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Or eliminate essential benefits and the pre-existing policy which was the key to this final comp p compromise. that will not become law exactly but it does set a tone for this political debate in which the republicans are voting to take things away from people. >> and you look also at the pre-existing cons component was the thing that got this over the finish line with the compromise as of yesterday. at least in the house. but that is going to be the area for the most debate. democrats did a pre...

Republicans slammed democrats for jamming through obamacare years ago without knowing whats in it. paul ryan was one of those folks slamming democrats. just listen to this. >> i dont think we should pass bills we havent read that we dont know what it costs. if you rush this through before anybody even knows what it is, thats not good democracy. thats not doing our work for our constituents. we shouldnt rush this thing through just to rush it through for artificial deadline. lets get this done ri...

Insurance companies like having the ability to do that. also obamacare told insurance companies you have to include certain things in your policies. "x," "y," "z," they had a whole list of things. this new bill thats being considered today tells states look, if you dont want to require insurance companies to include all these things, you dont have to. again, something that insurance companies might find a lot more p palatable. the other thing is if someone doesnt pay their premiums for 63 days, ...

A couple of issues do have these republican lawmakers a little bit uncomfortable. i want to walk through them a little bit. first, is the fact theyre going to be taking this vote before there is a cbo score. this is a very big deal. obviously, this is a big piece of legislation and a complicated piece of legislation. we have not had the cbo score this bill since the original bill came out. remember, that was the bill -- that was the score, rather, that said that 24 more million people will be un...

One third of the entire country of counties only have one provider and next we are they wont have any. if we do nothing, were going to hear a very loud crowd that people are not having health care. we cannot ignore this problem. theyve got to stop playing politics. we can solve this problem and this is the first start of making that happen. >> but you know and you can admit that both sides play politics. they are doing to you what you did to them successfully when obamacare passed which is to ba...

Breaking news. the house now planning to vote in a matter of hours on a repeal and replace of obamacare. as im reading the intro, he is already doing this, but just so he can stew. i want to go to you, matt. because i want to get your reaction now. still a long way to go. but is this the repeal conservatives were looking for? >> no, i dont think its, you know, certainly not. in fact it doesnt really repeal obamacare. but i think its a compromise bill. and just today weve seen this upton amendmen...

Posted on its platforms. why they need real people to do this job. good morning, everyone. im chris jansing in washington where we are following the breaking news. any minute now, president trump scheduled to walk out to the white house rose garden and hell sign that controversial executive order on religious liberties. it will relax enforcement of rules barring tax exempt churches from participating in politics. itll make it easier for religious leaders to support political candidates. then t...

Gets a tough diagnosis in a state requested a waiver. that will be by definition a small population and sympathetic population. we want to make sure it is covered. >> it is not that thin. first of all, the number of people with pre-existing conditions. >> 7% of the population is in the individual market. the state would have to request awaiver? will they request a waiver? i dont know. i have had no governor contacts me and say tell me more about the waiver situation. >> that is not a great measu...

House republican moderates. good to see you, congressman. youre a yes, as i understand it, on this vote. it got posted at 8:00 last night. have you read it in full? >> read the bill? yeah. i read the america health car act. little over 163 pages. what was posted last night, im sure, was an amendment, the upton amendment. this is different than the monstrosity we know as the affordable care act. a lot of the statistics you threw up are reminiscent of some of the statistics offered when the afford...

No cbo score, no new cbo score here, there has not been a public debate about this current bill, theres been little time to understand the latest amendment, the upton amendment, is there a danger here? >> oh, absolutely. by the way, im old enough to remember when virtually every conservative in america said that sort of thing. you have a substance program, political problem but this process problem you are ramming through a bill and no question about it you dont know whats in the text. >> so why...