kaiser foundation is talking about the facts on the ground this year. i ve got to get you on record with this, would you support a repeal only move? is that something you would back? the concern with that, you ll leave people without coverage, which is why we re trying to do repeal and replace so i have concerns about that. senator toomey said i didn t expect donald trump to win, most of my colleagues didn t, we didn t expect to be in this situation, talking about hgt care here. republicans have been promising to do this for seven years, is that why it s so hard to put together the 50 votes? remember, you ve got different people through the seven-year stretch, including a new president. getting consensus particularly when you re trying to get 50 out of 52, and you ve got a range of views there, it is a challenge and again, it s about getting a good product and it s not a one step deal. it s a process. even the administration has said we get it started with legislation and then hh
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have to keep working on it. obamacare. we re seeing premiums go through the roof and areas of the country that don t have access to coverage. we have to do something to get health care reform under way. senator cornyn wants a vote next week. is that realistic? we ll see. we need to see the amendments and see the cbo score and then we need to know what s in them. of course, again, i m trying to make sure that it s something that works for everybody, including the health care industry so that people have that coverage and access to health care. we ll see. all along i said i m less concerned about the timing and more concerned about getting it right and that it s going to be a process and not one bill. speaking of timing and speaking of ted cruz. here he is on what should happ happen in the coming weeks and months. urging leadership from back in january. let s work every day and let s work weekends and let s work
have that access to coverage, as well. a slow rollback of medicaid essentially something crucial for you? i come from a rural state and we need to make sure between medicaid and the refundable tax credit that not only have access to coverage but it works in terms of health care providers, particularly in rural areas. some of the critical access hospitals and our small communities. that is your line in the sand on this thing. who has come to talk to you to get you onboard? what has the courtship process been like for you? i talked to pretty much everybody that you can think of. certainly our leadership, the administration. we had the meeting where we all went up and visit with the president. i talked to vice president pence many times. secretary price. sema verma. so, obviously, we re talking to all of them trying to come up with a solution. are you there? we re not there yet but we
until we get the job done. so, senator, are you onobobo with canceling august recess? is that the right move? look, i want to get the work done for the americanpeople. i d like to get it done sooner have something by the first of august. if it takes working into august, i m fine with that. i talked with mike about the new kiser foundation study that shows obamacare is not actually collapsing and that has been part of the republican argument against obamacare for a while now. how do you see the study playing into this debate? there s serious issues that have to be addressed. we re seeing premiums going up dramatically and they will continue to go up significantly and you re seeing parts of the country that don t have insurance carriers that will provide coverage to the exchanges. both sides are making their arguments, but there is no question that obamacare is imploding. we need to address it. okay and again, with the