthy moms and kids. and what the federal government now stipulates is that those healthy moms and kids need to be cared for in exactly the same manner as the seniors and the disabled. that doesnt make any sense to anybody. so what were trying to do is to improve the medicaid system. make it more responsive to patients so that there are more resources to be ...

>> so what were trying to do is to improve the medicaid system, make it more responsive to patients so there are more resources to be able to be utilized for the disabled and the aged. that makes a whole lot of sense. >> i think a lot of people will wonder how taking more than $800 billion out of something will put more resources in it. also new this morning, white house chief of staff reince priebus says the health care bill is far from the political suicide from republicans who voted in favo...

Says his injuries are severe. >> we were horrified. and shocked. and sickened to learn what had happened to him and to see what had happened to him. >> reporter: his attorneys today said dr. dao suffered a concussion, broken nose, sinus injuries that require reconstructive surgery and lost two teeth in the incident. >> i have to go home. >> reporter: and he says he has no memory of running back on board the plane bloodied and distraught after being dragged off. daos attorneys say they will sue b...

Troubled passenger. this was not a nut job. this was not a threat to anybody. should he have been unceremoniously dragged out of that plane the way he was? hes a 69-year-old man. is that really the way we want to treat the aged? >> does the city of chicago bear any responsibility for the officers actions? >> yes. they are employees of the city of chicago. the city of chicago is -- yeah. just because united is responsible doesnt mean the city of chicago isnt also responsible. that will all be sor...

No, not at all. this was not -- this was not a troubled passenger. this was not a nut job. this was not a threat to anybody. should he have been unceremoniously dragged out of the plane the way he was? hes a 69-year-old man. is that really the way we want to treat the aged? >> does the city of chicago bear any responsibility? >> yes. they are employees of the city of chicago. the city of chicago is -- yeah. just because united is responsible doesnt mean the city of chicago isnt also responsible....

Hailey, tillerson, spicer all saying different things. it reads as mixed messaging. >> they should be on the same message and they should be on president trumps message. maybe they do have to get together and they have to come up with a unified statement, but it doesnt matter. the president has his own agenda. the president is going to do what the president feels is right for hill, for the country, for the people that hes trying to protect. >> whats your gut on what that is? because such a big p...

Healthy moms and kids thats exactly the same as the seniors and the disabled. that doesnt make sense to anybody whos looking at this -- not just health care economists or individuals who are experts on financing and delivery of health care, but the common american ordinary people say, well, that doesnt make any sense if youre caring for moms and kids in the same way youre caring for disabled and the aged. so think about -- imagine a system, if you will, that actually responds to the needs of tho...

People additionally could be getting insurance right now if you guys had expanded medicaid. how can you say your state is better off when had your state expanded medicaid, hundreds of thousands more people would have insurance? >> the two worst things that obamacare did to the health care system was, first, they took the free market system out of the and we put able-bodied adults on medicaid. a safety net program that was never intended for age-bodied adults. medicaid is a safety net program tha...