Host steve pearce, republican from new mexico in the Financial Services committee. Always appreciate you coming back. Ask a thank you, great. Host to enter program, we will revisit this question about republican effort to overhaul the Health Care System in the Affordable Care act. You can start calling income especially if you watched the hearings overnight in the ways and Means Committee and energy and Commerce Committee. You can begin calling and as we take our viewers live to the energy and Commerce Committee for a roll call vote is underway on another amendment they been considering this morning. This is mrs. Brooks notes now. Mr. Mullen both now. Mr. Had been. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] i know we have members coming back. That was a shorter debate ends unanticipated. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson both know. Host those are the members of faces in congress added for nearly 24 hours now and energy and Commerce Committee began at 1030 yesterday morning. Still, many amendment yet to get through. Im clear yet exactly when they are expected to lead. If you want to watch me. In its entirety on republican repeal and replacement though, head over to cspan. We are here on cspan2 until 10 at it this morning. Until then, we want to take your calls on republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. Find the democrats transfixed. Republicans turned the event 2027488001. Independent 2027488002. We watch her thoughts on the overnight hearing and the effort underway by republicans feared a few tweets inside the hearing room. I am camping chair overnight, maybe morning he says, but weve been up all night in the house energy and Commerce Committee working together to reform our Health Care System. 18 hours and counting when he said that tweets. More from democrat jerry mcnerney. Now heading into the 23rd hour of the energy and commerce markup. Fighting to protect our care. Again, watch that live on cspan or hear about it and the absurd here. Kay and alexandria, virginia appeared a democrat. Good morning. Caller hi, how are you doing . Host are you with us . Go ahead. Caller first of all, i want to know why these are not going to be released for how many people will be without health care. I want to find out from him, does he have any statistics as to how many jobs, how Many American jobs are being taken away from americans. And also, to follow up with that, does he know how Many Americans car services. If you can give me some statistics on this. The reason why most people voted on whatever issues and misinformation. They just told one of the callers that americans are not being laughed at. Yes, americans are, in europe and elsewhere. America is actually on the fact that there is diversity. That makes America Great. People like you will come attending issue. And i made the plan. Its just talking about this debate continuing after the overnight series. We saw the ways and Means Committee and neither debate about 4 15 this morning, and in their markup the American Health care bill and ongoing. Kentucky, republican. Deborah, good morning. Caller hi, im somewhat concerned about the reporting about the new health care thats going to be passed for people 50 years and over paying five times the premium of what they are paying now. And im also concerned about this immigration thing. I think they need illegals need to be out of this country. They are coming in illegally and stuff. Theres a reason they are coming in a legal. If theyve got something to hide, it is why they are coming in illegally. If they want to come in this country, i was taught when i went to elementary school, there is a procedure to go through before you could become a u. S. Citizen, before you are allowed to get here. They need to make those to where it needs to go back to the old school. Host on the first part of your comments and premium issue, heres what i can tell you about the American Health care bill courtesy of the comparison between the republican bill and the Affordable Care act. The republican bill would change the way subsidies are distributed by using agents by using age instead of income as a way to calculate how much people received. Tax credits available to individuals using less than 75,000, that they would be capped for higher earners pay the subsidy would be 2000 for a person under 30, double that for people over 60. The bill would spend a Health Care Plan that qualify for subsidies. Weve also spent some time yesterday on our program breaking down some of these issues with representative, one of the reporters, julie wagner covering this extensively. If you want to go back and watch her comment or not, that segment available cspan. Org maxine, independent, good morning. Good morning. Thank you so much for cspan over the years. My comments are about the health care situation. Our constitution, i wish he would contain one where word. The word would be simplify, simplify, simplify. Congress is not at all simplified on this matter. My next point is they talk about giving people choice, free choice. Theres one thing about which we have no choice. We have no choice about having a body. We all have a body and all bodies break down with time one way or the other. Theres no choice. My last thought is i resent the private insurers earning money and my stockholders earning money on my health. I do believe they should be discussing health instead of discussing tax is and all other financial and taxi matters on health. Host before you go, im your first question, republicans talking a lot on the simplify issue about the size of their bills in the Affordable Care act. Something around 130 pages or so of their bill versus the nearly dozen pages of the Affordable Care act that show them sidebyside often. If that campaign that you like about this bill . Caller simply show and tell. I was very unimpressed with mr. Spencers presentation. You dont hear mention of how ended doesnt sound simple when you hear the series. Thank you. Host kevin is in arkansas. Republican, kevin, good morning. Caller yes, im republican. Obviously just said that. I said that about two other republicans, especially the congressmen. I noticed last night, late at night, almost 1 00 in the morning. I was still watching cspan. I heard during the debate about a tax cut of nearly, i think for people who are neither 200 come in 250,000 or more. But since ive been watching the rest of that, if not heard anything about any other taxcut included in this bill. I just want to know for republicans, will we see taxcut for other classes besides high earners. Host what kept you going all night . Why so much interest . Caller well, this is a big deal for a lot of people. Im 31 years old. Im starting to lose my health. And so its become an important thing for me also. Host kevin, thanks for the call. Mary, franklin, tennessee. Democrat good good morning. Caller hi. I hope you dont get mad at me, but i am so furious about that lady that called in. This greedy, godless, racist country. Somebody has to do some rain. Im a catholic. I was taught to love my neighbor. They are wasting their time on those silly debate. The republicans keep taking all of, you know host the amendment is filed. Caller i am just sick over what has gone on in our country. Host mary, on the amendments filed comments in his im not. Democrats have about 40 to 50 amendments that they filed. Theyve gone through about 12 of them. In terms of timing, the latest we can say on this is perhaps another four hours or so live on cspan if you want to watch it. We at the washington journal today on cspan2 because the overnight Session Congress committee continues. John, springfield, virginia. Go ahead. Caller good morning. As a comment more so than a question. Ive been a republican my entire life. The runtime is executive Vice President conservative majority and major supporter of ronald reagan. I have to say even as the republic can with all the obamacare that the republicans did before was voted into law, they seem to have no willingness whatsoever to listen to the other side as far as marking up this particular plan from the gop. There proves to me once again congress is no longer congress. Its two parties. Im a Firm Believer in george washington. But anyone who affiliates themselves the party ran for office is creating treason in the process. We are no longer a government. We are two parties trying to maintain control and they completely ignored anything anyone on the other side has to say, whether being liberal or conservative. I think its time to wake up and realize they were voted in by the people, for the people and they need to stop their own personal agendas and political propaganda and begin working for the people as a staunch republican for 40 years, and at the point now where im totally fed up with both sides of congress. Host do remember watching the Health Care Debate 20092010 . Did you feel the lack of the two parties to Work Together during those debates . Caller i saw little bit more willingness on the part of the democrats to attend some of the pages are public is proposed. It was still a cat and dog fight. They are not working together. They do everything they can to make the other part of the bat, regard this as something they suggest has merit or not. Its got to the point where it like two kids, one for dallas and then once they read in span. The redskins fan you hate the cowboys in the cowboys and the cowboys indicate the red and then theres no talking to you. Thats the Political Parties have begun. Polarized vehicles of our government they cannot Work Together. Some he needs to be done and im not sure where the power is in our government to accomplish it because the federal government has already been served many of the powers in the constitution reserved for the state. So they are not even used in the constitution anymore in the way it was meant to be used. They are using it to their advantage as opposed to the advantage of the people. Host john, springfield, virginia. Talk about the energy and Commerce Committee hearing to mark up the Health Care Bill as well as the overnight hearing in the ways and Means Committee. Energy and commerce is still going on now. Not too long ago, Debbie Dingell saying she is in the market. Congresswoman or michigan. In america, preparing to offer an amendment to protect senior access to longterm care. Encouraging viewers to watch live on cspan. The take our viewers live now. Term services and supports. Most americans are unable to afford to cover their longterm care needs out of pocket. Most americans rely on medicaid to access these services and medicaid pays for more than 50 of all Longterm Services and support in america. We are talking primarily nursing home here. For that reason, why is concerned with the republican proposal to change medicaid as we know it. Such changes could restrict access to Important Services and leave seniors with nowhere to turn. Family caregivers are stretched to capacity providing services to loved ones. In fact come across the country, 17 of working adults provide unpaid care for family members or friends. With approximately 10,000 seniors turning 65 each day and with projections that more than 70 of individuals over the age of 65 will need longterm care, it is clear the birds of longterm care will only increase. Thats why we have to protect the services they medicaid as well as identify another reliable catastrophic option to pay for longterm care coverage. We talked a lot and provide for longterm care without having to go through to spend on probation, which we both afford. Thats why in addition to assuring the republican plan does not harm seniors, they harm seniors, they call for comprehensive Longterm Services and support financing system in this country. This amendment would reauthorize critical programs and incentive by states to provide more services in the home, help change the balance to allow more seniors to access home and communitybased services so they can age in the home. I urge my colleagues who feel that we must provide not only Longterm Services to Nursing Homes that are good and beneficial, but also home care alternatives to it if you believe in that come you should support this amendment and support protecting the health and Retirement Security for seniors and their families. I yield to the gentleman from maryland. Host that amendment that congressman frank alone is talking about of about four dozen amendment that democrats still have to talk about today. Unclear when the energy and Commerce Committee hearing is going to end. It began at 10 00 yesterday morning and we are approaching 23 hours at this point. Head on over to cspan or stay here on cspan2 with us until 10 00. Bermans been waiting independent. My comment is americans are the losers. The reason i say this as there is no way someone who doesnt have an idea of what is going on to make changes. They are not patient. Theyre just regular people who make calls. The reason they are so much stuff as they have no idea what theyre doing. They dont know what is the problem. Apparently based on they have no idea what theyre doing. My recommendation would be, why dont they use the va system . It has a stabilization work they can stop and make it fair or pick up things from whatever part to me what people need and what people dont need. Unless they do that, americans will be the losers. Host when bernie, maryland, republican. Good morning. How do you think republicans have handled this repeal and replace process so far . Caller well, i think would be a whole lot better if they get together on the repeal started things. When it comes to health care, medicare is something that goes handinhand when we pay for that. They earn their money and pay our taxes. Medicaid is basically health care that goes handinhand with welfare and do something that is for those that cant afford and have no access to should only be if youre actively looking to try to get into the workforce if youre just sitting there, you should be getting anything. Before that, a freemarket and people wanted insurance, they bought it or they had an employer that had insurance. They had the option to take it or not. You know, this idea of telling people they have to buy a product is like telling somebody that has nospace, donated vehicle because theyve lived nextdoor to their job if they have to go out and buy a new ford pickups and they can afford the payment they have money to use it or not. It doesnt work. No place in health care at all. Host what about the people who show up at the hospital and dont have insurance but have a lifethreatening medical condition. What should happen to them under your system . Your programs work they dont have insurance, theres paperwork they can fill out. If they dont have it or cant afford it, they help assist. It shouldnt be an entitlement. The government has no place. Everybody is not entitled to Health Care Just because they are here. That is insane that shouldnt be forced either. Host the systems that you sign up for that you are just talking about that could help them without insurance, did that become the Entitlement Program people take advantage of . Caller well, no. Some of that is taking care a through the house bills. Some of that is taking care of two different programs through donors to the hospital and i believe there are other parts of it that are taking care of state, local and i believe publicly part of the Medicaid Budget within the states. Again, that goes to the thing out if someone doesnt have it, they apply for it and if they are eligible income lines, you have to meet certain eligibility is to be able to get that. Some other things the government needs to control in our life. Youve got states where theyre trying to tell you you cant smoke while youre going down the road in the car. You cant do that they are. Everybodys got to have a seat and everybody has their own opinion of things. I wear my helmet by choice. There are states where you have the options where or where not by choice. You have to, even though i still continue to wear it because its my choice to wear it. Host the Editorial Board of the wall street journal today asks whether the gop alternatives . They write by all means take to help Health Care Bill flaws but the political strategies wont work, saying that a standalone repeal is unlikely to pass in the senate. Not the least because republicans ran on repeal and replace, not repeal the period that gave republican critics the benefit of the doubt and say repeal could only get it centered though. They have been led. Gop would have to move a replacement to on threshold of the 60 senate votes absent the reconciliation process they work under. Good luck. Republicans are going to 2018 at 2018 at america with obamacare without a replacement plan. If you want to read the Editorial Board comments about the republican strategy and the Republican Opposition weve seen to the Health Care Bill, todays wall street journal. Ron, spring hill, florida. Good morning. Caller good morning. And god for cspan. Im on medicare, so all this focus to going on in washington now is not going to a