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Tour calling out the media over lack of opioid coverage. >> i challenge the press to devote as much time to live lost and lives that could be saved by dedicating the same amount of coverage you do to tribal stories. heather: other news stories other than ones about donald trump and that is what the first lady was talking about. finally a first lady bringing attention to real issues and another instagram post says shes right, lets get priorities straight in this country. heather: not getting a lo...

The full recovery span of john mccains situation was out. they still were expressing confidence that there could be a vote to pass this but acknowledging that it would be a razor thin. best case scenario is razor thin. this poll out today, the abc news/washington post poll is really revelatory. it shows almost a 2-1 preference for obamacare over the republican plan. thats just not a good place to be if youre trying to pass this legislation. throwing in the opioid coverage is a tip of the hat to ...

These massive cuts to medicaid. they doesnt just pay for people when they have a cough. they pay for opioid coverage, for veterans coverage. they cant just cut medicaid and say that they helped tax reform. >> this is where the republican governors play an interesting role. especially in the midwest. >> yes, and medicaid in rural america is huge. medicaid subsidizes the employers. you have a lot of small employers, you have a lot of people paid fair lily low wages rural america. medicaid subsidiz...

Input from my constituents that in the end i believe this is improvement with the craziest system in the world as president clinton was talking about. >> because its the craziest system in the world, dont you think in terms of due diligence that you, you are allowed, you should have received the opportunity to study it and have comments on it all the way through the process rather than have a clock now put on the vote that youre going to cast? >> well, i dont agree with the clock. well see how t...

Problem. it seems like thats the last step here. i dont think thats a good process. im going to demand the information before i make my decision. >> senator, there are people like governor john kasich who said they cant afford the lose the medicaid roll back. do you believe if it passes with the rollback all the people covered now will somehow get coverage inbetween, the people including people in your family who require opioid coverage? >> well, willie, i come from the private sector. ive been ...

Antibiotic, opioid coverage is huge addiction coverage. >> thats important too. the problem now the way it is under obamacare, we are not sweden. we have many desperate people in the population. 5% of the people in america have 50% of the healthcare. thats hugely disproportionate. thats why you just saw paul ryan talk about risk pools. people that have a lot of disease very sick and using insurance a lot should be in a separate area where the government subsidizes them. >> heather: lets listen t...

Weeks before the committee voted on affordable care act. so i think senator mcconnell is going to have difficult. his mainstream republicans dont like it because it cuts back on medicaid and remember, plmedica is for poor people and 60% goes to people in nursing home and it affects them and their kid. youre a kid 45 or 50, your mom or dad is in the nursing home. they have to shell out thousands of dollars out of their pockets, so its a loser. what about opioid coverage. so many have made a campa...