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Done and the other side of the argument the democrats who dont want to do anything at all dont recognize that obamacare is falling apart. there is a middle grounds. is this the middle ground. we dont know. >> we dont know whether it is the middle ground. as someone who has written articles criticizing obamacare and is in favor of bettering it, we dont know if this is better. you have markup, you are amendments, scoring. >> shouldnt it go -- >> i believe john mccain will vote against it. >> reall...

We need to be looking at how to provide quality care for patients without driving up price. >> reporter: thats the democrat doctor criticizing obamacare. and the trump doctor says the new gop plan is just as bad and will cover fewer people. >> well, i dont think its better. i think were probably on the wrong track. >> reporter: the doctor even told trump that in a letter she supposed online, begging, please go back to the drawing board and start again. the problem, they say, is not all the talk ...

Over their heads and constituents at town hall meetings hitting them very hard. >> heres one of the issues. there are these five gop senators whove come out vocally saying they oppose the bill as is. mike lee is one of them. heres what he says, conservatives have compromised on not repealing, on spending levels, tax credit subsidies, corporate bailouts, medicaid and the obamacare regulations. that is on every substantive question in this bill. so hes already trying to set up the battle saying co...

Process. we just saw whats in the senate bill two days ago and they want a vote a week later. >> you can call it fast tracking or ramming it through trying to have as little debate and conversation about it as possible. democrats when they put through the affordable care act, they opened the process to hearings, to amendments from republicans, they took votes on republican concerns. th they were i think genuinely interested to try to pick off a few republican votes. they knew this would be a dem...

Days, next thursday, before congress leaves washington for the fourth of july holiday weekend, but he can only afford to lose two republican votes and still pass this bill. right now five republican senators by cnns count say they oppose this bill in its current form, three more gop senators say they have concerns. so lets talk it over with cnns congressional reporter lauren fox about where this goes from here. lauren, clearly this is a numbers game right now. what are these resisting republican...

Could see is mcconnell basically saying for the states that are really dependent on medicaid expansion that theres going to be some way to put -- say some kind of flexibilities or money into the bill that may bring someone like -- may get dean heller, republican senator from nevada, to a place where he can say nevadans are going to be protected. that the hundreds of thousands of nevadans whove come on with health care under the affordable care act will somehow sort of be protected. if he can get...

Welcome back. youre in the newsroom. many americans got their first look at the senate health care plan this week, and physicians on the front lines of health care say their voices are not being heard on capitol hill. cnns martin savidge spoke with three doctors in washington state to find out what they think of obamacare and the plan that might replace it. >> kitsap county, washington state, an hours drive west of seattle. like anywhere in america, a place where people need health care and a wa...

Twitter, criticizing obamacare. he has his chief -- pardon me, his press secretary sean spicer taking kind of advance work, blasting the cbo, noting that it might be wrong. hes got a campaign promise to keep. he talked about repealing obamacare early on in his campaign. its something that he wants to do. and we know how important keeping campaign promises has been for the president, whether it was cuba, the paris accord, attacking immigration, so hes got a lot of skin in this game. and hes a -- ...

Long time been more politician than physician. >> why wouldnt we come to you? i mean you are on the front lines, so to speak. >> front line practicing physicians have a long history of not necessarily being at the table. and i think its a shame that we havent been because if we had been more involved from the beginning we might be in a different position. >> i should probably point out that these doctors dont want to come across as just dumping on health insurers. they believe health insurance h...

Unsustainable. >> can i say its broken? >> yeah. >> i say its unequivocally broken. ask any patient. do they think its a system that serves their needs and that theyre happy with? >> urpd programs dominated by health insurers, they say doctors are stressed to see more and more patients to make ends meet, patients are frustrated because they cant get an appointment to see a doctor. and when they finally do, only get a few minutes. its all about numbers. >> were kind of looking the wrong direction...