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And while we suspect that premiums will keep rising, they have hard folk dids, we know that since the law -- as as they have for decades but -- in the decade before the affordable care act, employer-based insurance rose almost 8% a year. last year it grew at half that rate. under this law medicare costs per person have stopped growing the life of the medicare trust fund has been extended by ten years. and the independent congressional budget office now expects premiums for plans on the marketplace to be 15% lower than originally predicted. those savings add up to more money that families can s...

York times" political reporter nicholas confessoy and erin pallone. nick, you wonder, at this point, is it fair to say there may be democrats who would vote for repeal? >> well, you know, the question is repeal over what? right? it's a really big bill. i'm kind of skeptical that we're going to see a push for full repeal among democrats. we're talking about some of the coverage provisions, right? some of the provisions that apply to being denied things, things that require conditions. you're going to have democrats who are going to go on the record and vote against a lot of that among other thi...

Well with, you know, those guys are going to be easier to hit politically you can aren't they? >> i -- they are easier to hit. i don't think anybody -- i don't think democrats particularly want to hit them. one thing that will help medicaid, one factor isn't well understood, the affordable care act, which democrats do care about protecting this administration cares about protecting, they see it as their entire legacy, the affordable care act expands tremendously, half of the people covered will be covered through medicaid. so a sharp cut in medicaid is essential lay direct attack on the afford...