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Obamacare, thats a disaster. its a disaster politically, its a disaster substantively, it would be a failure of the mandate weve been given by the voters. >> senator, what has the majority -- would you be willing to make changes on the medicaid legislation as it currently stands? because even if you guys turn to yes, theres still a potential that the moderates could be nos. >> everyone expects this current draft, for there to be significant changes to it and indeed the majority leader and the st...

The early vote pause of their superior motivation, enthusiasm. all the stories were hearing. if it landed him at 48.6, his target is 50. this is the first indication were going to get more numbers coming in. the first indication were getting is thats not the number you want to be seeing if youre jon ossoff. >> all right. thank you for joining me. well be check thing with you. >> not only will it affect perceptions. it could have big implications for the health care bill. health care was the top ...

Whats the latest? >> its hot off the presses and republican senators are reading at this hour to see if they can support it. senate republican leaders say this new health care proposal would stabilize lapsing insurance markets, it would not contain a requirement to purchase insurance, would improve affordability of health insurance, would preserve access to care for pre-existing conditions, and when strength and medicaid by giving states more flexibility. mitch mcconnell says lawmakers have an o...

To as the key they want to see before they make decisions. that will be a next step forward as we try to figure out what bigger changes will be butt in there to try to bring some of authorities wary senators from either side to try and -- bridges them on board. >> who is that latest addition appealing to? more of the conservatives or the moderates? >> it wasnt put in to try to bring people on board. it was more or less to try to make markets work more effectively, a different format of it, a dif...

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Of next week. a discussion draft of the bill is reported to include deep cuts to federal medicaid funding. a repeal of all aca taxes, except on my cost cadillac plans, and it eliminates all funding for planned parenthood. a difference from the house bill is it ties federal insurance subsidies to income, not to age. it provides more gradual cuts than the house bill while offering deeper long-term medicaid cuts, and unlike the house, it will let federally subsidized health plans cover abortions. l...

Post," a discussion draft circulated yesterday amongst aides and lobbyists. republicans will receive the legislation in a meeting this morning at 9:30 a.m., which lindsey graham commented on yesterday. >> senator graham, do you have any insight into the health care bill right now? >> no, ill see it, well know if its a boy or a girl tomorrow about 9:30. >> okay. kasie hunt, this is your beat. what the heck is going on on capitol hill? what are people saying? >> well, its actually, honestly, a lot...

Washington and garrett, whats republican leadership going to try to do to get this passed? >> well, kelly, this really boils down to some simple math. republicans hold 52 seats in the senate and they need 50 votes for this to pass. five senators have already said they cannot support the current version of the healthcare bill. so senate majority leader mcconnell strategy here is two parts, win back most of those no votes and avoid losing any other republicans. neither of those will be an easy tas...

Health care draft. policies contained in the discussion draft will repealed the repeal the individual mandates so americans are no longer forced to buy insurance they dont need or cant afford. we will repeal the employer mandate so americans no longer see their hours of take-home pay cut by employers because of it. we agreed on the need to them prove the affordability and policies contained in the discussion draft. we will eliminate costly obamacare taxes that are passed on to consumers so we ca...

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