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Absolutely fundamental to the affordable care act. it's what they spent months going round and round about. what's the economic impact? how many people lose insurance? that's where on the senate side it will be a critical part of this debate and how the conversation plays out. >> democrats and even president obama agreed with the fact that the living entity of obamacare needed reform, needed modern updates as you tick along. this is something entirely different. what we see, as we show the video of the rose garden at the white house, rick, it's pretty glaring. white, middle aged gentlemen, a f...

>> i'm more focused as they were celebrating recovering a fumble. aca obamacare is still the law of the land, and unless it passes the senate and gets to the president's desk, it will remain the law of the land. in fact, there is no replace. let's be clear about that. the republicans have not been honest about that, there's not been a repeal of obamacare nor will there be a repeal of obamacare. what they're trying to do is amend it. what they're trying to do is amend something that i believe was bad with something that i believe is going to make it worse. i'm conservative, and i believe there ...

Conversation about what -- >> as we speak about the power dynamic before i have to go, the hill has the headline, no women among senators working on obamacare repeal bill. how does that happen? >> i can tell you my household is full of women. women have much more experience with health care than men do typically, because a lot of men go to the doctor when they absolutely have to. women routinely go to the doctor, particularly with child care. they're much for familiar with going to the doctor. the idea you leave women out of discussions about how it affects women and health care is absurd. >> ...

>> well, you've got to pay for covering, for example, medicaid expansion. you've got to cover the pre-existing condition clause. the way that was covered before had to do with taxes, but also had to do with taxes on insurance company, medical device companies and some of the hospitals. removing all that, how do we cover and even out the marketplace which is what the affordable care act strove to do, to make sure everybody was insured and make sure the poorest and the sickest had some kind of balance in their coverage. what we're doing is bringing us back to pre affordable care act. yes, that w...

Investigation. i do not think that putting it in the hands of the more partisan house and senate committees is enough. >> okay. bianna, david french, chris kofin kofinis, thanks to all three of you for joining us. appreciate that. quick break. on the other side, will they have the votes? to republican house member s wh initially came out against the obamacare replacement plan, they have changed course. they're for it. it is changing the math. republicans have a real chance of getting this thing through the house but it will still be very close if they do. we're going to break down exactly wh...