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Away from the votes he needs. he only needs 50 with pence being the deciding vote. but i think the conservatives are playing a game. i think theyre very likely to vote yes in the end after getting some token concessions. so i think mcconnell is probably, even with all the dissent there seems to be in the republican caucus right now, i think a lot of that is an act, and i think mcconnell is probably very close to having the votes he needs to pass this thing. >> neera, what weve seen in the house ...

Direction, and so then they get on board a bill that, from my distance, didnt look that different from the one they objected to. >> no, absolutely. in the house, with the most recent passage, it was called the upton amendment. they sort of phonied up a policy proposal that said they were dealing with issues, and then they passed the bill. but heres what i would say about this. this bill is devastating for states that have done the medicaid expansion -- ohio, nevada, west virginia. its really cri...

Got this through the house. and, you know, he basically denied that anyone would lose coverage. he pointed to this $8 billion from the upton amendment and said that was going to fully cover people with pre-existing conditions. but most of the -- >> not to interrupt you, but what about medicaid as well? theres a problem there as well. so how can you deny that 24 million people coming from the congressional budget office could feasibly lose their health care under this? it just doesnt make sense. ...

Came with the upton amendment. >> yes. >> the total money were talking about is $138 billion. describe to me why that number from kaiser shows $8 billion when it should say $138 billion, the total money for these high-risk pools? >> because if youre putting them in the high-risk pools, youre taking them out from someplace else, so that $100 billion necessary say is not enough. youll need more than that to pull those people out of high-risk pools. >> i think this is the problem here. we are chasi...

Covered. no one will lose insurance. it will cost less. can this bill live up to those promises? >> it wont necessarily cost less. the whole idea behind the pooling arrangements, it was originally $15 billion in the palmer amendment and then $8 billion got added with the upton amendment in terms of protecting people with high risk status. so there is real status. what were doing now with the affordable care act is a hidden cost shift from many people who are healthy and perhaps, two within the i...

It would stop medicaid expansion and require those who are able-bodied to work. it would include refundable tax credits for those who dont receive insurance from their employers. it would expand health savings accounts designed to give consumers greater choice and flexibility in buying coverage and it would defund planned parenthood for one year, blocking more than 500 million federal dollars. >> our bill rescues families by focusing on lower premiums and putting people back in charge of their h...

This is n is this not a liability for republicans? >> it may well be. thats why i was one of the holdouts when it came back in march. on three republicans voted no. i happen to be one of the three. and i was among the holdout thats stalled bill so we ended up with three additional amendment thats came from march until now. and ultimately the question we had to and at this point in e debate was srgs it worthy of even handing off to the senate so they might continue this debate on where we go next...

In the new bill. what the amendments. here is the upton amendment. this is added. this deals with the pre-existing conditions. $8 billion over five years will be given to the states, i guess, for the high risk pools. if governors dont want to honor. >> on top of the $130 billion. they added to it. there is all of this concern that this costs a lot of money. we used to have these pools before the aca. they did not work well. people were exposed to higher costs. they went to obama. some of the sam...

Have recklessly and some would say fraudulently say that trumpcare covers americans with pre-existing conditions. it does not. it does not. as they said about the upton amendment, the $8 billion is a pittance. as the kizer family foundation said it would cover the cost of 1% of the individual market. others have given it to 5%. 1% to 5%. does that mean covering? no. forcing a vote without a cbo score shows that the republicans are afraid of the facts. theyre afraid of learning the full consequen...

After the first healthcare bill never even made it on to the floor, he was willing to walk away. he said he wanted to move on to tax reform. i think what you saw happen is it really sunk in for him and for other republican leaders this is something they promised. and the impact of having full control in washington and not being able to pass an obamacare repeal, at least out of the house, could have been potentially devastating for them. >> was there any real fear based on everything you heard ov...