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Republicans, including some members of the house freedom caucus, expressing deep concerns. this is just a new entitlement program. youre the chief deputy whip. how are you working to get those republicans on board because youre probably not going to have any democrats supporting this legislation in the house or the senate. >> we have refundable tax credits to enable those that are on the margins to buy more affordable health insurance. certainly as dramatically different than what is obama care,...

What do you say to that critici criticism? >> well, you shouldnt be criticizing the bill that the president, the vice president, the secretary of health and human services support and have explicitly endorsed. weve been doing in the house what theyve been doing in the senate, among republicans. certainly thats the case. weve been at writing this proposal for the last year. we brought in every republican in the house of representatives. weve had 150 republicans come through with briefings, policy...

If you are poor. the thing that donald trump has been insistent about was this idea that it would be cheap and he didnt want to see people lose coverage, and under this bill people are going to lose coverage, and 10 million people now get coverage under the medicaid expansion, and some of the medicaid states he won, like kentucky and ohio, and how does he negotiate that, if you are facing a senator who could lose health care. we dont know. this is what donald trump is great about, he talks about...

People are forced to buy insurance instead of the irs collecting it, and now goes to the insurance company collecting. at this mandate on owning insurance, thats the biggest problem. at the cadillac tax. another thing we talked about for years. attacks on higher priced insurance plans. thats still in play, it just doesnt get addressed for a couple years down the road. medicaid expansion. this is basically another entitlement program. one of the biggest things that they need to do is they need to...

>> creates a new entitlement program pledge i heard from constituents about creating another entitlement program, we are calling it tax credits that we send people checks and it is another way to do the subsidy. clayton: they hope to move this very fast, begin voting on it in house committees as early as tomorrow and send it for a full vote on the house for coming weeks and to the senate before easter recess but with such resistance that timeline may have a few headaches. clayton: we appreciate ...

He associates directly withmi pharmaceutical companies. 90% of the costs go away. a lot of things have happened. there are good things in this bill, blocking funds for abortion providers, planned parenthood. you are upset with what parts? >> like mark mentioned, the cadillac tax in there, this comes back. then it creates a new entitlement program. i have already from these constituents. you are creating another entitlement program. we are calling it tax credits that we actually send people tax. ...

Republican violence and they will have to try to work it out. but i think now that they have president trump to be able to help them push it. he will have to see how he can corral them. he might have to break a few kneecaps. in a charming way. >> eric: this is -- >> greg: republicans creating a government program. it is like a democrat trying to say radical islam. >> dana: the republicans have become the custodians of an entitlement program president obama put in place and they are trying to do ...

I talked to rand paul on friday. for him and other like minded conservatives this is nothing more than entire entitlement program. it doesnt accomplish why they wanted to get rid of obamacare in the first place. that was the cost. you heard the acknowledgment they dont have any kind of estimate from the congressional budget office. when mick mull vinny went out for the white house today to talk about it he acknowledged they didnt know what the cost is. and on the senate side you also have four m...

Theyre getting under obama care. >> phil, the white house worked very closely with members of the house, the republican leadership to craft this bill, but that doesnt necessarily mean its going to be -- a lot of conservative republicans, they are making public statements right now. theyre not happy with this proposed plan. most prominently some members of whats called the house sfreefr caucus. what are their main concerns? >> the policies that christina just laid out, specifically the refundable...

Medical care. unlimited. 50 bucks a month as an adult. he associates directly with pharmaceutical companies. 90% of the costs go away. a lot of things have happened. there are good things in this bill, blocking funds for abortion providers, planned parenthood. you are upset with what parts? >> like mark mentioned, the cadillac tax in there, this comes back. then it creates a new entitlement program. i have already from these constituents. you are creating another entitlement program. we are call...