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According to the c.b.o., 32 million more americans would get coverage, half would be in medicaid. much is likely to change. the budget crunchers warned, "c.b.o. has not completed the estimate of the potential impact of the legislation on discretionary spending which would be subject to future appropriation action." it adds $167 billion of additional taxes for total of 494 billion in tax hikes. >> it's still trillion dollars they'll spend. half of trillion dollars in tax increases. >> reporter: the bill almost doubles the fee on health insurers from 6.7 to $11.2 billion. the c.b.o. long said th...

China's also the biggest u.s. creditor. really important statistic here, folks. just as the government, our government plans to sell $294 billion of debt this week, that's the most since the financial crisis, china owns more treasury bonds than any foreign country. the sale is to help boost federal revenue, and why do we need to boost federal revenue? we gave the big tax cuts. >> and we are -- s>> to corporations -- >> spending like crazy. $1.3 billion omnibus. >> where is the republican leadership on that? they were screaming during the financial crisis. >> they're voting for the bills, that'...

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It'll even be better. >> not sure about that. the president said people will pay less for health care. but for fact's sake, our fact figures find the opposite. cost sharing reductions. they're subsidy payments critically made by the federal government to help insurance companies use to help the out of pocket costs that low income americans would otherwise pay if they're part of the insurance -- the public marketplace. this year the payments to insurers were set to be $7 billion. next year they were going to be $10 billion. but take a look at this. in august the congressional budget office issu...

Pay for health care. it will cost $7 billion this year, is set to end immediately. the exchange premiums will rise 20% next year, and increase the national deficit by $194 billion over 10 years. the move could force many insurers to flee the marketplace entirely. >> we pay hundreds of millions of dollars a month in subsidy that the courts don't even want us to pay, and when the payment stops it stops immediately. >> president trump has threatened to end the subsidies for months, but both parties have urged the president to pay in the short term to stabilize the markets. democratic leadership b...