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A lot into this. if you study history like immigration through republicans, this is the quick sand of american politics. the democrats who voted for obamacare lost 63 seats in the house in the next election. we were still in a recession and its not all on obamacare. the 2014, the democrats lost the senate. dont you think that they are undecideded on this or am i yes or no? they were thinking about the history of politics and you have profound differences in the republican party. they dont believ...

In the last minute negotiations, what the white house and leadership extended to these conservatives, house freedom caucus members, are doing away with these essential health benefits. this is everything from maternity coverage, hospitalization, drug prescriptions, all of these things are now going away in this house bill. and all of this of course will decide if conservatives, moderates, it actually be able to get on board this bill and support it when the vote happens this afternoon. >> mj, th...

And were talking about some key provisions that have been taken out of this now that really strike at the heart of obamacare, the affordable care act. and that is to require insurers to provide maternity coverage, to provide birth control coverage and mental health coverage. these are these essential health benefits we talked so much about. thats what it means. they basically say the states can decide this. thats why this is so controversial. as we do the politics of this, the substance so impor...

Today, we havent gotten there. this is chapter one. one reason the moderates are running. to phils very smart point, when youre losing a committee chairman. members of ryans leadership team. hes losing one of his brothers on this vote youre in trouble. one of the reasons the more moderate members are fleeing is because they have given to the conservative members taking away the mandate that a health insurance policy must cover what they call essential health benefits. you must have maternity cov...

Consumer does not know what anything costs. >> that is so true, insurance is also hiding it from your peer they are negotiating prices on your behalf come you dont know the bottom line unless you look at the expiration of benefits which most people dont. you might do a better job negotiating on your own with a health savings account. by the way, i dont think it is junk policies as andy said, i think they can have catastrophic policies. did you know 45% of the people who are taking the penalty, t...

This up. >> and ali, let me let you hear sean spicer who was out there today guaranteeing there was no plan "b" and there was going to be a vote, only to be made a fool of yet again by the vote being pulled and the rug being pulled out from under him. this was sean spicer explaining the logic of getting rid of maternity care as a benefit under obamacare. >> older men, older women who had gone past maternity age were buying benefits that werent necessary for them. i think if youre an older man yo...

Margins in the senate that democrats had seven years ago. so, its even harder for them to find some consensus -- >> but you believe that charlie dent, you know, part of politics, a big part of it, is the person-to-person contact, reading the body language and reading the voice. the charlie dent we just saw there is not a happy camper and he seems things are not going in his direction and hes not happy about it. >> whats also different from seven years ago is that youre taking things away from pe...

Theyre really trying to talk this up. >> and ali, let me let you hear sean spicer who was out there today guaranteeing there was no plan "b" and there was going to be a vote, only to be made a fool of yet again by the vote being pulled and the rug being pulled out from under him. this was sean spicer explaining the logic of getting rid of maternity care as a benefit under obamacare. >> older men, older women who had gone past maternity age were buying benefits that wert neceary for them. i think...

Lawmakers are talk about this bill failing by a big margin because at the end of the day it isolated too many members of the republican party. >> thank you. dr. sanjay gupta joins us now. we are talking about the so-called essential health benefits, one of the parts involves maternity coverage? >> yeah, you have that whole list of things that mj just laid out the minimal coverage that people get with their health care, you have choices when you buy your health care but no matter what its worth l...

And the question that obviously comes up is that well look, men cant get pregnant, very true, but men typically are part of the baby making process an thats one of the things that the proponents pointed out, look youre still investing in having a safe pregnancy, a healthy baby, newborn, part of the coverage youre buying but also that look if you dont have everyone buying and getting this minimal care women if they get pregnant would pay more its called gender rating because you could get pregnan...