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Cold. >> i dont want to lose sight of some other important issues facing the country. we have richard burr who said yesterday he does not see an obamacare replacement plan being passed this year. if its does not happen this year, when does it happen? that sounds like a concession of a stalemate than call of a new strategy. >> well, ben sasse, richard burrs -- the bill that passed out of the house is extremely popular. the cbo says it would leave 23 million more people without health insurance, r...

I think i just answered your question. >> reporter: your side really embraced that into 23 million. >> speaker ryan: i just explained it. >> reporter: they did find that premiums on average would go down, but it also said that they believe there might not be any premium access. >> speaker ryan: obviously i disagree with that. >> reporter: it doesnt show up for older and sicker. >> speaker ryan: if a state takes a waiver, that in order to get that waiver, it has to have a risk system in place. we...

Around. a man wont have to buy something that includes marnitcoverage. whats wrong wh that? >> so, ali covered it really nicely by covering the risk pool. its really important to remember that you could try to say, well, we could shop around and get lower plans. this is exactly what we had before 2010 when youll remember that people shopped around and actually got plans that had barely any coverage. and then when they really need haesh health care, because we can never predict when we need healt...

Bill. and if you look at three basic component, its hard to understand why any republican would support it after a populist election put donald trump in office. youve got massive tax cuts for the wealthy. an $880 billion cut to medicaid. thats the health care services for the poor and disabled. and then essentially an obamacare-lite that tilts towards the young, healthy and wealthy and way from the older and poorer and sicker. none of those things match up with the pop liss rhetoric of donald tr...

But the overwhelming majority of americans dont support this bill. and if you look at three basic component, its hard to understand why any republican would support it after a populist election put donald trump in office. youve got massive tax cuts for the wealthy. an $880 billion cut to medicaid. thats the health care services for the poor and disabled. and then essentially an obamacare-lite that tilts towards the young, healthy and wealthy and way from the older and poorer and sicker. none of ...

I read the bill and its not for families that voted for trump and the poor people. this is basically a huge transfer of resources from the poor and the sicker to the wealthier and the healthier. this makes no sense. >> thats been the liberal talking point on this. the truth is there are provision this is this proposed law that would allow people to buy insurance across state lines. i said this many times. i live in virginia and i have an ohio auto insurance policy. why cant you buy insurance in ...

Donald trump was elected elected no small. >> what do you think is going to save people money. insurance was going to be provided across state lines. big reform republicans are going to offer. its not in this. ive read the entire bill. its not in this. nothing in this for middle class families. families who voted for trump. the poor people. this is basically a huge transfer of resources from the poor and the sicker to the wealthier and also the healthier. this makes no sense from any standpoint....

Where theyre up by, like, 145%. i know my premiums have gone up 30% for the past two years in a row. im having trouble finding a primary care physician because doctors dont want to sign up for it. you know, we were promised that we could keep our health plans. i liked my health plan before with blue cross, blue shield in maryland. dont have access to that anymore. its not competitive. youve got insurance companies dropping out of states, so now its becoming monopolies, almost sheer monopolies. a...

Students do. im sorry but thats what it comes down to. we should not be charging our kids more to get a loan to go to college than we charge big financial institutions in order to finance their businesses. >> and the draft joe biden super pac opened a new online story. jimmy fallon talked about one of the items for sale. >> they started selling bumper stickers that said im riding with biden. thats the sicker. this is a lot better than the other one that women around the white house have started ...

The road cell phone plan costs $90, $80, $70, around that. some of these premiums are expensive by 40 or $50 but youre getting health care not a cell phone. does the price fit. >> keep in mind when the president made that comment he was trying to appeal to young people, right? so if you have got a cell phone plan and youre paying 60 or $70 a month but health care is upwards of, you know, 180, close to $200 a month, that is a big difference for a young person and obviously it doesnt have the imme...