ke florida can ino vat and design medicaid around the union ike needs to the people in this community, and we re going to allow states like florida to include a work requirement for able-bodied adults insuring that medicaid s benefits are available for those who need them most. whether that will be enough remains to be seen. as you mentioned, stephanie, they re pushing for a vote this coming thursday in congress. you know why that is. it s because this is is the seventh year anniversary of the day obama care passed. stephanie. all right. msnbc s marchana atencio, thank you very much. as the white house tries to woo republican votes, many americans are grappling with the fear of losing health coverage and the potential for rising premiums. according it a poll from the keiser family foundation 48% of americans think the republican plan will result in fewer people getting coverage and 41% expect higher deductibles under the
privilege to have you here. i had the honor of swearing her in this past tuesday as the 15th administrator of america s center for medicaid and medicaid services. she happens to be a hoosier. and she s one of the leading health care experts in the country. and she s going to do an incredible job for people all across this country. thank all these public servants. . see with confidence sema verma is going to help make health care great again. and i want to thank you so much for your service, sema. more than i could tell you. i m incredibly proud. now it is a great privilege to be with all of you today back in this great sunshine state. last fall, thanks to all of you, thanks to your hard work, your support, and your prayers, the people of florida voted to make donald trump the 45th president of the united states of america.
last weekend. florida is a textbook example of why obama care doesn t work. last weekend in liouisville he said it s a textbook example of where obama care doesn t work. then we saw him make that pivot in his tone to actually acknowledging that this is going to be an uphill battle in washington d.c. and they ve had to make amendments to get the conservative lawmakers behind this bill. let s listen to the vice president. we re going to go a couple of different things with a few recent amendments that are worth mentioning, and our owing in part to the engagement that we had with congress. first off, we re going to stop any more states from expanding medicaid and adding a burden to future generations. we re going to give states the option of block grants of medicaid to the states so states
plan to reform medicaid that offers more flexibility to the states. joining me now to discuss is republican congressman, robert pittenger. thank you very much for joining me today. afternoon, stephanie. as of today, 20 of your republican house colleagues do not support this legislation. would you advise the leadership to vote on this bill next week? don t you think they won t have the votes that they ll need at this point? i think we have a great framework. and obviously, leaving the status quo is not acceptable. obamacare is structural not capable of existing and providing health care to the american people. it s collapsing on its own weight. that s really not an option. i think there are individuals, and i ll be at the white house tomorrow, for meeting with the vice president. but there is input right now being given. at the end of the day, i think we re going to comeogether and pass a great health bill that will allow the individuals to take over their health care again and ta
moderate members from states that have usually states that have engaged in a medicaid expansion. tara, turning to you. charles krauthammer writes for the washington post this week on the repeal, quote, when something is given, say health insurance coverage to 20 million americans, you take it away at your peril. this is true for any government benefit, but especially for health care. are democrats banking on this premise? well, i think democrats are banking on the fact that when you look at the affordable care act, as you have seen recently, the polling has changed significantly. the affordable care act people are starting to recognize its impact on their lives, and its value in a way that they had not recognized it before. and part of why they re recognizing it is because of how bad the trumpcare as i call it, the unaffordable care act is. 60 merced 60% of the bankruptcies in this country were related to medical