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Affiliate phil mattingly with a breakdown of the senate republican health care bill. phil, we now have the cbo score. tell our viewers what it suggests. >> reporter: an all important number or numbers, wolf, especially for those republican senators who have been either sitting on a fence or saying they weren't yet ready to support this bill. on the top line, according to the cbo, 22 million fewer americans have insurance over the course of a ten-year period. that obviously is not a good top line number, something republicans that i'm talking to say is higher than expected. here's why. there ar...

Republican moderates, one of whom weighed in late tonight. there's a lot to get to, starting with phil mattingly at the capital. so, what else is in the cbo report? >> reporter: we8, you stall, yo with that top line number, and that's important to moderates. they said their vote may be contingent on that. 22 million is the top line number, fewer americans that would have insurance over the course of a ten-year period. why that matters is this. the senate bill takes a different approach than the house bill to try and address the house bill's coverage problems. the house bill had 23 million. wel...

Association, aarp, american cancer association, american heart association, thousands of voters flooding the senate offices in person with phone calls and e-mails. earlier this afternoon, protesters were arrested -- this is from earlier -- outside senator pat toomey's office who's a republican of pennsylvania chanting "please, toomey, don't let me die." there's also opposition from many rural hospitals that are already in tough shape. for them, the senate plan could be catastrophic. chris jansing has been looking into all of this today. what are we finding? >> it's fascinating to watch protest...

Pointed to that number. medicaid cuts, $772 billion of reduced spending. for senators that rely on medicaid like west virginia, that's important. you have opioid funding. behind the scenes there's work from people to bolster that funding. it's important to note, they have money to work with here. they have a pot of 180, $190 billion of space to hand out money to senators. the big question though is if you give money to moderate senators, medicaid expansion, what do you give to conservati e conservatives? it's about cutting back obamacare. the divide is too deep at the moment. the work over nex...

With my gop and democratic colleagues to fix the flaws. it shows the senate bill won't do t. these numbers we're talking about, these are men and women. these are our families that are being impacted. let's, please, get it right. >> reporter: the number of gop senators currently opposed to the legislation has grown to six. at least three others with concerns. leadership can only afford to lose two votes to pass the bill. >> my state is a medicare expansion state, and so we have a lot of issues. >> reporter: the cbo report also estimates over the decade it would reduce the national deficit by $...