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Is no longer a fight. they support the affordable care act. they dont want to see an attack on preexisting conditions and the fact that president trump is not defending preexisting condition protections against this g.o.p. lawsuit is a big deal to voters. and the fact that were going to possibly see premiums rise because of the junk plans that the trump administration has reintroduced. >> dana: than, i thought today there are republicans running on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> sure, bas...

Basic idea make obamacare work. is that all of the underinsured and noninsurance had to be forced into the exchange to make the restful work. the population resisted that. and not someone has to clean up the mess. and that is exactly what the president is trying to do by trying to create these alternatives with choices that would allow some of those sicily people to say, i did not like obamacare but i have a choice now. a plan that suites me. >> with visible junk plans? >> that is the less that ...

>> yes the executive order will be much less durable because it directs agencies to develop rules that will inevitably be challenged. and employees assess these on a long time horizon. >> this charms and junk plans are ones that do not fit the obamacare model, that includes the one that we are in, that is one that more than 100 million americans are in. employer-sponsored coverage that is exempt from much of obamacare. junk plans actually means freedom to lower cost and more choices. >> the solu...

Money for these subsidies. yes, it does, jeffrey. a federal court ruled it saw unconstitutional. what donald trump did was for the congress to authorize his money. >> until youre somebody today who is trying to actually afford not a bronze plan, but maybe even a silver plan, and now your premiums are going to up expo now and thentially. >> you act like its happening all of a sudden today. >> the most amazing part about this, hes reintroducing junk plans into the system. youre going to have plans...

Plan and now your premiums are going up exponentially. the most amazing part of that -- >> its already happening. dont act like its happening all of a sudden today. >> its going to go up exponentially. the most amazing part about this, hes reintroducing junk plans into the system. youre going to have plans that dont cover maternity leave. youre going to have plans that dont cover the basic -- >> what he did today is not doing that. >> it does. >> no. this is part of the overall problem with obam...

Started this by focusing on donald trumps promises last year. and things hes done over the last two days violate every single premise he made. first of all, he said repeal and replace, theres no replacement. he said he would lower premiums for people, lower health care costs, today president donald trump took action to increase premiums by 20% in 2018, 25% by 2020. not lower premiums, increase premiums. he said everyone would stay covered. a million people will lose health care according to the ...

Pre-existing conditions. so you can get cancer and one of these junk plans, associated health plans, junk plan can drop you. thats what it makes it cheaper. they dont have to cover preexisting conditions. that is what makes it cheaper for that part. if youre concerned about cost, then why have a policy that basically says were going to increase premiums by 20%? what happened here is that the president betrayed the voters. he said that he was going to help. he made all these promises. and out of ...

Have to be forced into the exchanges to make the risk pool work. population resisted that. and now some he has to clean up the mess and that is exactly what president trump is doing by trying to create these alternatives with choices that would allow some of those to say i did not like it and i have a choice now. these are called junk plans. is that fair. that is a charge from the left that basically decided what they wanted to have and what it must cover. we hear a lot about these plans and bei...

Care. practically speaking, with these junk plans, im 33 years old, many of my peers who are getting off their parents insurance, and find themselves in between, theyre going to go out and purchase these junk plans. what that means is that older, sicker, middle class americans are going to have their premiums go up. its not going to affect lower class and those in poverty, they will have subsidies, it will affect middle class. donald trump and house republicans do not know what theyre doing with...

Sunday, i was with the former secretary of health and human services that said theres research that shows sundays are the day people sign up for the market more than any other day. this is an intentional effort by the trump administration to undermine and sabotage obamacare. practically speaking, with these junk plans -- im 33 years old. many of my peers, many of those individuals who are getting off their parents insurance and finding themselves in between, theyre going to go out and theyre goi...