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Repealing the law and then replacing it with a better system will be the new administrations first order of business, mike pence has said. what does all of this mean for obamacare f future and for you? live in our west coast newsroom, trace gallagher. >> erased today as both parties tugged on the rope in an effort to save this signature law, obama went to capitol hill to fire up his team. president knows full well that the party does not have the votes to block republicans. so instead, he is adv...

Rest of the law and still have it work. >> the republicans say they are doing just that. g.o.p. lawmakers also huddled ot capitol hill to lay out plans to repeal and replace the affordable care act. with the vice president elect mike pence vowing that donald trump is a man of his word. >> today our message is very simple. working with leadership here in the house and senate, we are going to be in the promise keeping business. >> and president-elect weighed in on twitter, saying they will not let...

Obamacare but at 20% lower premium. with much more choice, much more access. it can be done, the idea that obamacare is the only way to make sure people have access to health insurance coverage is not true. if you give people a choice, if you give americans control again of their own health care dollars, y though be able to choose the plans that are right for them at much lower cost than obamacare does. >> megyn: all right,uc i think its interesting that donald trump sat down and did an intervie...

If they get rid of obamacare and fundamentally alter it, anybody complaining about the health care system will be transformed into thinking, what were youan thinking when you destroyedd obamacare? >> megyn: trump ran on a promise that he would make changes. there is a real question about whether senator schumer is right, you cant take away -- you cant still have the good stuff, the universal coverage, t whatever. the coverage of pre-existing conditions without the bad stuff. the mandates. >> and...

Going to show you. the thing that obamacare bid and had in 2009 and 2010, when democrats controlled the senate, they had 60 votes to pass the parts of obamacare. republicans this year only have 52 votes, yes they can defund obamacare, but the thing that you and i have talked about so many times on the show, megyn, is howw the regulation in obamacare are driving up the premiums. if you dont reform the regulation, you cant really repeal and replace obamacare in full. so how are republicans going t...

Be careful because right now this is hanging around the necks of democrats. it could soon be a republican problem. >> it is a republican problem, are you kidding? we talked about this throughout the campaign, donald trump, he contradicted himself, he wanted the key parts of the law, and both parties were saying wait a minute, it doesnt make sense. it will blow the system up. and now he is actually going to be the president and they are trying to sort it out and they are not going to be able to. ...