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Utah republicans who have large conservative constituency. who believe in cowboy, i can handle this myself. dont need the federal government. a lot of them talk like that h. you dont think they exist. the people that dont believe in government. i dont want a government entitlement with tax credits to replace a democratic entitlement program. i want people to deal with the market. thats what some do believe. >> every time ive ever met in the entire time someone who talks like that turn out to be ...

Right wingers by any means, those mopoliticians are very concerned account repeal. but those republicans, red hot u utah republicans who have arch conservative constituencies who really believe in cowboy, i can handle this myself, i dont need the federal government. a lot of them at least talk like that. you cant just say i dont believe in government, i dont want a republican entitlement to replace a democratic entitlement program. i want people to deal with the market. thats what some of them d...

Fighting for repeal and replace, this is your chance. if you are a conservative looking to address out of control entitlement spending, this is the first reform of an entitlement program in terms of medicaid in 30 years. these are truly a conservative set of principals we are fighting for. the competition thats in the bill. the ability to allow prices to come down and choice to go up. theres nothing more conservative than in this bill and as members continue to talk about ideas included the bill...

This is your chance. fur a conservative who has been looking to address out of control entitlement spending, this is the first attempt -- this is the first reform of an entitlement program in terms of medicaid in 30 years. these are a truly conservative set of principles that we are fighting for. the competition thats in the bill. the ability to allow prices to come down and choice to go up, there is nothing more conservative that is in this bill. i think as members continue to talk about ideas ...

President pence has been to kentucky once. and its still not changing senator rand pauls mind or my mind. so im not sure what else they can do to get the votes they need. if this vote were right now, and im just a few feet from the chamber, this bill would fail by at least 20 votes. >> what is the single thing that would make a yes for you? >> well, there are a lot of issues in it. weve replaced penalties and mandates and sub city gis with penalties, mandates and sub citities. but the problem i ...

Doesnt blow up our spending and one we can sustain for perpetuity into the future. >> what are the main issues you and your colleagues are asking the president, house and leadership to address in the bill as it stands now that would get you from a no to a yes? >> we talked about essentially rewarding overspending and rewarding states who opted into the easy money with medicaid expansion that were getting better on that front. we talked about the largest entitlement program ever passed with a rep...

>> we talked about essentially rewarding overspending and states that opted into easy money with medicaid expansion. we are getting better. we talked about the largest entitlement program ever passed with the republican president and house and senate. some tweaks being made around the edges. i like the work requirement idea. i dont know why it is an optional work requirement. it is either good policy or not. i like the block granting idea. i dont know why it is an optional block granting policy ...

Can see whats in it. the timeline is faster with the bill originally that were trying to repeal. there are a couple sticking points that get to me where i cant get to yes. were rewarding states who have exercised fiscal imprudence that have expanded medicaid. i come from a state where we held out. this rewards bad judgment. the second thing is, as the tax credits are structured, its a solid argument that this is the largest entitlement program under a republican president and republican congress...

Pilot. we saw growing costs to a point that it was going to crush our state. a democrat governor discontinued the program. he discontinued it without having a glide path to take care of people. were not going to do that in our program. ive been through that. i dont want to see that again. were going to make sure people are taken care of and a glide path into a new program that will be more sustainable. >> can you tell me of any significant government program in the past that has been completely ...

Older americans being able to be charged five times what younger americans are being charged, and with no variation based on income that more people will have coverage. theres everest nation that anywhere from 2 million to 15 million people will lose coverage in this bill and there are going after medicaid expansion which is a lot of lower income, working adults who will also lose that coverage. >> what do you say to conservatives who worry that the medicaid expansion thats in obamacare will onl...