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From the same constituents that voted these folks into office? >> well, its a great question. thats what republicans are grappling with. there are so many elements, whether its tax law, of obamacare, or the health care benefits, if youre taking health care benefits away, thats not going to sit well. now, i was just -- i spent the holidays in williamsport, pennsylvania, the middle of trump country. people are excited about a trump presidency, unlike many people in the washington beltway. however,...

>> the repeal vote will be politically first and foremost of importance to republicans to fulfill that promise theyve made for six years. if they dont do it, theyll be politically a lot problems. republicans have talked about repealing obamacare for a long time without replacements in place. i spent two year, 2 1/2 years in congress -- >> i was going to say, you know -- >> working on different replacements be s and people l wine would call me and said, wheres your replacement bill? this went on ...

Democrats who say, were not going to help you one bit and dont change a thing. on the right, you have one person saying, this is not a perfect replacement bill. im not going to vote for it. down the road, were not going to vote for subsidies. you have some of those people on the right to say that. ted cruz may throw a wrench in the works. so isnt that a risk that you might repeal it and then have nothing down the road to replace it with? >> it absolutely is a huge risk, but another risk they hav...

January but in reality keep much of the law in place for years while they work on a replacement. the plan isnt going over well with people like mark meadows who want the law repealed in full immediately. the gop leaders seem to be worried about the political damage that may well result from massively disrupting the health insurance industry and potentially stripping millions of health care coverage. theyre preparing to deploy a strategy thab used in the past. set a date in the future for full ap...

Sound. gop leadership in congress appears to be coalescing around a repeal and delay strategy. they vote to repeal the law in january but in reality keep much of the law in place for years while they work on a replacement. the plan isnt going over well with people like mark meadows who want the law repealed in full immediately. the gop leaders seem to be worried about the political damage that may well result from massively disrupting the health insurance industry and potentially stripping milli...

And president trump showing he can get along with a broader portion of the republican party. i would argue in the case of mitt romney, the trump administration could use someone that capable. mitt romney has a lot of political liabilities, but hes widely seen as being able to get things done. >> manu, mike pence was on capitol hill today meeting with democratic and republican leaders. we did hear paul ryan say, you know what? repealing and replacing obamacare could take a while. its not going to...

Needed someone with electronic marketplace experience, like zappos or rei. that is what we needed for the online exchanges to make them run efficiently. thats when i said the ceo. i dont know what donald trump is planning for the replace. notice he never said on the campaign trail what the replacement bill is. and as ive said, the republicans have never said what the replacement bill is. >> but paul ryan was pressed on it this morning by my colleague, jake tapper, about such things such as contr...

Now. he was one of the chief architects of the affordable care act and head of ethics and health policy at university of pennsylvania and a former adviser for health policy at the white house. thank you for being with me. >> good to be here. >> so, listen to kellyanne conway. i mean, if they were to repeal it completely on day one of his presidency, on inauguration day, what happens to the 20 million people covered by it today? >> well, if they truly just repeal the whole thing, they will be out...

>> will the answer to that is we dont know until we have a replacement bill. they make clear what they are going to put in its place. if you just repeal it without replacing it, those people will lose their coverage, and maybe some of them will get coverage through other mechanisms, but the whole point of repealing it is to take away the exchanges, take away the mandate and take away the medicaid expansion. even if its not all 22 million people losing their coverage, its probably going to be 15 ...

>> if it is repealed, they will lose their coverage. the big question is, what will you replace it with? for six years republicans have been trying to come up with a replacement bill. theyve never actually been able to put a replacement bill out there. they never introduced a replacement bill that is coherent. they had a lots of ideas, but those ideas dont get you what they want. everyone with a pre-existing condition can get an affordable, health insurance package and you get coverage for every...