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Obama knew about russian meddling in the election and new questions about whether he did enough to stop it. If he had the information, why didnt he do something about it . He should have done something about it. A top democrat investigating the russians will be here live. Democrats in disarray. All we do is win, win, win. With some turning on leader nancy pelosi after another congressional loss. I think im worth the trouble, quite frankly. Do democrats need to revamp . The best political minds will be here with insights on what happens next. Im dana bash in for jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is mean. Thats the word that democrats have seized on when President Trump reportedly used it himself in a closed door session. This morning, he owned it. Mean, that was my term because i want to see and i speak from the heart. Thats what i want to see. I want to see a bill with heart. Health care is a very complicated subject from the standpoint that you move it this way and this group doesnt like it. You move it a little bit over here. A very narrow path. And, honestly, nobody can be totally happy even without the votes. Forget about votes. This has nothing to do with votes. This has to do with picking a plan that everybody is going to like. I would like to say love but like. But we have a very good plan. We have a few people that are i think you could say modestly. Theyre not standing on the rooftops and screaming. They want to get some points. I think theyll get some points. The president can only afford to lose two republican senators for the obama repeal Obamacare Repeal bill to pass and so far five gop senators have come out against the bill. Four think it doesnt go far enough to repeal obamacare while one says too Many Americans will lose their coverage under the plan. Still its negotiable and President Trump says hes cautiously optimistic. I dont think theyre that far off. I dont think theyre that far off. Famous last words but i think were going to get there. Im joined by dr. Tom price, secretary of health and Human Services, who joins us this morning from aspen, colorado. Thank you for joining me, mr. Secretary. Thanks, dana. Good to be with you this morning. Thank you. One of the most scathing criticisms of the new Senate Republican bill to repeal obamacare didnt come from democrats. It came from republican senator dean heller of nevada. Listen to what he said. Health care in the last ten years, the biggest lie was if you like your doctor, you can keep it. Second biggest lie is that your premium will go down. There isnt anything in this legislation that will lower your premiums. That is a republican senator saying you and your fellow republicans, who are pushing this bill, are lying to voters when you claim that premiums are going to go down under your plan. Whats your response . Yeah. Well, i dont know that thats what hes saying. I think theres a misunderstanding about what the entire plan is and the fact of the matter is that the bill is part of the plan and the kinds of things were doing through the department of health and Human Services so that our goal is to decrease premiums, to make it so that Health Coverage is actually affordable again. Right now, weve got premiums going through the roof, deductibles are sky rocketing. Folks with Health Coverage card but no care because they cant afford the deductible. The status quo is unsustainable, completely. Weve got to act. Action is absolutely vital. We look forward to continuing to work with senator heller. Ive had wonderful kfrgs with him. Weve had conversations with the governor of nevada and look forward to working through this so that we have a Health Care System that works for the American People. You said you have goals and aspirations, but he is saying, point blank, that the bill before the senate does not bring premiums down. In fact, it will do the opposite. Can you promise that at the end of the day what the president will sign will bring premiums down for the majority of americans . Yeah. The plan in its entirety will absolutely bring premiums down. You increase competition, choices for individuals. You allow folks to be able to purchase the kind of coverage that they want. Not that the Government Forces them to buy. Those are all the secret keys to a market that actually works for health care and works for patients. Thats the key. Weve got a Health Care System that may work for government, may work for Insurance Companies in certain instances. Thats ending as well. It certainly doesnt work for patients and thats the key were trying to get to, a Health Care System that works for patients all across this land. Brian sandoval is worried that people who make as little as 16,000 per year will lose their medicaid coverage and not be eligible and be able to afford private insurance. Take a listen. These are our friends, our families, our neighbors. Theyre living healthier and happier lives because of that decision. I dont think that can be overstated enough. This is a republican governor who is concerned that your plan will erode the lives of most vulnerable. Whats your response . It just wouldnt happen. We are working with the governor to make sure that they understand that the waivers and options were offering the states, the extra resources that will be available for states to cover the most vulnerable. Im a physician. I took care of patients for over 20 years. The Health Care System that im supporting and will continue to support is one that actually respond responds to patients needs. Not just in nevada, but in pennsylvania, in florida, in washington state, maine and new mexico, all across this country. Weve got a Health Care System, again, thats working for government right now but its not working for patients. Theres a better way to do this. Lets stay specifically on this question about medicaid. Hes not the only republican. Both of them in nevada are not the only republicans concerned about medicaid cuts. The cbo said it reduce medicaid by 834 billion. Yeah. Thats interesting because is that not a cut . It all depends what youre comparing it to. The medicaid proposal in the senate bill goes up every single year that the plan is in place because its based on the Consumer Price index, initially based on the Consumer Price index related to medical care across the country and goes up every single year. Its important that the people appreciate. What our goal is, is to make it so folks on medicaid, the most vulnerable in our society, moms and kids and seniors and the disabled, that Program Works for them in a way that gives them the coverage they need in addition to those in the vulnerable category, that theyre able to get the kind of coverage that they want and need for their families. Just to underline this, your position is that republican governor sandoval in nevada is wrong when he says that his constituents, those who are the neediest, are going to lose coverage . Hes not right about that . Well, dana, i know thats what the divisionist news wants to do. Im asking for the facts. Is he wrong . And what im telling you is that the system, the plan that we have, that we would put in place would not allow them to fall through the cracks. We would not pull the rug out from anybody and have individuals lose coverage that they want for themselves and their family. We want to make certain that health care is available to all americans. Right now weve got 28 million americans who are uninsured, who dont have insurance in the current plan. Is that a plan that works for patients . Absolutely not. Thats the kind of thing were trying to fix. It would slash taxes on the wealthiest americans. Looking at the bill that came out of the house, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said it would reduce his tax bill by 680,000 and he has a question for Public Officials that i wanted to pose to you. Take a listen. I think it would be very interesting for the constituency of every congressman that voted for that bill to ask just one question. Are you above 250 on your adjusted gross income . If you were, how much would you save from what you paid last year from this bill you just passed . So whats your answer . How much would you save under the house and senate bills . Obamacare taxes were put in place to build a whole new government program, governmentrun health care. When you back out of that and make it so you have a patientcentered system where patients, families and doctors are Running Health care, not the federal government, of necessity that allows you to do so with not as much money. We believe its slufl vital we decrease taxes for the American People, allow them to keep more of their hardearned money. Did you appreciate i dont know if your listeners do. Theres 6. 5 million americans right now who are paying penalties in tacks for the purpose of not purchasing health care coverage. That system isnt working for those 6. 5 million. How about lowering ta ining tax those 6. 5 million . I understand but when it comes to the bill before the United States senate the fact of the matter is that people like you are going to get a tax cut. The fact of the matter is that those 6. 5 million will no longer have to pay 3 billion in a penalty or tax to the federal government because theyre not interesting in purchasing what the government wants to force them to buy. This system is run for the government, by the government, dictated by the government and its not responding to patients needs. 28 million individuals right now uninsured, 6. 5 million folks spending 3 billion in tax penalty. Premium is up, deductible is up. Coverage going away. We havent even begun to talk about the states where counties will have no insurance insurer next year. That system doesnt work for patients. Thats what were trying to fix. Im not sure Warren Buffett will be satisfied that he got an answer to his. He im not sure that Warren Buffett is interested in insuring patients in those counties. Thats keet. We need to look at every single american citizen and every single individual across this land that they get the coverage they want for themselves and their family not that the Government Forces them to buy. Well see what happens in the senate and this very important bill. Thanks for your time plrks secretary. Thanks, dana. Inside job. The president s super pac attacking a fellow republican, senator who says he wont support the bill because it doesnt do enough for poor people. The Million Dollar ad Campaign Work . Thats next. Wthe Million Dollar work . Thats next. Ithe Million Dollarn work . Thats next. Lthe Million Dollar Campaign Work . Thats next. Lthe Million Dollar Campaign Work . Thats next. The Million Dollar Campaign Work . Thats next. Will you be ready when the moment turns romantic . Cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. Tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. 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Ohios Montgomery County claims an unhappy title as the deadly heart of the opioid crisis. With more overdoses per capita than anywhere in the country. And the Sheriffs Office says deaths could quadruple this year. The buckeye states republican senator rob portman says hes concerned that the bill doesnt do enough to help opioid addicts, getting help under obamacare. The states republican governor, john kasich, who joins those concerns, joins me live from columbus, ohio. Thank you for joining me. Ill start right off the bat. Is this a good bill for the people of ohio . Well, theres a few aspects of it that have improved. For example, the phase out of medicare expansion over six or seven years is an improvement. But the total number of dollars that are going to be dedicated to medicaid are not enough. Its not enough resources there. And ive been very concerned here in my state about treating the mentally ill, the drug addicted, the chronically ill, particularly under Medicaid Expansion. If you look at the entire medicaid pie, there are huge challenges to it. The resources are just not there. I think well find over a tenyear period, medicaid funding will be significantly curtailed and not companied, at this point, with the kind of flexibility we need, particularly as it relates to the pharmaceutical companies where we need greater flexibility. We will be looking at not just affecting those who are drug addicted, but children, seniors, the disabled. On the other side, the exchange side, where i just heard the secretary talking, he said there are counties that wont be served by Insurance Companies. The problem with the bill in the senate is that it eliminates the subsidies to the Insurance Companies after two years, which creates more instability and more confusion. Nobody is saying nobody, not my colleagues on the democratic side, no one is saying that this doesnt need to be fixed. Of course it needs to be fixed. But cannot do it in a way where you drive people of the resources they need to have a stable program. So, given that and then on the exchange side, dana, if you dont have enough resources in there, then the kind of Health Insurance that people can buy is completely inadequate. Its not enough money. Nobody would want to live under that. Given the problems you just laid out, do you think that senator portman of ohio should vote no . Well, i dont think the bills adequate now. Unless it gets fixed, i would look, im against it. Im not against it just because i want to be against it. Theres some things in these bills, in these provisions that are an improvement. My job, as i see my job as a governor of the state, not as a republican governor, but the governor of this state, my job is to look not just today, but in the outyears, at the impact its going to have on people who who need help. Deigna i was at a restaurant on friday. And i was at a wendys actually. There was a partition. I looked over at the people that had gathered there and there were about i dont know, 25 kids. All of them were here in columbus for special olympics. And i looked at them and thought, are these people being served . Are they going to be served by this bill in the future . My conclusion right now is no. Can we improve this bill . I think they could improve it. I hope they do. If there is no improvement, just to be clear, you are encouraging your senator and others i mean, you are asking youre encouragie ini republicans to vote against this unless its improved . No. What im encouraging them to do is fix it. Im going to be i just wrote a letter with