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61% of americans still want to see it fully or partially repealed. its falling apart at the seams and getting worse and will continue to get worse. even if theres a big outcry over the senate bill and it doesnt go anywhere, hooray. we are struck with a falling apart individual market. >> bill: do democrats believe they can do it or are they still dubious? >> democrats think the republicans can do it? no, they think the republicans are engaged in something like a political suicide mission which i...

The devil is in the details. in 1993, the clintons, mr. and mrs., come into the office and say, were going to start with health care reform. the senator from new york, pat moynihan, your friend and my friend, said dont do this, its complicated, it will bog you down. it never even came to a vote in a congress controlled by the democratic party. george w. bush makes a big entitlement change, a big health care change with medicare part d which was popular because no one paid for it. it was an entit...

Everything has come down to a plan with heart, and a plan with heart for him is throw more money at it. >> im going to take care of everybody, he said during the campaign, and replace obamacare with some huge and terrific. the devil is in the details. in 1993, the clintons, mr. and mrs., come into the office and say, were going to start with health care reform. the senator from new york, pat moynihan, your friend and my friend, said dont do this, its complicated, it will bog you down. it never e...

61% of americans still want to see it fully or partially repealed. its falling apart at the seams and getting worse and will continue to get worse. even if theres a big outcry over the senate bill and it doesnt go anywhere, hooray. we are struck with a falling apart individual market. >> bill: do democrats believe they can do it or are they still dubious? >> democrats think the republicans can do it? no, they think the republicans are engaged in something like a political suicide mission which i...

Mr. mcconnell, we wont even take it to the shore. what does that tell you? >> its not an easy thing. three cycles it is not that easy. some voters, we saw during the 2016 cycle, who really dont like obamacare. i spoke to a lot of voters, trump supporters. the reason i like him, im opposed to obamacare. other voters, in arkansas, say i like obamacare. good for me and help me get insurance. make no mistake about this, when you change an entitlement program it is incredibly hard because you are tak...

It is very difficult to take away an entitlement program. that is what you are seeing here. im using the word entitlement in quotes, but it is very difficult to take something away from someone and explain it to them as anything other than that. thats what the senators are facing during the recess. >> scott, there are six senators who are no votes right now. lund say graham said, if you are on the fence, the score is not going to push you towards the bill. a lot of republicans are saying, the cb...

>> landmark legislation takes a long time. to think we are going to magically move obamacare replacement -- >> president trump is the one who said on day one, we are going to repeal. he made these promises. >> he was wrong. im not defending trump on that promise. i am saying they have been more productive. there was a review about the progress the house has made. the senate made similar progress. these big things are hard to do. democrats know when they enact an entitlement program, its hard to ...

Will completely collapse and then you have something that looks like an insurance bailout. >> jon: what about that? obamacare does seem to be collapsing. what happens if this thing doesnt pass the senate and theres no alternative? >> mitch mcconnell is very skilled. he said to senate republicans, if this thing fails, we are going to be forced to negotiate with chuck schumer. thats a good thing. let this thing fail. lets let the fixes happen. doesnt need a complete overhau overhaul. >> bipartisan...

Entitlement program for the seniors, an entitlement program for the young people and you expand credibility to where you have to go to the equivalent of a psa or a drivers license to get health care. weve got a lot of countries around the world who say i cant leave i have to wait in line. thats what you get. we have a situation. >> jon: there are a lot of democrats and liberals out there who like the idea. >> let me respond to that because there are a bunch of democrats who want a single-payer s...

Just got this. 12,000 obama regulations, this bill repeals two according to rand paul, not enough. creates an entitlement program, doesnt allow health savings accounts. thats one of the places they could take some of that savings, some of the money and allow it to go into savings accounts. he also wants cross state purchasing. he was one of the senators that got personal phone calls from the president over the weekend. another is shelly moore capito from west virginia. when you know from reading...