needs a four-year degree, let s get more kids into jobs where we have openings and give them those skills, i think there are areas where we can find common ground, and that s what i ve tried to do in my work. chris: but part of the problem, senator, is we seem to be in a vicious cycle. back in 2010 democrats passed obamacare without a single republican vote. this year republicans seem to be trying to pass repeal and replace without a single democratic vote. how do you stop the vicious cycle? well, you can start right now. as you know, the american people would really like to see us work together on health care, and there are plenty of changes that we need to make to the affordable care act like bringing the prices of prescription drugs down, bills that i have with senator mccain and senator grassley, two republicans, as well as work we should be doing to make sure the exchangeses are strong. but doing this behind closed doors is actually not what we did with the affordable care act.
chris: limits draw down on political differences on obamacare. one is how to help lower-income people pay for insurance, people who aren t covered by medicaid. there is an idea of refundable tax credits. some conservative people say it s just another name for subjects does. there is also the question about the 11 million people who gain coverage under the expansion medicaid. what happens to them? those are size and issues. it s always hard when you pull back on entitlements. when obama came in 2008 he passed obamacare without a single republican vote. now it s such a mess of legislation. you pull one stick out and it all falls apart. a lot of conservatives are calling into my radio show.
chris: limits draw down on political differences on obamacare. one is how to help lower-income people pay for insurance, people who aren t covered by medicaid. there is an idea of refundable tax credits. some conservative people say it s just another name for subjects does. there is also the question about the 11 million people who gain coverage under the expansion medicaid. what happens to them? those are size and issues. it s always hard when you pull back on entitlements. when obama came in 2008 he passed obamacare without a single republican vote. now it s such a mess of legislation. you pull one stick out and it all falls apart. a lot of conservatives are calling into my radio show.
chris: limits draw down on political differences on obamacare. one is how to help lower-income people pay for insurance, people who aren t covered by medicaid. there is an idea of refundable tax credits. some conservative people say it s just another name for subjects does. there is also the question about the 11 million people who gain coverage under the expansion medicaid. what happens to them? those are size and issues. it s always hard when you pull back on entitlements. when obama came in 2008 he passed obamacare without a single republican vote. now it s such a mess of legislation. you pull one stick out and it all falls apart. a lot of conservatives are calling into my radio show.
all republicans could agree on in 25 years. don t ignore, despite vice president penn s comments last night the reality of town hall meetings where people were very concerned about the impact of taking away the current plan without understanding how they would get coverage for their medical emergencys and potentially catastrophic things. shannon: exactly. as i talked about yesterday, there were horrible crazy town hall meetings in the words of the critics back then in 2009 about this when they were getting ready to pass obamacare. democrats were great, we heard you at the meetings but they all voted for obamacare without a single gop vote. something to remember, the congressional budget office, nonpartisan has made dire predictions about republicans if they repeal without some kind of replace ready to go. they said that increase of uninsured in the first year would go to 18 million people. premiums would spike 20 to 25%. they estimate up to 32 million would be without coverage by