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Conditions in which democrats picked up about 40 seats, historic wave election that they havent seen anything like that since watergate. this is a huge risk for republicans. when they say they want to protect preexisting conditions, they havent found a mechanism. theyve basically eliminated the funding mechanism with the hope that a court would look at that and say, because the funding mechanism for the individual mandate has been eliminated, the entire law is unconstitutional. they got a court ...

Benefits that they have and the insurance that they have can is going to remain. >> no changes happen immediately. insurance contracts are locked in through next year making time for an extended legal fight. >> this is an enormous law. if the entirety were to be found unconstitutional it would cause major chaos in the health care system. >> after the president and congressional republicans failed to deliver on their promise to repeal obamacare, republican state attorneys general on the change an...

New this morning, health care is at the center of a renewed political debate about different conditions. the health coverage millions of americans could be in peril after a federal judge in texas ruled that the affordable care act is unconstitutional. the landmark house law remains in effect pending appeals. the case could make it to the supreme court. president trump calling for a new legislation less than three weeks before democrats take control of the house. >> if the republicans and the dem...

Get together and work on these issues. republicans have said they want to guarantee some of the guarantees in obamacare, including protecting the preexisting conditions and have been unable to find a way to fund that. >> what we heard nancy pelosi say, that the democrats made health care the centerpiece of their campaigns in the elections, they found health care was the most important issue among voters. 57% said the democratic party would better protect preexisting conditions. laura, is the pre...

For preexisting conditions. what legislative moves is senator schumer talking about? what seems to be the strategy for the democrats trying to protect obamacare? >> look, there are a number of things they can do, whether or not the house passes clean bills that would protect preexisting conditions and schumer and others try to force symbolic votes, whether by trying to attach these bills to must-pass spending bills, you can also call up symbolic resolutions on the senate floor. those are ways to...

In the next two years as they hold a power in the house. medicare buy-in allowing people 50 and up to buy in. expanding medicaid. but those things as weve mentioned would be really difficult to pass through our public incentive and get approval from trump. there are possibly things to shore up aca that they could maybe push through. >> jonathan, some of the republicans who are part of the lawsuit against the affordable care act, they campaigned on protecting preexisting conditions. what is the p...

Democrats to pass new legislation on health care. do the republicans in congress want a new political and legislative fight over health care and what about the democrats? >> republicans tried to repeal obamacare when president obama was in office. they tried to repeal and replace obamacare when they had the president, the senate and the house and republican control and were unable to do so. now theres a court striking it down. there is no indication that theres any desire or ability on the part ...

Democrats, well be sitting down with them and get great health care for our people. >> that sudden call for cooperation at odds with years of raw political conflict. >> weve decimated obamacare. >> health care is on the ballot and health care won. >> but friday, a texas federal judge upended the volatile obamacare debate. a 55-page ruling changed the key requirement to buy health insurance. after congress eliminated mandate tax penalties last year. without it, the judge ruled the entire law is n...

Center in texas. >> were turning our backs, not just on these people but on our best traditions. were causing suffering. in the case of jacqueline, 7 years old who we learned died in the custody of cbp. >> i am shocked and outraged by what i saw in there. there are 2700 children, ages 13 to 1 in essence locked up there in a child prison. well, i think we need to shut it down. >> and now, more on whats next for the affordable care act. heres kelly odonnell with the details. >> a downpour did not ...