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Collapse, theyll actually be able to buy products off the exchanges, including catastrophic coverage thats very important to them as we make this transition. and so it is very carefully and deliberately thought out. >> thank you. >> there you have it. chairs of -- lets just call them for the architects of the republicans replacement to obamacare. they promised it. campaigned on it. won elections on it. energized a huge swath of the country on it. today is the day. republicans finally roll out th...

Keep their health care on this. senate republicans keep their coverage. congressmen and senators, they are not going to kick themselves off, but theyre going to kick millions of americans off. and thats the political problem theyll face. theyll go home to their town hall meetings and people will say, i work for a living and you work about four days a month and you make me pay for yours? its untenable politically. >> and that is one question thats already, nia mallika, join us here, that republic...

If theyre working without it right now is that telling? >> theres a lot of concerns on cost. lets start by saying that obamacare was unpopular in many ways because the whole u.s. system is screwed up. you have a mishmash between public and private. the u.s. has the worlds most expensive health care system. about 2500 more per capita than switzerland which is the next most expensive. terrible outcomes. i dont think this plan actually moves us away from that. what we need is economies of scale. i ...

Chaffetz. hes been watching "f "fox & friends" and tweet back at the screen talking about expa expanding state -- so you can buy coverage across the states which, guess what, is already offered. this idea that somehow thats going to be the quick fix to obamacare and quick fix to the health care industry and insurance industry is sort of ludicrous because a lot of states have tried that and it doesnt work. if youre in new york, you dont -- youre not going to want to buy health insurance in missis...

Needs to know. what stays? what goes? >> thats such an important question, kate. especially as you noted that one of the main lines of attack and a catch phrase thats quickly catching on up here on capitol hill among some conservatives is that this bill boils down to, in their words, obamacare 2.0 or obamacare-lite. you heard representative brady trying to beat back on that criticism. defend the bill saying this is obamacare gone. so those semantics aside, heres what would stay and what would go...

In the senate. the vote count in the house. if you are losing the house freedom caucus. you already have republican senators coming out of the senate saying they have an issue. if they cant get there, they have the heritage foundation coming out against it. where are they? >> this is the beginning of the process. i dont expect theyd put out a bill today that every republican would in lock step say, yes, this is the plan i support. especially after seven years of all these members working on thei...