there were many there were many cost reports because the process back then took about 14 months and they had more than 70 hearings on aca back then. it was very public. so, it was definitely done differently than what we re seeing now. this was introduced on march 7th and they want it on april 7th. the cbo is an independent verifier of costs. this is the way it s been done in the house to go through the cbo. one thing to note is that the cbo director was actually appointed by paul ryan. look, i mean, all the watch dog independent, nonpartisan groups have said, this is a plan that will cost more and cover less. so, what paul ryan is trying to do, he s trying to force a very bad plan that will have political consequences down the road. elise, if i k i want to switch back to the wiretapping story for a minute. sorry to ping pong around. i want to play some clips we put
that number. tom price was out over the weekend saying, look, we re going to cover more people. republicans privately, the speaker has said as much. that s just not the case. they acknowledge that this bill is going to, by its very nature, cover fewer people. speaker ryan will make the argument that, hey, yeah, that s because we re not requiring everybody to buy insurance. so, naturally, fewer people will have it. i think the question is going to be, you know, the question of access, who will have access and medicaid becomes a key part of that. quite frankly, the politics of medicaid scramble the calculus on capitol hill a little bit. that s why you re seeing tom cotton, a very conservative member of congress, becoming the most vocal voice one of the most vocal republican voices against this bill. it s kind of a remarkable turn. that has to do with the success of medicaid and, frankly, the number of people on medicaid in arkansas. i want to make sure i get to karine and elise on th
this weekend over the weekend we had the vice president out basic kae promoting the plan in kentucky, not an accident, right? that s his home state. i want to play some sound if i can from your former boss, senator rand paul, talking about the current state of the health care plan. take a listen. his argument would be a binary choice, do you this now through reconciliation, a senate process that s kind of a pain and then a second piece of legislation. what we re hearing is a binary choice is it s the ryan plan or the status quo. what he rammed through his committee is his without any amendments and that s the question. if we get what we ve got from ryan, obamacare-lite, he will not have the votes. we have to get to that point before true negotiations begin. right now i think there s a charm offensive going on. everyone s being nice to everybody because they want us to vote for this but we re not going to vote for it. elise, let me ask you, we learned last hour the president is he
i do think yet he has overplayed his hands and but i also don t think and i agree with elise on this, i don t think the threat will result in much because she s right, the aid and assistance we provide, whether defense military sales or foreign aid and assistance through usaid, all that is to our own benefit and if we pull back that funding guess what, countries like china and russia will step in the void and that s the last thing that we need. one of the things that was interesting, elise, tell me if i m overthinking this as i read it, in the resolution here it does not mention the united states by name, saying only demands that all states employee with security council resolutions regarding jerusalem and not to recognize any actions or measures contrary to those resolutions. all state, am i overthinking it that the united states is not singled out in any way? of course the united states is singled out in this one, it s the one country that s recognizing jerusalem as the capital