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Gop the chance to fulfill a promise years in the making. >> last week they took our edits and we said if they took our edits, were a yes. they took it and then removed them. so look, right now, they dont have my vote and i dont think they have mike lees either. >> with us now rick tyler, also andy slavit, and also atema omara. a greaeat panel. rick tyler, is this dead? >> yeah, its been dead for a long time. i dont know why were revisiting it again. but obviously rand paul is a no. john mccain m...

Legislation that has been the case for nine months that they have been propping that 24% of americans approve. it does not give protections. still raises premiums. so well keep an eye on to september 30th. >> rick, what might be talked about behind the scenes? again, the differ betweence wha say publicly versus what they are negotiating behind the scenes. >> what do you mean? >> regarding what may happen in thend. andy was saying lets not necessarily take what is out there and from the details w...

You can fix obamacare, but we have it, its not going away. >> because it is effectively dead. when we look at this, andy, you ran medicare, medicaid, also the affordable care act for the obama white house. this latest plan of block grants, the idea that certain states who supported obamacare will now get less, and those who did not support obamacare will be getting more, would this even work? >> this is a really radical plan. as you say, it would cut dramatically the funds that go to states. it ...

And if you dont have public support, this is what you get. >> is this master craftsmanship by bernie sanders, because he was bringing up the idea of single payor, that they now have graham/cassidy being pushed forward, so maybe bernie sanders looks like a winner. >> well, i think a lot of democrats including elizabeth warren and hillary clinton have been in support of making sure that everybody has access to affordable health care. bernie sanders is amongst that crew, but certainly not the only ...

What have you seen of the health care bill? >> i havent seen it. >> is that a problem? >> never a problem, no. i always like to move forward with legislation ive never seen. >> john mccain, one of the gops longest serving senators, deep in sarcasm because he doesnt know what is in his partys health care bill. what would it mean if republican leaders plan on a vote next thursday when people dont know whats in their plan. lets ask editor in chief of vox, ezra klein. and andy slavit. it is good to ...

Under either current law or the legislation." the non-group market under current law is the health care exchanges under the affordable care act which the seek owe says will probably be stable, not collapse, not go into a death spiral. the cbo explains why those obamacare exchanges will remain stable. subsidies for those buying health care and penalties for those who dont, it stabilizes the market over time. the other thing the seen joe score shows in sharp relief is the staggering distribution o...

The same period. thats a shift from the working poor to the rich. joining me now the former acting administrator for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. andy, lets talk about the death spiral finding, its gotten less attention than it deserves because the cornerstone is we cannot abide the status quo because its imploding. cbo says not true. >> well, youre right, chris, and its not just the cbo. standard & poors came to the same conclusion last winter, so have the society of actuarie...

Then come down and end up averaging 10% lower so you saw some republicans touting that, lower premiums. how do they get there? >> they get there really by making the product unaffordable for older people and the product becomes unaffordable for older people for two reasons -- one, the premiums have moved up and second the tax credits, as you illustrated earlier in your show, go down significantly so if older people arent buying the product and only younger people are buying the product well, i g...

People are buying the product well, i guess in a manner of speaking people are paying less for it. the problem is you have 25 million people, 24 million people depending on, if you believe the white house numbers its 26 million, if you believe cbo its 24 million, who are no longer buying the product. so its not much of a victory to pay less when most of the people who need the product cant afford it. >> andy slavit, thank you for your time. coming up, the line drawn from steve bannons white ho...