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>> jesse: last night jimmy kimmel double down on his attacks on one of the cosponsors of the legislation -- bill cassidy. he called senator a liar for saying on his show he would not support a plan that guarantees coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. cassidy fired back again. >> i wish jimmy would maybe hear my perspective. i apologize if i offended but i didnt intend to. for example, he said we kick everybody off the program in ten years. in washington, you have to reauthorize the p...

Health care reform based on individual choice, state-based innovations and the president and i are determined to do all that we can to see this through. >> jesse: last night, jimmy kimmel doubled down on his attacks on one of the cosponsors of the legislation, bill cassidy. he called the senator a liar for saying on his show he would not support a plan that doesnt guarantee coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. cassidy fired back again. >> i wish jimmy would maybe hear my perspective....

Trying to get over the goal line and repeal obamacare. he said i would not sign graham cassidy if it did not include coverage for preexisting conditions. it does. great bill. in new york for us, the president and the bills cosponsors, they promise that preexisting conditions will be covered under this new bill, but thats not exactly right, is it? >> the short answer is thats not true. people with preexisting conditions would not get the same levels they have under obamacare. this is a complicate...

Pre-existing condition. here is where it gets a little bit complicated. it allows states to apply for waivers to get out of obamacare regulations. one of those regulations is the price protections for those with pre-existing conditions. now, in its place this bill says that states to obtain these waivers would have to be able to show that they would be able to give affordable and adequate care to individuals with pre-existing conditions. to those are two very ambiguous terms that arent defined i...

Months to see how the outside groups tried to put pressure to vote no on this bill. the big concern right now this came up so quickly, that those same groups wont bring the same effort. i can tell you from the former president on down, democrats are trying to make sure that doesnt happen. adds playing in alaska and arizona to put the pressure on the senators to say no. in the end its up to whether those senators get what they want from republican leadership. thats an answer we dont have now, wol...

Youre not stuck in a network... because there arent any. so dont wait. call now to request your free decision guide following breaking news. battle lines are draw on the health care fight here in washington as republicans move ahead with their next effort to try to end obamacare. one of the cosponsors is louisiana senator bill cassidy who is now being called out by late night comedian jimmy kimmel. listen to there. >> this guy, bill cassidy, just lied right to my face. >> do you believe that e...

Democratic party is never going to give us anything that fundamentally changes obamacare. we have had weeks of talking and the only time they have gotten serious is when theyre afraid that my bill may pass. and now theyre coming to me what about this and what about that. heres what the speaker of the house told me. i will not bring up a bill for a vote in the house that props up obamacare because that is not why i came here and that is not what our majority wants to do and the president of the u...

House by september 30th, its not going to happen because of the procedural rules that allow them to pass it through the senate by just 51 votes, that goes away at the end of the fiscal year, which is october 21st. look, this is something that lindsey graham and senator cassidy, the official cosponsors of it as well as the former senator ric santorum has been working on behind the scenes. and when this obamacare traditional repeal effort died, they started quietly talking to the white house about...

South carolina senator lindsey graham in louisiana senator bill cassidy are as cosponsors of this latest bill and white house counselor at kellyanne conway says it is a real chance of passing. >> this president wants to deliver coverage for those 29 million americans who dont have it, who were lied to about keeping their plan and keeping their doctor and have been let out in the process. people under the worst possible outcome under obamacare, this insurance card they couldnt use. deductibles we...

Obamacare in the senate. lizdy graham and a handful of gop senators introducing a new bill to kill the health care law before they hit a crucial september 30th deadline after which republicans will no longer be able to repeal the law with a simple majority vote. >> if you believe repealing and replace obamacare is a good idea, this is your best and only chance to make it happen. >> hear that, only chance. meanwhile democrats have shifted from playing defense on health care to going on the offens...