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Actually do something, and i think republicans know that. democrats actually many of them do know that, and this bill does some very small things that republicans havent done over the last lets say six years, to stabilize the marketplace, which is funding these cautionary subsidies that keep the marketplaces afloat. so in some ways, they have within their abilities some tools to actually stabilize the marketplace and bring costs down for people right now, that theyve refused to do up until this ...

Is that they have to say theyre repealing obamacare and a tactical one, they need to stabilize the marketplace but the effort to repeal obamacare is not necessarily helping in making things better in terms of the costs in the near term and the long-term. >> shes absolutely right with that, jackie. when cost, its about cost, its about coverage. i remember because we were on the hill covering the passage of health care reform together and when it started out democrats who wanted to pass health car...

Making sure the insurance exchanges work better, which is what we need to do, because weve got folks that are paying too much out-of-pocket in the private exchange, and people all across the country paying too much for prescription drugs, and so i want to tackle that. youve got legislation to tackle those things, and thats where you get bipartisan support to work together is actually bringing down costs, not take away medical care for people to pay for another tax cut. >> i know youring looking ...

I afford this conversation, and thats when politics gets personal and thats when it becomes really difficult and thats where republicans are 48 hours before they expect or hope to have some sort of vote on it. >> one of the perceptions is its off reality. abbi, why do they want to repeal it? you have many people in this country who believe that they are suffering under the aca, if theyre in the individual market, and their deductibles are too high and their premiums have popped or will pop, and ...

Miscalculation here, too heavy to repeal and not enough in realities. abbi pointed out about them stabilizing the markets, something they refused to do for years. the genuineness of helping people with premiums is exposed with the bill they should have been doing all along but one of the biggest reasons that premiums are going to pop not according to me, according to the experts is prescription drug prices. why isnt there more momentum around fixing that part, maybe even first, you know, because...