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Convince conservatives to vote for their plan. i tell you right now it will not pass with a new entitlement program and cadillac tax and the individual mandate. weve campaigned against these for years. they cant get obamacare lite and expect conservatives to vote for it. >> two committees are set to vote on it setting the whole house to vote later this month. one of the key criticism has been what does it look like? criticism from republicans and democrats as well. the other part with that is th...

The president outlined what should stay. >> we should ensure that americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage. >> reporter: and what he thinks needs to change. seeming to back the house speakers proposal to use tax credits to buy insurance. >> we should help americans purchase their own coverage through the use of tax credits and expanded health savings accounts. >> reporter: but that plan does not sit well with some within his own party. if the president is endorsing what the...

New entitlement program, they want medicaid expansion and somehow to have federal money paid for all of this. lets vote on that. as a separate bill -- >> neil: this is falling apart, isnt it? seems to me -- >> no, no, no. its simple. you vote on complete repeal separate -- >> neil: they dont want to do that. >> i know that. but if they want conservatives to vote for the repeal, they have to give us complete repeal separate from the new government programs that they want. >> neil: so assuming the...

For it he takes it and hides it under his desk. >> if they see a place where legislature are crafting it to see if they are building a bill in your hometown. seriously, we think they working on the bill but behind closed doors. were told were getting it next week but were not allowed to look at it. we think its a mistake. we think we getting back a lot of things in the obamacare. weri were going to get a new entitlement program those are things that should not be done -- >> nobody get to read th...

Their plan has, you add in a cadillac tax, which their plan has and you add in a new entitlement program, thats not conservative, so you wont get conservative votes and they need our votes, so they need to not be dismissive and hide their bill somewhere in the basement of the capitol. they need to let us see it -- >> neil: where was this meeting going on? apparently you were not invited. where was this meeting that they crafted this? >> we werent looking for a meeting. we were looking for the bi...

Held a republican members only meeting trying to get all on the same page with the president on health care. >> it must be the plan they want, not the plan forced on them by our government. >> with congress wrestling with repealing and replacing obamacare, president trump provided lawmakers with some direction. >> we should help americans purchase their own coverage through the use of tax credits and expanded health savings accounts. >> senators ted cruz of texas, mike lee of utah and rand paul ...

Obamas health care plan. what are they -- what are they telling you? what do we expect to come out of this, manu? >> well, theres going to be more discussion. its unlikely theyre going to be able to reach consensus today because theres one major element of this plan thats causing a lot of concern for them. that is to give refundable tax credited to give health insurance. some believe its another entitlement program and theyre threatening to vote against it. i spoke with one of those conservative...

Right saying? >> shep, theres some in the house and three in the senate, ted cruz from texas, mike lee from utah and rand paul from kentucky. theyre against the idea of offering subsidies for people to buy insurance as part of the obamacare replacement. senator paul explained the thinking earlier today. >> people are trying to make it too elaborate now. theyre adding in some government programs that i object to. so for example, if you give people back money that they did not pay in taxes, that i...

>> you have only been gone from washington a few hours. you havent forgotten the only time deficits matter is when the other party is in power. yes, the paid family leave concept is adding a new entitlement is not something republicans expected to be hearing from their president if they won this time. donald trump has proven again that he is not a republican, not a democrat. he is trump and he is for himself and for his supporters who believe in him and that may include adding a new entitlement ...

Look at a new entitlement program, which this tax credit that doesnt have a means test to it, means that me as a member of congress, i would get just as much of a tax credit as the hard working manufacturing guy that is making $40,000 a year. i dont think thats fair. its not something that we should be doing. so ultimately we have to address some thorny issues. were committed to doing that. ive had conversations with the administration, neil, where literally were trying to fine tune it and hone ...