without health insurance if they are no longer mandated to buy it under obamacare. >> would you concede that there will be some coverage losses, perhaps in the millions, that there will be millions of people who will not have health insurance as a result of what you're doing? >> well, again, sure, except you have to look at the current situation. >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer tried to explain how the republican plan satisfies the president's promise to cover every american. >> the president is okay with millions of people who won't have health coverage? >> right now they're not getting that. and by giving them more choices at a lower cost, more americans can either buy health care for their family or themselves, or in a lot of cases for their business without paying the penalty. the system now is not working. the costs are going up. the choices are going down. and deductibles are going up. that is not an option. >> reporter: democrats insist that's not acceptable. >> i see all this hoek us poke us language they talk about. well, you're not going to be