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Automakers are now among the largest most profitable car companies in the world and millions of american jobs tell that tale. tens of billions of dollars that used to get paid to the banks for writing student loan programs go to pell grants to help people go to college who otherwise wouldnt afford it. oh, and you cant be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition and you cant be charged more for your health insurance because youre a woman and your health insurance cant put a lif...

Saved the u.s. auto industry. he saved the u.s. auto industry, reorganized gm that paid back their bailout money and american automakers are now among the largest most profitable car companies in the world and millions of american jobs tell that tale. tens of billions of dollars that used to get paid to the banks for writing student loan programs go to pell grants to help people go to college who otherwise couldnt afford it. oh, and you cant be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing c...

That its bent the cost curve, that the cost of health care in this country has grown less than it did in the previous ten years. its also covered 20 million more people. but forget them. you know, in 2008, i was going around the state of minnesota, and every vfw hall, in every cafe, i would see a bolton board where it would have a burger bash or spaghetti dinner for someone who had gone bankrupt because they had gone through their annual cap or their lifetime cap. i am very frightened about what...

That it has bent the cost curve. that the costs of health care in this country has grown less than it did in the previous ten years. its also covered 20 million more people. but, forget them. you know, in 2008, i would go around the state of minnesota, in every vfw hall, in every cafe, i would see a bulletin board where it would have a burger bash or a spaghetti dinner for someone who had gone bankrupt because they had gone through their annual cap or their lifetime cap. i am very frightened abo...

Benefits. she had been told by the insurance company there were no more benefits left for the rest of her family for the rest of their lives. >> the lifetime cap. >> absolutely. we got rid of that. this woman was afraid she or her husband might get sick or the childs cancer might return. this is kind of life that many people live before the affordable care act. and this is the kind of provisions thats in this law. 35,000 south carolinians have been allowed to stay on their parents insurance poli...

My conference would need to be behind. steve: yep. >> the plan is that we would repeal and replace at the same time. you see, what people want is health care that works and so we, what we do is we in essence repeal obamacare. we use the money in the system. and we make sure it works. and we do away with the system that is unfair and that is that the pretax contributions, all americans would get the same amount. till with be a great bill. steve: chairman, there are parts of the current obamacare ...

About. the meeting happening next week between president obama, folks on capitol hill about the affordable care act. is this a last ditch legacy-saving move by the president? >> reporter: yes. this is one of the issues president obama brought up at the meeting by donald trump in the oval office after the election. obamacare is probably one of the -- certainly one of the most important things president obama feels hes accomplished during his time in office. the aspect of the affordable care act l...

Prospects of repealing and replacing obamacare. we were talking about it earlier in the program. what do you sense will happen with this, now that donald trumps said he wants to preserve care for pre-existing conditions. >> ive always said the republicans dont want to repeal it. nobody wants to sell an american now that they cant get insurance because of a preexisting condition or put a lifetime cap on it or let an insurance company cancel their insurance because theyre diagnosed with cancer or ...

Vote, the ones you just talked about, are quite frankly voters who did vote for donald trump, voted for president obama last time. theyre not racist. they want somebody who they believe is going to help them have a future. somebody who can just have a job, that their pension will be there. >> quickly before you go, the pros personpects of repealing a replacing obamacare. we were talking about it earlier in the program. what do you sense will happen with this, now that donald trumps said he wants...

Is whats in obamacare is before insurance companies were able to deny you coverage if you got sick, able to throw you off the rolls if you got cancer, for example, and they no longer wanted to pay. there was a lifetime cap on your benefits, and obamacare got rid of all of that. thats not expanding obamacare, that is obamacare. thats important to note. martha: theres a couple other very prominent democrats who have spoken out on this as an election issue, and i want to sort of stick to that frame...