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>> we provide more resources according to the cruise amendment. we wanted rates to go down 60%. when you look at obamacare, you have monopolies. >> melissa: you going to let people -- >> one-third of the country has a single-payer option. >> melissa: for the people that use a lot of insurance, how do you deal with those costs? >> you can use those dollars to stabilize the market and is one of the goals we have. if you havent more folks in the market, you will reduce the costs for those folks tha...

Of the health benefits required by obamacare. whats wrong with that? >> former choice. ive been supportive of the cruise amendment. they will still be the fundamental flaw of obamacare for all these mandates. adverse selection will continue at the cruise amendment. some argue it will be made worse. cruise himself said we will have to increase government subsidies to insurance companies to stabilize prices. its not a very republican idea to have taxpayer money going to a private industry. insuran...

By obamacare. whats wrong with that? >> former choice. ive been supportive of the cruise amendment. they will still be the fundamental flaw of obamacare for all these mandates. adverse selection will continue at the cruise amendment. some argue it will be made worse. cruise himself said we will have to increase government subsidies to insurance companies to stabilize prices. its not a very republican idea to have taxpayer money going to a private industry. insurance businesses or $15 million yea...

Why is obama care better? >> the current senate bill will throw 22 mill people off of insurance. >> we dont know that. >> look, it is going to throw at least over 15 million, because that is the medicaid part. it will throw 22 million people off of insurance. second, it undermines the insurance marketplace with the cruise amendment. it makes the bill worse because the adverse selection rand paul was talking about will be even worse. >> healthy people can buy cheap plans, see people have to go to...

Bill. why is obama care better? >> the current senate bill will throw 22 mill people off of insurance. >> we dont know that. >> look, it is going to throw at least over 15 million, because that is the medicaid part. it will throw 22 million people off of insurance. second, it undermines the insurance marketplace with the cruise amendment. it makes the bill worse because the adverse selection rand paul was talking about will be even worse. >> healthy people can buy cheap plans, see people have to...

Of the health benefits required by obamacare. whats wrong with that? >> former choice. ive been supportive of the cruise amendment. they will still be the fundamental flaw of obamacare for all these mandates. adverse selection will continue at the cruise amendment. some argue it will be made worse. cruise himself said we will have to increase government subsidies to insurance companies to stabilize prices. its not a very republican idea to have taxpayer money going to a private industry. insuran...

So you better not sign on this bill and the support that the governors have for medicaid expansion, and i dont think even if john mccain has. a lot of work still to be done. it will be great work for the americans. >> i said we would talk about the skinny bill and the skinny amendment, two major companies coming out against that cruise amendment and seeing what that says about this bill. fantastic conversation. thank you. repealing obamacare, just one of the campaign promises donald trump has ...

Score to see if that could be the compromise and bring modera moderates and conservatives on board. they also maybe sending a plan without the cruise amendment to get that score. theyre trying to see is there some mental ground that they dou could meet. it is still difficult to bring everyone together for the issue and get this passed. that seems to be where it is right now. lets jump forward as we look ahead the fact that the president and vladimir putin is meeting at the g-7. and whether they ...

And president trump campaigns in ohio. >> in seven years, every republican called to repeal and replace obamacare. we are one step closer to delivering our citizens from this obamacare nightmare and delivering great health care for the american people. its time for democrats to stop resisting. they have to do whats right for the american people. >> bill: good morning. what happened? >> nine republicans held democrats and block the cruise amendment that would help repeal and replace obamacare.