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Be careful. the white house today hammered republicans for not yet presenting a replacement plan and for their ideas so far projected by the congressional budget office to add trillions to the deficit over time, making it clear democrats should not negotiate with them unless they dont repeal obamacare. >> if the republican ideas are actually bad for people, theyre bad for the economy. theyre bad for small businesses. they have bad ideas. >> at one point the president told lawmakers that he envie...

Unlimited power basically. that was kind of manchins point when we spoke. they need democrats to move forward on any replacement plan for obamacare. he said what mike pence and president obama are doing today may poison the well for bipartisan support. >> phil, lots to discuss. republican congressman dennis ross of florida with us, also on the executive committee for the president-elects transition. long time no see, congressman. good to have you on "new day." >> thank you very much. >> lets tal...

Have access before. the most privileged person in america has better health when everybody has health, everyone is in the loop. now, the republicans say repeal and replace. the only thing that has going for it is alliteration. they have no replacement plan. they have no replacement plan because they cant agree. they dont have the votes for a replacement plan. so to repeal and then delay is an act of cowardice. that means we dont really know what were doing. and it recognizes, it recognizes that ...

To do that, the government would pay for it. but this morning hes been tweet hes going to repeal obamacare outright. what is he -- >> one of the ironies of the affordable care act is a lot of those 20 million people that were talking about who are receiving health care through the aca are constituents who elected donald trump because theyre so hungry for a change. trump risks taking health care away from his own constituents unless he fashions some kind of alternative like dana was talking about...

Coal country in kentucky, talking to people who were attracted to donald trump and his message of bringing back coal jobs. now theyre kind of struggling with, well, what will this mean if obamacare is repealed from our health care coverage. i want to play a little sound from some of his reporting. >> president-elect trump promised people he would restore mining jobs. i dont think he thought about what the affordable care act might mean to miners applying for black lung benefits. >> when they eli...

Because everyone has health, everyone is in the loop. now, the republican say repeal and replace. the only thing that has going for it is alliteration. they have no replacement plan. they have no replacement plan because they just, they cant agree, they dont have the votes for a replacement plan. so to repeal and then delay is an act of cowardice. that means we dont really know what were doing. and it recognizes, it recognizes that the consequences to them of just straight out repeal without som...

>> this law has failed. americans are struggling. >> reporter: the president-elect jumping into the debate n. a series of tweets seeming to warn republicans not to work too closely. they failed the obamacare disaster with its poor coverage and massive premium increases, it will fall of its own weight. be careful. the white house today hammered republicans for not yet present ing a replacement plan and for their ideas so far projected by the congressional budget office to add trillions to the def...

And youve already had back at the white house josh earnest, white house press secretary, reacting to paul ryan trying to explain what republicans would replace the affordable care act with. >> one of the most articulate republicans is speaker of the house. he did a news conference today where he was unable to explain why republicans have not put forward their replacement plan. this is a debate that democrats can win. because of the impact that this -- that repealing the law, as republicans are v...

Everyone has health. everyone is in the loop. now the republicans say repeal and replace. the only thing that has going for it is alliteration. they have no replacement plan because they cant agree. they dont have the votes for replacement plan. so to repeal and then delay is an act of cowardice. that means we dont really know what were doing. and it recognizes -- it recognizes that the consequences to them of just straight out repeal without some replacement. so we have a values debate on our h...

That. and, in fact, if the republicans go ahead with repealing obamacare without any sort of replacement plan, and if they go along just with repeal and delay it will throw marketplaces into chaos. >> they are already in chaos. 18 out of the 23 co-ops have failed. its already -- >> how has it failed when its covered 20 million people? >> its failed because costs are going up. in tennessee, costs are going up 63%. 18 out of 23 co-ops this plan set up as the model for single payer have failed. dem...