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Bring them into the white house. i want to meet with them. i want to talk to them about how we can lower premiums. president trump knows obamacare fairs. but its failing because its hurting people. ultimately, all of the meetings that we had along the way, that made this bill better were focused on those objectives. and thats why its so important we got this first step done today. theres a lot of work left to be done. i look forward to the senate taking the action they need to take. ultimately g...

Have access, choices, health savings accounts. those are the things they want to change the system around and move away from, the greater government control that was part of the aca, understandably thats where president obama and the democrats wanted to go, the republicans would like to take this over and send it down a path which is doctor/patient relationship centered. >> julie, assuming thats the case, why is it that many stake holders, advocacy groups who matter here, american heart associat...

Healthcare. but i happen to have been a small business owner. i listen to my district. you know how many families no longer have 40-hour job and now have to take two part time jobs? or how many small businesses told me that they couldnt expand anymore because they were afraid of what obamacare would do for them? were going to unshackle, build an economy, let people have greater choice in their healthcare and protect pre-existing conditions. and i thank you for that work. i want to call up -- i w...

Deductibles. so there are a lot of families across the country that have over $10,000 deductibles. for most people that doesnt mean they cant use the healthcare they have with obamacare. what chris told me not only when we go to the doctor we have to pay so much but almost everything were paying out of pocket because we have a large deductible. basically im paying a lot of money for a healthcare plan that doesnt work for me. please provide relief for our family. we hear these stories over and ov...

One of the untold stories are the dramatic increases in deductibles. so there are a lot of families that over 10,000 deductibles. for most people that means they cant even use the obamacare. not only when we go to the doctor do we have to pay so much for the premium but almost everything is out of pocket because we have such a large deductible. so im paying a lot of money for a health care plan that doesnt work for me. please provide relief for my family. we hear these stories over and over. and...

A lot of incumbents getting a lot of phone calls this year. of the 217 that voted, only seven have town halls scheduled for the recess. a lot of concerns with the senate. mcmcconnell said were not voting as we see a cbo score and could be higher than 24 million uninsured after this is said and done. >> jon: do you agree? is it in trouble? >> it has a long way to go in the senate. speaker ryan should be proud of the work hes done today. it is a half victory. they got the headline theyve been prom...

For their personal involvement working the members to get this done and getting us to where we are. thank you, gentlemen. today was a big day but it is just one step in this process. an important step. we still have a lot of work to do to get this signed into law. i know that our friends in the senate are eager to get to work. they are. we are going to see that work through. do you know why were going to see it through? the issues are too important. the stakes are just too high. the problems fac...

The dramatic increases in deductibles. we have families with over $10,000 deductibles. for most people means they cant even use the healthcare with obamacare. what chris said, not only do we have to go to the doctor and pay so much for the premium, almost everything we do we pay out of pocket because we have a large deductible. so im paying for a healthcare plan that doesnt work for me. please provide relief for my family. we hear these stories over and over. what is so encouraging about this de...

Potatoes. in fairness, theres $130 billion in the plan now for things like this. >> right. >> so theyre about $190 billion short. lets put it that way. >> more or less. just $190 billion. >> more or less. >> part of the issue here, these high-risk pools which essentially is what theyre talking about, right? so the idea is youre not in the same risk pool with everyone else. you have diabetes. you have cancer. you have a pre-existing condition. you go into this separate pool. this is a model thats...

And the doctor and that ends with this bill. and so as we went through this process, and it took weeks. some people wanted to it take a couple of days. we said well take the time to get it right because it affects every person in this country. and every change made this better. almost every change made along the way was focused on lowering premiums. of course, you had a lot of other things to do. we reformed the medicaid program. one of the most broken parts is medicaid. so we gave states flexib...