We want to hear your reaction. You can give us a call this morning. You can catch up with us on social media. A very good tuesday morning. Here is how the Congressional Budget Office report played out in a few headlines starting on the liberal side of the ledger. Post. Ffington slate magazine two salon to salon. Some republican sites, they are reporting. From the blaze quoting newt gingrich. Us. Ave that report with we are going to go through some of the details. We want to hear from you as we go through those plans and the details of the budget scoring. The phone lines again. Heres some of the topline numbers from the cbo report. Why 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under the republican plan than under current law. That jumps up to 24 million by 2026. The republican plan would create 1. 2 trillion decrease in direct spending. It would also mean 883 million billion in revenues over 10 years. Premiums before 2020, the average premium would. E 15 to 20 higher by 2026, the average mediums would be about 10 lower than under current law. A lot there, but as jeff duncan yesterday. He says lots of quotes and nuggets that all sides of the debate could use. We want to hear from you. It is your turn to react to that cbo report. Michelle is up first in upper marlboro, maryland. Caller good morning. When i heard the report, it is a sad thing, but it is not anything we dont expect from republicans. Elections have consequences and i dont sympathize with the 24 million that will lose their Health Coverage because they voted against obamacare. It was laid in racism. Trump,y that voted for they were all talking about how under obamacare they got coverage, they got coverage for all of their issues related to working in the minds mines. The opioid addiction was addressed under the obamacare. That county voted against the democrats and voted for trump. And he clearly ran on the platform of repealing obamacare. It is laced in racism, so i really dont sympathize with the 24 million that will lose. Elections have consequences and they voted against obama. He was a good man who tried to help people, but he was a black man. The 24 million will have to live with the results of their vote. Host why do you think racism there . Show, last night on the they asked if you voted for trump, and they could not give any reason for voting for trump, other than he promised to bring jobs. He coal they did not give him any credit for helping them get the coverage they want needed. Now they will not be able to sue for black lung. They will not be able to get redress in the courts for their health issues. What else is it . Why would you vote against the Democratic Party that gave you health care . That promised to address the issues of the loss of jobs in West Virginia . You have to look at it and say, what else but racism . Host michelle this morning talking about the 24 Million People that are projected 24 million less insured that are projected under the cbo score. Sort of a timeline of how those numbers would work out. The usa today story talked about it. The uninsured people would come from consumers deciding not to buy insurance because they would not have to pay a penalty for failing to do so, according to the cbo. People who are covered under medicaid would lose their insurance. The number of uninsured would rise dramatically, as a replacement plan phases out the obamacare expansion. The report saying in 2026, the estimated at 2 Million People that would be uninsured compared to 28 million who would like insurance that year under the current law. Most of the major paper spending down what is in the cbo report. We want to hear your reactions. Wayne, pennsylvania, good morning. Caller good morning and thank you for my call. Theresting how he outlined reduction in cost of insurance for americans. If you take 24 million off the your premiums are going to be reduced because there is no risk to the Insurance Companies. [indiscernible] the eligibility requirement are for the new insurance bill that he is introducing is very if there areause eligibility requirements, what that means is the Insurance Company is transferring the cost to the consumer. Meansative activities executives can have higher means theand it also Insurance Commissioners in each , legislative requirements could be stricken. You dont know that. His bill is nefarious, insidious at best. He is allowing these Insurance Companies to stranglehold the consumer, so that they cannot have much of a choice when they talk about a lowercost premium theye coverages, because just give you 4000 for the get you to spend your 2500 tax credit, what do you have . Host the Congressional Budget Office scoring came out yesterday, President Trump was having his first Cabinet Meeting at the white house. Health and Human Services secretary tom price came out to talk to reporters about the scoring. Some of his disagreements with the cbo and their reports. They ignored completely the other legislative activities that would will be that we would be putting into place to make sure we have Insurance Market that works. We disagree with the report. We believe our plan will cover more individuals and give them the choice that they want with the coverage they want, not that the Government Forces them to buy. Host if you want to watch that price, you canm go to cspan. Org. Want to hear your reaction this morning to this cbo scoring that is shaking up the health care debate. Gerald in massachusetts its next. Democrat is next. Democrat. Go ahead. Caller we have romney care. We have a republican governor he hasnt touched it. It is doing good here in massachusetts. I would like it for i will like for it to work great. Repugnance i think they all should of took it if they cared about their people. I am not trying to bash anyone. We appreciate it here in massachusetts. The are a lot of people around the United States there are a lot of people around the United States who appreciates obamacare. I would rather call it the aca. I appreciate what president obama has done, and i believe massachusetts does everyone. Every like everyone in one of the 50 states to have it also. We knew they were try to knock it down all weekend long, the cbo report. They were trying to premeditate the damage. Massachusetts. Sandy beach on twitter rights writes mary is in beech grove. Good morning. Sister in a a convent here in indiana. Again, it does look like there are two different approaches to helping the poor and vulnerable, he wouldhristians have been taught about the gospels that the poor and vulnerable, we must help them. There are two ways. The repugnance say economic the republicans would say economic prosperity. The democratic view is we cannot wait for prosperity and we cannot have the poor suffering anymore we need to help them at all times. The nuns on the bus went and talked to paul ryan. His point of view to us was, well the churches can help the poor. The poor should be helped with each other. It is not the governments governments business to help the poor. Well, the point of view of thattianity and of us is we are going to be judged on how kind we are to everyone, both in speech and indeed in deed. We dont want to see the poor disadvantaged any more than they already are. The poor are poor in all kinds of ways. They should not be an object of political we should be looking at how can we lift them up, what can be done . Host did you personally meet with speaker ryan . Caller i met with the people who did. Host can you explain what the nuns on the bus are. Stephanie campbell, it on a busp that got that went from washington, dc, to the state capitals, all the way from minnesota, wisconsin, illinois, came back through indiana and over to ohio. They met with congressman. They went to every senator, and they talked about their budgets slash the budgets that cause harm. The good things that have been put in place. We Work Together as a partnership. We need both federal dollars, faith dollars, church dollars. I reviewed a book called, the church has left the building. T was written by an orthodox there are 60,000 churches in north america. The average size is 100 people. They no longer have staff. To rely on the religious sector is misguided. We are going to have to do this together without all of this waste of money of bickering. The port need is right now in every way. The poor need us right now in every way. Host i appreciate your thoughts. Go ahead. Caller we are not talking in a very good dialogue about looking at the situation after the poor, the sick and even the insecure very rich people. What are they supposed to be doing with their money. It isnt their money. God gives us gifts and on to lift up the common good and to look out for each other. I will like to see the dialogue shift to how can we all help . I would like to see the dialogue shift to how can we all help. There is joy in lifting everybody up. One more comment and we work with the poor comment. We work with the poor all the time and they are poor and every way. In every way. To blame the poor is to blame the victim. A lot of times, it is circumstances, but it is poor choice. Not making good decisions, not able to handle money. We need to look out. There is very skillful ways. Host i appreciative call. A lot of people wanting to get in sister mary from indiana. A line for republicans, good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call. They were all worried about the cbo scoring of the new proposed healthcare. When they scored it before, they scored it incorrectly and they revised it later, and they were off by 50 of how many people were covered. They were off millions of dollars. Also, i dont understand why the republicans played into the hands and said, said of just repealing it, they were like, we have to replace it we had health care before obamacare. Health insurance would still be around. You dont trust the cbo scoring . Caller before they revised last time, they put out a report and a and they got obamacare to past to pass. Then they revised it later. The coverage amount is half of what they said they scored to be. Host here are some of the numbers from the editorial of the wall street journal. There are reasons to doubt the cbo fortunetelling. If you want to read the editorial. Mystified ies is prophecies demystified. Patricia, good morning. Caller thank you. My comment is, my husband and i have always had insurance. We were married in 1985. It is the responsible thing to do. We thank god, we have been relatively healthy. Next year, for the first time in our adult life, we will not have insurance, not being able to afford it under the current conditions. Me thaty does concern people, no matter how many , will be losing their insurance because of our government, our congressman who who we send toen washington to represent us and our concerns. This is a choice that has been made. I have made numerous calls to my congressman and senator. Host why do you say unheard . No. Er i get a form letter in the mail. [no audio] i know what is going on. I dont get any other response other than a form letter. My other concern is the tax break that repealing this is going to give a lot of folks who have been very blessed to have made a lot of money. Level and the brits the brits level people are going to get a consumable tax break. It is hurting the poor people. It is helping those who already have income. Trumps not what president said that he was going to do. Host jodey agrees with you on twitter. Dan is waiting. New enterprise, pennsylvania. Good morning. Caller i just have a very short statement. Phrasesthat two key need to be reintroduced into our daily vernacular. Work requirement and personal responsibility. If we could have that if we could at that to the criteria for government assistance to the ablebodied, i would not have such a problem with our bloated bureaucratic government that we have. Thank you very much. Host for more visual learners, here are a few charts on the front pages of a couple of our analysiss showing the from the cbo and their predictions of uninsured in the marketplace. The actual number of uninsured from 2001 to 2016 is on the left side, tipping up to 50 million at its highest point, dropping after the Affordable Care act went into effect in 2016. Under the Affordable Care act, if that were allowed to continue, it would be 28 million by 2026. 52 million under the republican plan. Heres the same information in a bar chart. The is the front page of Washington TimesWashington Times. The red bars under the House Republican plan. Nancy pelosi came out yesterday to talk about her concerns about meanshis cbo projection for americans, and how many have access to insurance. Insurance coverage is immoral, in terms of giving money to the rich at the expense of working families. It is indecent and wrong. Some of them are saying, discrediting the cbo and glorifying pushing 24 Million People off of coverage. I hope they will pull the bill. It is the only decent thing to do. Numbers are not important numbers are important. They see the numbers and should see how that transfers into peoples lives. How can they look their constituents in the eye when they say to them, 24 million of you will no longer have coverage . Paul ryan put out a statement yesterday after the cbo issued it scoring. It reads that is what speaker ryan wrote. His statement on in its entirety. We want to hear your thoughts. You can reach us over twitter, facebook or give us a call. Carlos is an independent in arkansas. Caller hello. I am really glad about cspan. I watch you every morning. I am a retired lutheran minister. I was inspired to call this morning by sister mary. Funny that kind of my lutheran that a lutheran was inspired by catholic. We are on one page about this. We really believe it requires a shift in attitude. Possible. I think President Trump really would like to ensure everybody. Insure everybody i think he would like to call it trumpcare. It is possible if we shift our attitude and see that this is about people, rather than about maintaining the militaryindustrial complex in some incredible fashion. It is really possible for us as a nation to pull together, even in the middle of all of this chaos. We can care enough about people to do the right thing and take care of the people of america. This is a wonderful country. My super greatgrandfather was a captain in George Washingtons army. I mean, i care about this country. All of the generations of my family care about this country. We need to stop being polarized about whether or not people are going to be taken care of. We need to do what we need to do in order to really care for one another, and really become a great country. Really become a great country. So i am glad to have this opportunity to say this. I really do appreciate cspan very much. Richard is in pensacola, florida. Caller thank you for taking my call. This becomes so political, and i wish you would throw up a chart that shows that are still over 20 million who do not have Health Insurance. I would also like for you to acknowledge that this plan is an out in its entirety. Cbo has been wrong the last time they wrong, they were off by 50 . People have to quit looking at the leftwing blog sites. When this goes into effect, you are going to have across state lines. Cbo did not report that. You need to have people talking 1952. The act of it needs to be rescinded. It gives Health Insurers immunity from antitrust legislation. How can you introduce competition in the market if you have if the heads of these insurers can collude on prices without penalty . They can under that act. Think you very much. Thank you very much. Host stick around because at 8 30 we are going to be joined by the former president of the American Academy of actuaries. Was introduced last week, the part where President Trump has talked about adding rid of the lines around the states. They are talking about doing that in a separate step. We are going to be focusing on that at 8 30. We may answer some of your questions. In arizona, a line for democrats. Caller howre you . Host doing well. Host we need to define some terms because when republicans use the term, flex ability flexibility, it means people will be of the choose insurance policies that dont cover them. They will be up to get cheap insurance that it wont cover. Hat they need covered when they use access, it means it will be available but you will not be able to afford it. They are not being honest and how they are presenting this. As far as the cbo mistakes of the past, you have to allow for the fact that 16 states are not take advantage of it and there was so much people can an Insurance Company propaganda against the aca, that it prevented people the important thing about the eca is that it is a desk the aca is that it is an interlocking piece of legislation that paid for itself with a tax on medical quit meant. Paid medical equipment. This thing doesnt pay for itself at all. Economics who do reagan voodoo economics. Their estimate on the. Merican Health Care Act in 2018, 14 million more people would be uninsured under the american Health Care Act that under the current law. That rises to 24 million by 2026. The repugnant bill would create decrease in direct spending the republican bill would create increase in direct spending. 337ned, that is about billion decrease and federal deficit over 10 years. Before 2020, average premiums would go up 15 to 20 perhaps that under current law. By 2026, average premiums would be about 10 lower than under current law. That is the cbo report they came out yesterday. Legislative Branch Agency not the only report they came up yesterday when it comes to this health care law. Several news sites pointing to a white house analysis they came out of the office of management and budget yesterday. That