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That no one who currently is in the medicaid program is affected in any way, which is reflected in the senate bill, and hes pleased with that. so i think he is very pleased with that bill. >> joining us now is andy slavitt, the former acting administrator for the centers for medicare and medicaid services where he served through 2017. thanks for being part of our special coverage. what does medicaid do thats most important for the health of regular americans and what would you say being effected...

Most essential programs in our country and one of the most essential promises to american families. in the real world, half the babies born in the country are paid for by medicaid. half the people in the program are kids. and then 70% of the funds go to care for people who are either living in nursing homes or who are living with a disability. so its a vital program. its a program that doesnt have a lot of slack in it. and the plan that we see before us in the senate would take that program and ...

Thousands of nevadans, he said. nevada one of the 31 states that already did expand medicaid through the trigger from obamacare. heres what white house press secretary sean spicer had to say about the senate bill and medicaid. hes talked about having heart, and he likes a lot of the reforms that have been in there. hes committed to making sure that no one who currently is in the medicaid program is affected in any way, which is reflected in the senate bill, and hes pleased with that. so i thin...

Does. it absolutely means he has to show his taxes. >> thank you for joining us and sharing your thoughts. >> i just want to know, looking forward, since its tax season, trump is promising tax reform. can you ask them one thing that theyd like to see if trumps tax reform plan? >> reporter: sure. the question that was asked of me to ask you guys is what would you like to see in the future in terms of tax reform, in terms of trumps plan. is that something that youve given thought to? >> in terms o...

Mainly because he has said very specifically he will seek to destroy a womans right to health care. hes against the affordable care act, in favor of repealing it without effectively replacing it. hes in favor of block granting medicaid. all of these kinds of stands and others lead me to vote against his nomination. he is, in effect, against many essential programs and policies that hes been nominated to carry out. and i think that is a disservice to those programs and the people they serve and t...

Budget, you know, governing. so congressman paul ryans house gop federal plan to cut spending by $5.1 trillion by 2024 by cutting essential programs came really not exactly as a surprise this week but the key numbers this week that could change the game for those in the 99% is 5 and 4. that is, 5 to 4 because that was how the supreme court voted in mrk c mccutchen versus the fec. but hold up. if you think that the 1% will be the ones benefitting from this ruling, i hate to break it to you, becau...

Branded with a hand stamp that says "lunch" or "money." and you know what happens? the other kids in the school see that. now, whats uplifting about that? just down the road here in fergus falls, minnesota, i have heard stories of schoolteachers using money from their own pocketbook to pay for the childrens lunches to spare them the humiliation from the other kids to so they dont get that stamp on their hand. were not a third-world country yet, but were trying to get there. this is what happens ...

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Doing an inept job of defending what they say are essential programs. what is behind it? >> i think president obama may agree, to abuse these powers. he is not willing to go out there, we need to do this. its very telling with the vote last week on amash with the nsa. it doesnt say anything until the night before, bedtime for us, when the press secretary of the white house please dont defund nsa because we need this. they havent said anything about this. >> paul: its been a debacle and jeopardiz...

From the administration and theyre doing a really inept job of defending what they say are essential programs. >> whats behind it? >> i think president obama might secretly agree with -- even though hes used these powers throughout the last four years to keep this country safe, hes not willing to go out there and say, we need to do this. i mean, its very telling with that vote last week on amashs amendment to defund the nsa, that the white house didnt say anything till the night before, after be...