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As protest vehicles. they did protests not just in the capitol but around the country. youve probably seen pictures of the little lobbyists, who were the mothers and their children who were there to actually again show these senators and these congressmen what they were voting against in terms of lifetime caps. so people around the country really did incredible work, and i have to say disability rights activists led the way for a lot of people. so i really want to honor them tonight. >> thats a ...

And my plan had been to try to transition then to the affordable care act. because they dont discriminate for preexisting conditions. there are no lifetime caps. but with these bills that are under consideration, first the house and now the senate, would be a disaster for me and millions of people across the country who have significant preexisting conditions. >> and ms, there is a lot of experimental work being done. when you talk about $73,000 a year just for this medication, you dont know wha...

Source of health care. >> reporter: another good example of this is joanna joshua wp her beautiful daughter, jasmine. one of the jungest patient here. talk about your story and why you came here. >> definitely. so jasmine has hypo plastic left heart. she has heart of a heart. and a lot of her organs are flip end in opposite sides of where they should be in her body. when ways four months pregnant, i found out that jasmine had this condition. and shes had two open heart surgeries with one to go. ...

>> it makes absolutely no sense to eliminate federal funding for planned parenthood. there already are longstanding restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion. thats not what this debate is about. >> there are many different issues keeping senators on the fence. senator john barrasso who helped write the draft said he thinks his colleagues are making good points and he will work with all of them to try to get there. >> bill: thank you, peter doocy with the setup from the north lawn. >...

>> i would disagree with kellyanne conway. be careful what you ask for, you may get it. if you cut medicaid and send it to the states, a bunch of part time legislatures like in the senators state and my state are forced upon this thought of how do you restructure a health care system? well, with a cap on what you can spend on it, gee, careful what you ask for, you might get it. in other words what may be the long term consequence that im concerned about as a conservative is the country realizes,...

Done in the secrecy? >> one of the big things they have been talking about is the medicaid program with people with low incomes. everybody talks about phasing out expansion of people. what this bill would do is cap the medicaid program for everybody who is on it. its enormous cut to medicaid. that has flown under the radar. that is still under discussion among the republicans. whether they want to do that and if they want to do it and how tight the caps will be. that is a big story that is getti...

Week suggested a "jimmy kimmel test," who showed unborn with defects like kimmels son could get the care they need in their first year. kimmel says his son, billy, is doing well, eating and sleeping and gaining weight and thanked fans for the humbling outpouring of support. senator cassidy i think deserves some credit, christine -- >> sure. >> -- for coming on the show, for answering all the questions. he hopes the senate bill addresses these issues regarding lifetime caps, regarding medicaid ch...

Conditions, you are in big trouble. lifetime caps, that peace is coming back. >> eric: obamacare was failing upon itself. health insurers were pulling out of, completely pulling out of states. >> do you know why? >> eric: if you stayed on obamacare, people would have no coverage and no options. >> so lets fix obamacare. >> eric: lets fix this one. how about we give the guy a chance? >> she has a crystal ball, but i think she is jumping the gun. >> eric: susan rice refusing to testify in front of...

Is that it relates to the kind of people that waivers to be -- and the sustainability of those pools. >> on the subject of subject of preexisting conditions, sort of the second part of what the president said, it would be as good as obamacare. do you think that statement is true? >> well, we have to work on that. thats why you have to have some changes. things you would assure so theres no lifetime caps on somebody. >> as it it stands now, without change, because you just told us you dont know "...

Why you are seeing these poll numbers today. the fact of the matter is human nature, you can see a little bit of this in the polling, people will stay with what they know even if it is a terrible plan, then jump into the unknown. in the g.o.p. has not yet given them a plan to jump too. lets not forget, obamacare is very much like a plane without wings with engine failure. its not a matter of if it crashes, it is a matter of when it crashes. >> julie: the president says it is going to happen, it ...