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CNNW CNN Newsroom With Brianna Keilar November 29, 2016

Secretary for bush 41 and the wife of Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. The president elect also pick add new head of medicare and medicaid today. Sima verma, ran the program in ind under governor and now Vice President elect mike pence. Cnns Phil Mattingly is standing watch at trump tower where another day of trump interviews is on tap. Things moving today, phil. Reporter absolutely. Its important to note two of the biggest priorities for the president elect throughout the campaign, you now have the point people in place. Another point, particularly on the health care side of things, brianna. Sema verma and tom price. Talking to republican officials on capitol hill. He talked to trump trn iansitio people as well. This is the health care dream team. Hyperbolic, to a degree. This is that on some level, in tom price. Somebody with a ton of experience as an Orthopedic Surgeon and on complexities of policy on capitol hill. Leading opponent of obama care on capitol hill and leader of drafting alternatives to the Affordable Care act. Somebody with real policy and world experience they feel like could really help spearhead these things. Also, on another really crucial component of the president elects agenda, infrastructure. Elaine chao names in about an hour, im told, brianna, transportation secretary. You listed credentials coming to how the federal Government Works and how d. C. Operates. Few with more experience and elaine chao a twoforone deal, if you will in terms she is the wife of mitch mcconnell. Senate majority leader. Donald trump wants a large, encompassing infrastructure package moving early on in his term. The transportation secretary will play a huge role in that. Her able to maneuver in d. C. And in her own home is not going to hurt. They wont. Tell us whats going on with the secretary of state pick. This is the big one. We know donald trump has a special dinner this evening. Reporter exactly right. A oneonone private dinner with mitt romney. 2012 nominee. Focusing on lowerlevel picks, not quite the prestige of secretary of state, everybody elses focus on that, secretary of state. With good reason. The trump operations own people continue to bring it up. Obviously, Kellyanne Conway, close advisers to the president elect made clear her position against mitt romney and that shes hearing a lot from a lot of people who supported trump they dont want mitt romney anywhere near the administration. Still, donald trump meets with mitt romney tonight and a prospective candidate as well, president elect tweeted very impressed l impressed. Mitt romney second to have a lengthy interview. Will he get the job . Theyre playing coy. Despite the opposition inside president elect the open team, romney is very much in the running, very much in play and anything can happen. Its all up to the president elect. Is he telling them he gets the job or just a respectful breakup . Thank you for that. Talking more about the likely future secretary of health and Human Services with a man who knows him very well. Jack kingston represented the first Congressional District of georgia for 22 years, and hes now the head of the georgia gop foundation, and an adviser to the president elect. Thank you so much for being here, and talking about whats such an important pick in your friend tom price, soon to be, we would expect, former congressman and future secretary of hhs. Theres so much to dig into on policy here. Donald trumply signaled much to the surprise of many people after elected he would be open to keeping key parts of obama care. People who are 26 and younger on their Parents Health Insurance Plan and then the big one which is preexisting conditions. And that not that Health Insurance companies have to cover them. I wonder how that is possible without a mandate, because it was that mandate everyone get Health Insurance that allowed Health Insurance companies able to afford all the preexisting conditions. I think thats why the selection of tom price is important. Not only does he have what phil was talking about, that well record medical experience nond a policy wonk on Health Care Reform but is chairman of the Budget Committee and active member of the ways and means committee. He knows where money is in the budget and knows where taxes come from and you cant do Health Care Reform without really addressing the budget and the tax issues. So tom price is an absolute perfect fit for it and what were going to find is revenues out there for middleclass tax credits to make health care affordable. Theres ways to make it more accessible through his knowledge of the medical business, and i just think hes going to be able to combine these things together. Not going to be an easy task. He will have democrats onboard on some things. But he differes with what donald trump wanted to do. Not exactly on the same page . But close enough and i think this is a little bit like horseshoes that, you dont have to have perfect, but close enough really will count. And hes going to be able to explain that to me. How do you reconcile the not covering preexisting conditions with saying that that is, as donald trump said when asked if hes going to keep it, yes, and he said its one of the strongest assets . Tom price over the last ten years was reforming obama care before there was obama care. E hes had many, many plans. Yes. One of his options probably had a different wording than Donald Trumps, but now he works for donald trump and will do what the trump model is but is the guy to get inside the engine of health care and tinker with it, make it run bet perp hes also going to lookality Medicaid Expansion. Probably look at malpractice reform. Sure. The Medicaid Expansion you mentioned. His plan, actually has been about repealing the Medicaid Expansion . The money the federal government gives to states to afford that expansion of covering poor people . One of his ideas block grant. Letting the states take the lead. In georgia, we may want to do it differently than they do it in new york and might want to do it differently in california. So recognizing that states need to tailor make it. His most recent plan inkplcls a repeal of the Medicaid Expansion . Still working for donald trump and i think most people understand that Medicaid Expansion probably led by the states could be a way to pick up some of the under, and uninsured people out there. I think thats an option for consideration. I dont think right now anybodys saying, this is the plan. But this is a guy who knows what kind of plans are out there, and he know whats he can get through the house. 218 votes, and tom price can get there. Sure. How is that, keeping key parts of obama care is not exactly repealing obama care . I think having it more affordable through medical savings accounts, empower consumers, getting bureaucracy out of there. Whats being repealed . Changed . I hear you talking about adding things. There might be competition over state lines but i dont really understand where the reform is . The big change, i think, would be that health care becomes between the patient and the doctor, not dictated by washington bureaucrats or by Insurance Companies. What is the change . The actual change that ensures that flanl youprinciple youre about . I think getting the government to set back, letting the private sector lead more. An option of plans. Probably having some mandated benefits, but not washington topdown, one size fits all policy makes it more competitive, allowing Health Care Sales across state lines so people, in georgia, i can buy my health care in South Carolina or alabama, the way i can just about any other product in the world, by the way, will put more competition in it. Getting rid of unnecessary regulations and making it so doctors can Practice Medicine without the constant fear of frivolous lawsuits nap will bring down costs and inject competition in the system. A big part of his plan. All right. Former congressman Jack Kingston, appreciate you being on. Thank you so much. Thank you. And the president elect is finding himself amid another controversy. This time over a tweet he put out involving flag burning. The tweet, nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. If they do, there must be consequences. Perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. Getting first reactions on this issue from leaders in president elect trumps own party. This includes senator john mccain, who just told this to cnns manu raju. I am not going to comment on mr. Trump. I will continue not to comment on mr. Trump. Reporter he said the people who burn the flag should be prosecuted. What do you think about that . Very close decision on the by the United States Supreme Court. I do not approve of burning the flag. I think it, there should be some punishment, but right now, the Supreme Court decision is that people are free express themselves. That way. But i do not approve of it and i think theres other ways for people to express their views rather than burn a flag that so Many Americans fought and died for. Reporter even lose citizenship over it . Even said people should lose citizenship over it . Im not commenting on mr. Trumps comments. I have not and will not. Reporter why not . Hes the president elect and youre a very Senior Member up here . Because thats my choice. Because its my choice, and i am just reelected by the people of arizona, and during that campaign i did not comment on mr. Trump. I will continue to not, because i have to defend this nation. Im the chairman of the Armed Services committee. We have all kinds of challenges. My time is devoted to trying to make sure this nation is secured, not to comment on every comment of mr. Trumps. That may be your priority, and yours and yours. That may be your priority to comment every day on any comment mr. Trump has. My priority is to try to defend the nation and the men and women who are serving it, and it does not, i did not carry out that mission by responding to every comment of president elect trumps. Manu raju joining me now. You the maverick is holding his tongue there, manu . Reporter right. Showing, brianna, that Donald Trumps comments, his tweets, are a big distraction from members of congress up here. Trying to focus on other issues. John mccain had a difficult relationship with donald trump through the course of his own reelection campaign. Of course, donald trump criticizing p. O. W. S like john mccain himself during that campaign, and mccain ultimately revoking his endorsement of trump after that access Hollywood Video came out. So it really shows, brianna, not all republicans are falling in line behind their president elect, and the things that he says on twitter can mean unwelcome distraction. I also had a chance to talk to be president elect trumps rival ted cruz. He formally criticized flag burning but would not say whether he agrees folks should be prosecuted on possibly lose citizenship. Interesting, because when you recall back eight years ago, john mccain would criticize then president george w. Bush. You really didnt have a problem holding back then. And clearly hes commenting on what donald trump is talking about. But holding his fire on the actual president elect. Do you think thats going to last . It will be difficult to last, because he is the president elect. Hes going to when he becomes the president , everything he says, his party has to respond to. Thats what we saw throughout the campaign. Members trying to avoid and do a delicate dance over their nominee at the time. Now the president. Theyre going to have to respond, because the things that he says will set the policy for this country, will set the direction for the republican party. So eventually folks are going to have to weigh in a little bit more aggressively, but it does show that donald trump may have 52 republican senators. That doesnt mean theyre all in one mind and people like john mccain it will be difficult for him to fall in line in every issue. It could be difficult to get things done, brianna, despite the fact they have republican control in both houses. Who would have thought . Thank you. President elects choice for health and Human Services secretary. A major critic of obama care. 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Get sanjays audio fixed and go to our panel and then going to bring sanjay, can you hear me . Hear me . Okay. I can hear you. Sorry about that. Fix that mike. I have my mike on. No know what happened. Okay. Just that. I didnt hear you are at all. So you heard my question. What might we see . Its so murky . Some we have to wait and see, because some of the details are forthcoming. Tom price is somebody talking about this a long time, you pointed out, ever since the Affordable Care act was passed. There are significant details in what he wants to do that, the sort of top line is he essentialessential ly wants to remove some of the government control in our health care system. s to the line, control back into consumer, back in the hands people buying insurance as opposed to the federal government. Talk about a mandate, subsidies, cant afford that insurance. He doesnt want to have that mandate and offer tax credits for people who buy insurance to incentivize them. An example of sort of putting it more in the hands of the market and consumers as opposed to the federal government. The concern i think a lot of people have is, look, in addition he wants to rein in Medicaid Expansion, which probably has some 15 Million People insured. What happens to the people on the Medicaid Expansion if he does that . If he changes the exchanges, the ay fo y Affordable Care act exchanges, what happens to those on the exchanges now . I can tell you, probably just filled out benefits recently. I did as well. I did. Nothing is probably going to happen the next year because of that. Thats sort of inplace. Going forward, you may see his fingerprints how the aca changes. We heard donald trump say preexisting conditions is one of the strongest assets of the program. He wants to keep this. How do you keep that if youre not going to keep the requirement that people have insurance . Because Insurance Companies the whole point. The mandate then allowed them to be able to afford it, and for them to be onboard with the program . Yeah. Well, let me answer this as completely as i can, because its a really important point. One is that, first of all, there would not be the protection that weve heard about in terms of people not being discriminated against base and preexisting conditions. That protection, at least according to what weve seen from tom price, would not be there anymore. He suggested and others suggested as well was that states would be given some grant money to essentially create highrisk pools to help take care of people who have preexisting conditions. He has said, and this is to your point, that if you maintain coverage, if you have continuous coverage and never let that coverage lapse, then you would not you would be given the same premiums of someone else your age, as opposed to someone wi

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