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Its going to more than double the number of uninsured americans by 2026. so under the current law, 28 million americans are not expected to have health insurance under the gop replacement plan. that number would rise to 52 million, which is a figure that this administration is going to have a difficult time spinning to look positive for them. >> gabby, thanks very much. i have with me betsy mccoy. this is going to be happening quick. now, this cbo report says more people will be uninsured under ...

Election as well as presidential because it contradicts what prurp then candidate trump said, and this is not surprising, but the reality of the numbers will be brutal when they set in. >> matthew, again in the run-up, we were hearing from the white house, administration, well you cant necessarily believe the numbers coming out of cbo. these things have been shaky in the past, youre saying they may like this report. do you think theyre going to run with these numbers? do you tnk tyre going to be...

Conservative house freedom caucus is still on board with the gop replacement plan. >> bottom line if this is the plan that you have to vote on on the house floor, where will you vote? >> i dont plan voting for the plan as introduced by the speaker. what went through the committee. went through the committee, not one single amendment was allowed to be offered. >> youll vote no on this plan? >> im not for this plan. theres lots of opposition to this plan. >> but the president said he believes repu...

Comments a distancing. he says, first of all, the press, no matter what they have said all these years or what president obama said even if they had a functioning website, people on obamacare and found the deductibles too high and coverage unaffordable, they didnt care what the press said. if it is still impractical coverage plan and still unaffordable, the voters will know. hes saying the republicans when he talks health care. its an interesting way of distancing himself from what they end up p...

Bracing for the price tag of the republicans obamacare replacement plan and also facing a deadline to provide any evidence of the presidents claim that former president obamacare wiretapped him. just a short time ago i talked to pennsylvania congressman republican charlie dent about all of this, beginning with the so far unsubstantiated wiretapping claims. >> im glad the intelligence committee is asking the president for evidence or proof of his very serious charge. look, i have not seen anythin...

That would rise to 24 million people a decade from now, while federal deficits would be reduced by more than $300 billion. the president today accused the news media of making obamacare look so good all of a sudden. he insists obamacare is imploding but admits it could take years for health care prices to come down under a replacement plan. today is the deadline set by the house intelligence committee for the trump administration to show evidence of the presidents claim that president obama wire...

That they are not more on the same page when it comes to how to undo it? >> not necessarily because even though all republicans agree that the affordable care act is bad policy, that was a central point of consensus during an eight year stretch when republicans disagree on a lot of major issues, opposition to obamacare brought them together. despite that, they never fully coalesced behind a replacement plan. that is something youre going to hear democrats slamming republicans on over the coming ...

For obamacare. you can consider the replacement plan, with 51 votes in the senate. you get what he saying. thats the news. what do you make of it? >> thats the actual news, thats the headline, the main reason it was sent to cbo, so they can proceed through reconciliation. we have spoken about this before. before i got there, they rammed it through through reconciliation now the only way to get rid of it is reconciliation. thats why a lot of congressmen and senators, they may not be happy with th...

As a disaster. they have yet to show why their replacement plan will be better than that. >> not just the experts who have concern, as we have been reporting but as peter alexander mentioned its folks on capitol hill concerned as well, folks in the republican party. listen how paul ryan is responding and tom cotton replying. >> i cant answer that question its up to people. >> i would say to my friends in the house of representatives with whom i serve, do not walk the plank and vote for a bill th...

Republican lawmakers are bracing for some tough news, perhaps, on their replacement plan for obamacare, and tomorrow the gop bill expected to be scored, and its suspected as many as 10 million people will lose coverage under it. >> and the bill is making its way through congress, and mike pence working to sell the plan to skeptical republicans and republican-led states that were able to insure people under the obamacare plan. >> its amazing to think about. virtually every promise of obamacare ha...