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Say lets, now you can buy health insurance. - >> isnt this the age-old story to say that once you put an entitlement program replace people then turned to it and become dependent on it in a way they might not otherwise have done? then you end up in a situation you are always in we have this exploding cost and people worried about losing it. and the result is you have this national debt through the roof and you can never seem to take it away. >> that is absolutely right. if you look at the way th...

Both sides of this. i think we found the right balance, and this is a huge consequential reform of an entitlement program. we are doing away with mandates. reducing taxes. they were rates under obamacare. where you put downward pressure on premiums. theres a lot of things in this legislation that are win and things and got there and defend. it affects everybody differently, and i know all of our senators are trying to grapple with and make what ultimately they think is the right decision for the...

For the elderly and entitlement program for the young. entitlement program for the poor and then expand eligibility for three and that is what we have today.>> look at the numbers. there are 11 million people on medicaid since obamacare has been introduced. a 30 percent rise in terms of those on medicaid. if you look at the cost, last year the federal government spent $389 billion on medicaid. in the next 10 years of up to $650 billion. these numbers are staggering. it is perhaps unsustainable. ...

For the elderly and entitlement program for the young. entitlement program for the poor and then expand eligibility for three and that is what we have today.>> look at the numbers. there are 11 million people on medicaid since obamacare has been introduced. a 30 percent rise in terms of those on medicaid. if you look at the cost, last year the federal government spent $389 billion on medicaid. in the next 10 years of up to $650 billion. these numbers are staggering. it is perhaps unsustainable. ...

Health insurance. - >> isnt this the age-old story to say that once you put an entitlement program replace people then turned to it and become dependent on it in a way they might not otherwise have done? then you end up in a situation you are always in we have this exploding cost and people worried about losing it. and the result is you have this national debt through the roof and you can never seem to take it away. >> that is absolutely right. if you look at the way the healthcare has developed...

For the elderly and entitlement program for the young. entitlement program for the poor and then expand eligibility for three and that is what we have today.>> look at the numbers. there are 11 million people on medicaid since obamacare has been introduced. a 30 percent rise in terms of those on medicaid. if you look at the cost, last year the federal government spent $389 billion on medicaid. in the next 10 years of up to $650 billion. these numbers are staggering. it is perhaps unsustainable. ...

Say lets, now you can buy health insurance. - >> isnt this the age-old story to say that once you put an entitlement program replace people then turned to it and become dependent on it in a way they might not otherwise have done? then you end up in a situation you are always in we have this exploding cost and people worried about losing it. and the result is you have this national debt through the roof and you can never seem to take it away. >> that is absolutely right. if you look at the way th...

They want to make sure that no federal money is going to be used to provide abortions. they also want to make sure theres less money in the tax credits to go to low income people who need to buy insurance. they say thats just another entitlement program the government doesnt have money for. on the other side, moderates want more money from medicaid spending. this is the program that helps low income people access insurance that was expanded under the affordable care act, and they want more money...

Half being from basically an entitlement program and the other half being from people that didnt want to buy coverage but had a mandate. didnt get to its goals. a fair critique, where is the gop? >> you make a very good point. it was an entitlement program made bigger. >> and the insurance companies are doing fine on their own. >> its been that way from go. the challenge is that the same people, the drivers of this, youre right, here not addressing costs but the same naysayers were fighting agai...

Again, like what we said, were all acting like theres nothing before obamacare. >> but there were a lot of sick people that werent being covered. thats what i liked about obamacare. that was about the only thing. >> youre talking about the 20 million. more than half are medicaid -- >> and health insurance and healthcare are not the same thing. because you have an insurance plan doesnt mean you get the care you need. >> if you remove this obamacare thing, youre not going to have 25 million people...