this is one of those subjects where it s going to hurt politically. for some of these folks we watched this after obama care passed in 2010. this is a career ender for some people and that s something they had to confront as they did this. who is the candidate or pardon me, who are they going to be facing as a challenger? these are all things that are important but this is something that could sink some of them. lot of nervous republicans right now. absolutely. you saw that on the house floor today. you re going to see it increasingly. there aren t a lot of town halls going into this recess that they re going into next week. but they re going to be home. they re going to have to face these folks and explain their votes. even if they don t have the town halls, they still live there. dploer ya, looking at the
as its called. aetna pulled out of virginia siting big obamacare losses, the only remaining carry said it was considering its involvement in the marketplace so choices are narrowing for consumers. isn t that a reality? it s a reality but it s a reality that the republicans have helped make a reality. you heard the president. remember, when the president got finished with his parade on inauguration day, the first thing he did, the very first thing was rushed to the oval office and sign documents basically undermining the affordable care act. he went on to say that he wanted to see the affordable care act go down by its own weight. and so they have done a number of things trying to make sure that certain parts were not properly funded, trying to make sure that provisions were not adhered to, sending mixed messages. so all of that goes against certainty. the insurers that i ve talked to
just arrived at jfk in new york city. be meeting with australia s prime minister and attending a gala. there you see the president getting off air force one. let s get back to the breaking news tonight. passage of the house republican bill to repeal and replace obamacare. we just got reaction from republican congressman chris collins of new york. now we re joined by democratic congressman elijah cummins of maryland. he s the ranking member of the oversight committee. thanks for joining us. you just heard chris collins tell me he actually didn t read the bill the language of the bill. doesn t really care what the congressional budget office score is. your reaction? i think that s a very sad
they will also say as a result of that, that the cost will be higher, deductibles will be hire and the care will be less. your confident that democrats will be able to take back the majority of the house of representatives because of this bill. congressman, what makes you so confident? wolf, there are moments in your life where there are moral questions that are presented and this is one. i had a lady that come into town hall meeting not very long ago in baltimore a week ago and she said, i m 28 years old, i just passed the bar. i just got married. my husband and i were about to try to have a baby and i found out a little while ago that i had colon cancer stage 4 and she said so far the affordable care act has saved my life and the last thing she said to me, you got to go out there congressman and fight with everything you got because i don t have that
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