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Person make iing 26,500 per yea would pay about 1,700 under obama care, that same person would be saying $14,600 just for health care coverage since the tax credit that republicans are proposing would not offset the cost as much. that's for someone who's making 16,000 a year. the aarp has criticized the planning u issuing a statement on friday saying it plans to inform its 38 million members on how their representatives vote on thursday. that seems like a lot of pressure. >> this is the kind of tactics that were going on since at least the reagan era when they were trying to cut the budget and...

Next year. that rises to 24 million over the next decade. second, we have to do something about the fact that the house bill disproportionately affects older, rural americans. the congressional budget office has estimated that a 64-year-old who is earning $26,500 a year would see an increase in his or her cuts from $1700 to $14,600. that is unaffordable, and third, we have to do something about the medicaid changes which ship billions of cuts to the states and to other people who are insured. >> do you believe health care is a right? if so, it is a right that the government is responsible for ...

So very simply, what would it take to get you from no to yes? >> we have to deal with three issues. the first is coverage. under the house bill, 14 million americans would lose coverage next year. that rises to 24 million over the next decade. second, we have to do something about the fact that the house bill disproportionately affects older rural americans. the congressional budget office has estimated that a 64-year-old earning $26,500 a year would see an increase in his or her costs from $1700 to $14,600. that's unaffordable. third, we have to do something about the medicaid changes which

Your plan i want to show a specific case, that the cbo, put out look at numbers in 10 years cbo said a 64-year-old with income 26500 dollars, will pay 1700 dollars out of pocket under obamacare for health insurance. under your plan the cbo says at a same person will have to pay 14,600 because insurance companies can charge more and tax credit that you are going to offer is smaller than the subsidy that obamacare will offer, so what they are saying this is not freedom is not people voluntarily deciding not to have health insurance it is your plan makes it unaffordable for people. >> so there is...

$1,700 for coverage in 2026 if obamacare remained because of subsidies that senior would get. under your plan cbo says that senior would pay more than eight times that $14,600 because of refundable tax credit you're proposing would not offset as much of the cost. and this is why as you know, aar p opposes your bill. >> two problems with that analysis. you said if obamacare remains. let's just say we do nothing. obamacare will go away because obamacare is in a death spiral. five states one insure left. over a thousand counties, one insurer left. humana just announced they are pulling out of oba...