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Are for families at $250,000 or above, thats it. but the hardest hit in terms of retracting benefits are from older and blue collar whites who are the core of the modern republican coalition. the kaiser family foundation, if you go to their website, interactive tools will show you every county except for two in ohio. premiums would go up for 60-year-olds making $30,000 a year or $40,000. and those are the core of the modern trump coalition. >> reed, let me come to you on health care, because ron...

Foreign trip. >> the health care is obviously one of the things that a lot of people are talking about. the gop telling republican lawmakers to repeal obamacare now and replace it later. which contradicts what he had said earlier. >> yes, it does. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has been in negotiations for weeks now, with senators trying to figure out a bill that will repeal and replace health care. but donald trump threw a wrench in the plan yesterday when he tweeted that maybe they sho...

Simultaneously. but today he threw a wrench in those plans, suggesting that if this bill, this republican health care bill cannot pass the senate, then maybe they should move forward with repealing obamacare and replacing it later down the line. the white house insisted the presidents thinking on the subject hasnt changed. heres what sarah huckabee sanders had to say. >> the president hasnt changed his thinking at all. hes campaigned on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> now, the white house ...

Coats were assuring that the wasnt under investigation but there was a case in connections 2000 russian officials and the campaign team. >> thanks, cat. >> youre welcome. >> shepard: moments ago, we learned that dean heller, the republican of nevada will vote against the healthcare bill. we just found out why. he says that the senate republican healthcare bill has told a lie. he said there isnt anything in this bill that would lower premiums. hes given a news conference. well talk about the rami...

Away in the years ahead. keep in mind, republicans cannot lose but two votes. not a single democrat is expected to support this measure. senate gop leaders have said they plan to vote sometime next week. the partys chief vote counter, the texas senator, john cornyn, earlier today told fox news its not a perfect bill and that his colleagues need to be realistic. >> we have to deal with the art of the possible here. its not going to be something that each one of us will like standing alone. but th...

Premiums. >> thats a very contention issue in the house and the senate. theres a number of conservatives including four that came out against the bill saying they need to do more to bring down costs. what they mean by that, they want to let states allow insurers to opt out of some of the affordable care acts regulations. that would let them offer a plan that would be less comprehensive, but likely cheaper. >> he says its going to be -- he says its going to be very difficult to get me to a yes. h...

Whether senator rand paul will come around to this bill. so that means that the majority leader will have to win back senators cruz, paul and lee and prevent any other defections. theres concerns on the centrist side of the republican party as well. so that will be very difficult. >> shepard: susan collins of maine as one example. if you are able to make a change that would get one of these more far right republicans, you might lose some of the centrists like susan collins. >> exactly. that was ...

Fence. he has his hhs secretary, price, the cms secretary, all working with the legislative time, people on the hill trying to technically change the bill to make it as attractive as possible to pass it. again, they are moving extremely fast by senate standards hoping to get all of this done next week. again, when we heard from spicer that the president was working behind the scenes with his team, that was before the heller announcement. so the calculus may have just changed in a big way even in...

Colleagues with his notes. he says he wants there to be more flexibility to buy and sell insurance across state lines, some more want more obamacare repeal. theres more question marks. might be higher than five in the republican party against this. portman has been on report as pushing for more money to combat the opioid epidemic. collins and murkowski say they dont want cuts to planned parenthood which this senate draft has a lot of. when people talk about tweaks to the bill to get it through, ...

Now a senate plan that as it stands is dead on arrival. peter doocy has the news on capitol hill. this senator dean heller is one of the more vulnerable republican senators and he would make this turn is not that surprising. give us the details that you have. >> we just heard heller stand next to the nevada governor, brian sandoval that is counselling him about how medicaid cuts would hurt nevada. he said its going to be difficult to get him to a yes. that makes him different than the other four...