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>> i ran on repeal and replace. i never ran on repeal alone and indicated to my constituency that i do not favor the status quo that existed before obamacare came into -- >> what is repair -- im hearing repair. we had repeal, then we had repeal and replace, now we have repair that parachuted into the discourse. thats different than repeal and replace, right? repair means keep the fundamental framework as john boehner said. >> i think this is a matter of semantics but i think repair is repeal and...

Probably the health care, if i could pick one single issue, that got talked about more than any other issue, it would be health care. >> its interesting in that clip there and i think a lot of the focus at these town halls has been health care. things like getting rid of lifetime caps, getting rid of the ban on pre-existing conditions, right, and you saw that guy asking about it. and the worry is, what are you, the republicans in congress, going to do that is going to get rid of obamacare but ke...

>> you learn a lot. it was a smfull smorgosborg. it was an exhaustive list. probably the health care, if i could pick one single issue, that got talked about more than any other issue, it would be health care. >> its interesting in that clip there and i think a lot of the focus at these town halls has been health care. things like getting rid of lifetime caps, getting rid of the ban on pre-existing conditions, right, and you saw that guy asking about it. and the worry is, what are you, the repub...

To come out? >> yes. this is our daughter, lauren. shes 30 years old. she has cystic fibrosis and she needs the provisions of the aca including pre-existing conditions and no lifetime limits to survive. >> whashg, what do you want to say to tom reid given your daughters situation? >> wed like to encourage mr. reid to seriously consider. we know that repeal is going to happen, okay so, lets get a reasonable replacement, a repair for obamacare. lets take care of provisions that are so important to...

>> as republicans are grumbling about how quickly they can repeal obamacare. president trump conceding replacing it wont happen immediately as he promised on the cain campaign trail, but it could take until next week to complete. >> so what is the future of the aca? lets get the bottom line with cnn senior political commentator and adviser to president obama, david axelrod. there are problems with that plan and there are problems with replacing it. how do you see the future? >> look, i think the...

Were not saying its perfect but it has clearly helped millions of people across the country including us. i guess my question is, why is the gop in such a rush to repeal the aca without having a spec plan to replace it? and then maybe secondly, there are certainly good parts of the affordable care act. pre-existing condition clause. >> certainly. >> the age 26 clause, limit, no limits on lifetime caps. whats the hurry and why cant some of those things be kept in whatever the gop -- >> i think so...

Lifetime caps, whats the hurry and why cant some of those be kept? >> i think some of them will be kept. listening to them and president trump himself has mentioned this. i do feel a lot of people out there are upset about the act. in the course of writing about this since its inception come across people, i talked to one woman who believes affordable care act was responsible for taking her husbands life and another guy says the same about his sister and go into stories which are poignant, fact ...

That was a god send. five months after graduation diagnosed with second cancer, covered under our plan because able to stay on our plan. we understand theres issues with the aca, not saying its perfect but its clearly helped millions of people across the country including us. i guess my question is, why is the gop in such a rush to repeal the aca without having a specific plan to replace it? and then maybe secondly, there are certainly good parts of the affordable care act, preexisting condition...

Reforms and ask serious questions and get real information -- >> i agree with all of the questions, but will you vote for a repeal if you are not confident in the replacement? >> i will vote for the budget reconciliation -- >> thats the first step? >> yes, i will support that. but what i would like to see is us vote on the replacement elements. lets take a look at the specific markets -- >> do you think you can get it done by january 27th? >> no, i dont. i dont. we need to lengthen out the proce...

Repealing obamacare. ill quote it here. republicans must be careful in that the dems own the failed obamacare disaster with its poor coverage and massive premium increases. is the message there for republicans not to repeal now, but in effect, let it die on its own? >> well, its hard to say. theres not a lot of nuance in these tweets so you have to tease out, you have to tease out meaning. but i suspect he was reacting to the presidents visit to the hill today and i think what he was saying, and...