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Ideology flt he was raced in new york city where big government is the rule of the day. you have heard him say things about healthcare in the country but suggested that the government has an obligation to take care of people. theres a listening to him say were going to let it die, let it fail. these are real people, millions of them. who are still on obamacare. covered under obamacare. and this is why when you implement an entightment program its pretty hard to remove it. and he is discovering t...

Promising. >> scheduled next week. earlier in the day he promised that even though theyre facing yet another set back, he is committed to finding a way forward on healthcare. take a listen. >> i believe we must continue to push forward now. i regret the effort to repeal an immediately replace the failures of obamacare will not be successful. that doesnt mean we should give up. we will try a different way to bring the american people relief from obamacare. i think we owe them at least that much. ...

Medicaid. lets see how we can improve the affordable care act, not destroy it. i think that is a reasonable starting point for any serious discussion. >> the other thing the president said is hes not going to own it. republicans are not going to own it. democrats you could say have engaged in the blame game. shouldnt peoples healthcare take precedent over score lg political points? >> i certainly think that it should. but let us remember the political reality of today. last i heard the president...

Subject, i would be shocked if he didnt sign it. whether i like it or not he would sign it. thats what he promised to do by and large. republicans in congress for seven years have pounded the podium, have tossed the red meat and made a promise to the american people not just their base. to the american people. that they would repeal obamacare. that was what they stood for in these elections in 2010 when they took over the house in 2014 when they took over the senate. and you heard donald trump s...

Affordable care act, not destroy it. i think that that is a reasonable starting point for any serious discussion. >> i mean, the other thing the president said today was hes not going to own it, the republicans are not going to own it. democrats have also engaged in their fair share of the blame game. shouldnt peoples health caretaker precedent over scoring political points? >> i think it should. but let us remember the political reality of today. last i heard, the president was a republican. th...

Sign it. thats what he promised to do by and large. republicans in congress for seven years have pounded the podium, have tossed the red meat and made a promise to the american people not just their base, to the american people that they would repeal obamacare. that was what they stood for in these elections in 2010 when they took over the house in 2014 when he took over the senate. and you heard donald trump saying it in 2016 as he won the presidency. this is a promise made and it needs to be a...

Premiums are too, prescription drug prices are off the wall. so what we need to do is at least three things. number one i happen to believe we need a public option in every state in the country. if people dont get the private insurance coverage that they like or they need, we should have a public option available. number two i believe that we should lower medicare eligibility from 65 to 55. number three i think we should substantially lowerle cost of prescription drugs by allowing pharmacists an...

So what if millions of people suffer. thats really awful. >> will obamacare fail. if congress or the president dont take steps to fix it? >> no. i dont think it will fail. millions of people will be in impacted with higher premiums and some cases. this is what the insurance companies are saying. if we dont put money into the cost sharing program, if you dont enforce the individual mandate, substantial sums of money are not coming into the system. which make it harder for the insurance company. t...

The wall. we need to at least three things. number one, i happen to believe we need a public option in every state in this country. if people dont get the private insurance conch that they like or that they need, we should have a public option available. number two, i believe that we should lower medicare eligibility from 65 to 55 and number three, i think we should substantially lower the cost of prescription drugs by allowing pharmacists and distributors to import lower cost drugs from canada ...

Repeal and immediately replace the failures of obamacare will not be successful. that doesnt mean we should give up. we will now try a different way to bring the american people relief from obamacare. i think we owe them at least that much. >> but the problem that mcconnell has right now is that the votes simply arent there. there are now at least four republican senators who say they will not vote for a straight repeal. even though, mcconnell seems very content to put this bill on the floor for...