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Coverage over a span of ten years under the white house-backed plan. heres another white house promise. >> i firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially in the process that were going through. >> but according to to the cbo, premiums are going to spike 20 to 25% for older americans under the gop pl. heres another white house promise. >> youre going to stay on medicaid, covered on and employee-sponsored plan, youre going to continue to be covered under the employee-sponsored plan. >>...

More than one option which in three out of five states now, people have signing up on the affordable care act. but i dont sense thats going to come right away. if i were there, i would be urging pelosi and schumer to offer that and make clear, look, we to want fix this, you guys dont to want fix it and when you decide you want to fix it as opposed to abolishing some things or hold up and honor a campaign pledge, well work with you. travel down this route, were going to stand over here. it seems ...

Today, 11 million americans who no longer are forced into health care are saying, thanks, but no thanks, i dont want to be there anymore. it confirms what americans can be saying all along. the. >> if its such a great plan, why would 24 million people walk away from it? >> ask the question why? why theyd walk away from it. >> reporter: its the gop plan. why are they walking away from dp. >> exactly right. >> or are they being forced out? >> no, maam, if youll let me answer your we, i will. cbo h...

>> if everyone who wants to get health care, the financial ability to get it is what the president is trying to achieve through this. and this is the system that will get them there. tom cotton is dismissing it as mythical legislation. that will fail in the senate. spicers comments today come amid a slew of promises that the white house has made about their health care plan. you heard one mentioned in that clip, just five days before taking office, president trump vowed for health insurance with...

Kevin mccarthy to plot a way forward amid the drama. and this afternoon, skeptical gop senators, including ted cruz are meeting at the white house to try and hammer out a compromise. earlier today at the white house press briefing sean spicer was pressed on this subject multiple times. here is some of that exchange. >> president trump has said that under his plan there will be insurance for everybody. how do you square that with the cbo numbers andishat a promise he can keep? >> the cbo number, ...

>> do they need to come to you to ask? hey listen, ive got an idea and let me propose something for this plan. is that the way it works in congress and one has to ask nicely for help. >> katy, typically when youre in the minority, you dont really have the ability to initiate, at least on the floor. thats controlled by the republican majority. and when they were putting together their plan in the secret, in the darkroom and we were down looking for the bill, it was under lock and key with securit...

Or might not be covered. thats a challenge. even more challenging are the premiums because they only got look at one part of this picture. they didnt get ahance because of the way this bills going forward without phase two or phase three. truly look at the low cost, innovative personalized plans that states can approve going forward. in seniors premiums skyrocketed -- >> according to this plan are going to skyrocket. >> well and i respectfully disagree -- >> one part of the cbo and tout it and s...

Committee. why are you standing by this plan? >> because it delivers on our promise to give people affordable care thats personalized for them. not for washington, and thats what cbo said. we also promised we are going to make sure americans arent murdered by the nearly $1 trillion of taxes on their jobs, on their health care plans and on the economy. we also said restoring control out of washington, restoring it to the states and the individuals so they could choose a plan thats right for them,...

Today, in fact, whove found a way to be exempted from obamacare and high premiums. who with a personal credit they can use to take from job to job, state to state, home to start a business or raise a family. choose a plan thats right for them, whether theyre very young or very old. those are the americans who are going to have opportunity to have access that frankly they dont have today. >> $1700 for health care, under the gop plan, that person would be paying over $14,000 for health care. how i...

The gop plan. >> well, and heres why. because for the first time governors will have the choice to actually apply med daddy to their state, to design it for their communities, not the way washington wants to do it over time -- >> that does go against what the president promised. >> but that doesnt mean there is anything less than higher quality care. what it means is washington wont be telling governors you have to do it our way, because we know, theres a difference between manhattan, kansas, an...