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Entitlement program, when it comes to medicare, social security, so its really hard to take something away from people now that they have a tangible thing that they can point to, so i think republicans are going to be really -- have to be really careful about how they message this. yes, they voted to repeal this, but what are you for? what are you fighting for and what are you going to replace it with? i think thats the missing link here that republicans will have to answer to the american peopl...

Under medicaid. they dont want to be face to face with those people who will lose insurance. what they did from medicaid is change it from an entitlement program to a grant program. what republicans didnt factor in is over the last eight years, a total shift has happened in the mentality of americans both on the right and the left in that they see it as a right and they want the government to help provide that right. so its going to look a lot different after the senate gets done with this bill....

Right now they are not allow to deny coverage, you cannot discriminate or deny coverage but they can charge more. we will have to go state by state and if it does happen, there has to be accountable. they will have to create high-risk pool to subsidize some of this. you are not going to be dropped or afford to do it, theres many steps along the way and theres a lot of states that say we want to keep this in place. laura: what and medicaid? what about maternity leave that a lot of us worry about?...

Gutting this bill and making it less conservative. two things to watch obamacare medicaid expansion for low- income voters. theyre worried about what this will do to more vulnerable populations, think of rob portman in ohio, some other -- a bunch of others, dozens of others actually. what they will want to do is phase this out over a longer period of time. this is going to be a problem in the house because in the house they wanted to phase it out quicker. another thing, senators are going to wan...

Look, if we want to have redistribution through a law, then thats a debate we should have, but lets not call it health care reform, lets call it what it is. its reverse robin hood. its basically saying the republican party doesnt like the benefit loans people were getting. they dont like the tax increase high-income people had to face and want to wipe out both at the same time. >> stephen moore, your reaction? >> well, im not angry. angry economist. im feeling pretty good today, actually. i thin...

They say this is what the governors asked for. they wanted flexibility. i can give it per capita or a block grant. that is what they wanted. what they ignore is they are cutting how much you are going to get period. they will shift that cost to the state as if you guys had bottomless pockets. what is the reality? >> the reality is we need that flexibili flexibility. a good example is we want to put a simple work requirement in for those on medicaid and able-bodied and dont have dependent childre...

This is the first time i can remember when a major entitlement program was rolled back. congress loves to play santa claus, but rolling back some of the benefits is a difficult thing. you know, we always talk about the fact that the entitlements are what is bankrupting our country. i think it is a courageous vote for a lot of these republicans. >> well, it hasnt been rolled back yet. it is the initial vote in the house. hold on a second. still got fob rolled back in the senate. steve israel, mak...

Which was the solid south, necessary in every presidential election. necessary in every congressional vote. thats why the democrats were the majority party. but they didnt agree. the big cities of the north had minority people who were voting and liberals who were voting, ethnic people who were liberal and many things and then you had the southern segregationists, the while people down south who had nothing in common with them except jefferson, they were the party of jefferson, and of course jac...

Inexpensive, essential benefits republican plan. so replace and repeal are very hard to go together. if you are going to repeal you cant replace with another entitlement program. anyway, my point is i think the ideological differences within that caucus is going the prevent them from getting 218 and passing anything. >> chris, this is the first time we have voted a television star into the presidency. that said, do you think a huge part of his problem is communications? >> yeah, its also his str...

City councilman williams, thank you for joining this. there will cost taxpayers $10 million a year. will it be worth it? >> lets start with the fact it is duplicative of a half-dozen nongovernment programs to reenter people and acclimate them back into society, that is a good thing. people not taking advantage of these programs, why create an entitlement program to guarantee them a job when there are so many people, whats to say someone who doesnt want to take personal responsibility and role in...