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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...

That doesnt sound good for you. >> no, i strongly disagree with mos terminology there, just being frank with you. this is the largest medicaid reform in 50 years. five decades, $880 billion that it drives down. it repeals the mandates, not because of the talking points but both on the employers as well as the individual. it is time to vote yes. this is something weve been working on for months. the president, the vice president, have taken lead on this. if were going to get serious about repeali...

We will have men being part of the payment of maternity health care services makes it so women arent automatically charged more. little bit of an obscure concept but worth thinking about. were helping take care of each other in a way through insurance. its the nature of insurance. >> how people discuss that one. sanjay, thank you so much. back to the realm of politics. loet me bring in dan holler for heritage action for america. of course, this is the advocacy arm linked to the conservative th...

Richard burr and the ranking democrat on the committee. >> lets see who pops up next for a press conference, guys. thanks for sticking with me. important things going on on capitol hill hours from now, including this one. hours to go before the republicans health care bill heads to a vote on the house floor, so were told. a live picture of the house floor. while support for the bill is still in flux, so are some of the bills key details. cnns national politics reporter mj lee is live on capitol ...

Them. thats what were seeing right now. ill say this. yesterday i would have been a firm no vote on this bill had i been in congress. some of the changes that happened overnight make it much more palatable to me. getting rid of those essential health services is a very key point for conservatives who want to bring the free-market principles back to the process. i had a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer and she went to ucla medical center which is a research institution. she went throug...

Tougher vote when it comes back to you next time? >> well, because its about keeping our word. weve been promising this. ive been here a little over two years. theres been members that have been promising for five, six, seven years. in the words of bill clinton, this model, obamacare, doesnt work here. we have to offer relief to the american people. this is not the most perfect bill. we get that. but it is a huge step in the right direction along with the work that hhs secretary tom price can do...

Conser group. do you think lawmakers, is that in the back of their mind, does it have to be, that money is going up against them if they go against big dollar groups? >> oh, sure, yes. the fact is this was a promise that was made to so many constituents and so many of these organizations like heritage action that helped these guys get re-elected. so, theyre going to take action to, you know, communicate directly to their constituents about what they believe is a failed promise. >> john phillips,...

On this law, they would actually argue that this bill gets rid of some of the fundamental pillars of obamacare. lets just talk through what this bill actually has. this bill would repeal obamacare subsidies, these subsidies would be replaced by refundable tax credits that would be determined by age and income. the house has also decided to set aside some $85 billion for tax credits that would be for older americans. this came because a lot of lawmakers said they were concerned a lot of their old...

Done it the same had he had a chance to do it over again. >> since you spoke with him yesterday, ill go with your sense on this one. guys, thank you very much, keeping a close eye on that breaking news. right now the republican health care bill is in serious jeopardy. a vote scheduled just hours from now is becoming more of a showdown than anything else as the president and republican leaders still dont seem to have the votes, at least not yet. behind the scenes, president trump taking a page ...

If you guys dont do it, guess what, obamacare stays in place. the problem is if youre part of the house freedom caucus, if you vote for this bill, its letting obamacare stay too much in place. what im hearing too is a lot of these bullying tactics arent really working. you have people, particularly -- >> they have been used by house speakers in the past. >> this idea that were going to lose everything, well never be in power again. >> but this identify that theyll find people to primary people i...