andreys ostrovsky says despit political messaging from others at awhich he is, i align with the experts from aarp in the opposition to the health care act. today, house speaker paul ryan used a powerpoint presentation in an attempt to win over the skeptics pushing the false claim that obamacare is collapsing. this law is in the middle of a collapse and people are losing their choices. here is what is happening under a law that is collapsing. it s not working, that s why it s in a death spiral. it s a death spiral. it s collapsing. more on that death spiral claim and its dubious province later in the show.
the american economy. you re talking about maybe 50 million people losing health insurance and you re saying 27 hours going through the night is sufficient? i think we have to move forward. i suspect when it gets to the senate there will be discussion there but i do think the american people, chris, want us to reform obamacare and i am committed to doing that. how many people in your district are on the exchanges? i would say roughly 5,000 or so, chris? my understanding from kaiser family foundation is it s as much as four times that, it s much more like 20,000. have you talked to them about what would happen to them, particularly, say, a 60-year-old who makes $20,000 to $40,000 who could make $7,000 to $9,000 or more out of pocket. i ve had a series of town hall meetings as i m sure you re aware. at one town hall meeting we had 1400 people and at a second we had 900 people and so yes i ve tried to discuss these matters with constituents in the district. yes, and this is ge
on the aca repeal bill. mr. spicer said every member of the house and senate will be able to have their opportunity to have amendments offered well through the committee process and on the fear. we are very excited to hear this news because he said every member so that translates to an open rule. but not everyone on capitol hill was very excited by sean spicer s comments. actually, the chairman of the house rules committee, pete sessions, was absolutely not very excited. that s thing 2 in 60 seconds.
was completely transparent over the course of the 27 hours and i think thought it was an excellent discussion on both the republican and the democratic side. congressman. you re talking about a fifth of the american economy. you re talking about maybe 50 million peop losing health insurance and you re saying 27 hours going through the night is sufficient? i think we have to move forward. i suspect when it gets to the senate there will be discussion there but i do think the american people, chris, want us to reform obamacare and i am committed to doing that. how many people in your district are on the exchanges? i would say roughly 5,000 or so, chris? my understanding from kaiser family foundation is it s as much as four times that, it s much more like 20,000. have you talked to them about what would happen to them, particularly, say, a 60-year-old who makes $20,000 to $40,000 who could make $7,000 to $9,000 or more out of pocket. i ve had a series of town hall meetings as
rewrite this thing from a fresh start without being encumbered by some of the base work in obamacare. and if there are good pieces of that, we can put them back in by consensus rather than try to save something. how many people in your district are on the exchanges, congressman? i don t know that number. you may have that in front of you, chris, but i don t know that number. it s about 11,000 or so. do you know what s going to happen to them under this replace bill? have you talked to constituents? particularly in rural areas who are going to be paying more on out of pocket under this plan? of course we don t have that data because we just got a look at this bill that s been offered. i have a whole series of proposals that i think we should do but i will say on balance if the american people had to decide between continuing with obamacare the way it is and trying to supplement it so it doesn t go under or going back the way we were i d be for going back the way we were and then