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Mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. at short time ago, white house staffers wrapped up a briefing on capitol hill where they learned what is inside the senate republican health care bill. but most senators, even most rank and file republican senators are still in the dark about the legislation that affects tens of millions of americans. and it's that last part that could be political dynamite. who will pay more? who will lose coverage? who will pay less? the congressional budget office has yet to release its report on the bill. more now on how it's being put together and what we know about w...

Mandates and policies contained in the discussion draft will repeal the individual mandate so americans are no longer forced to buy insurance they don't need or can't afford. we'll repeal the employer mandate so americans no longer see their hours and take home pay cut by employers because of it. we agreed on the need to improve the affordability of health insurance and policies contained in the discussion draft. we'll do that. we'll eliminate costly obamacare taxes passed on to consumers so we can put downward pressure on premiums. expand tax free health savings accounts and deploy targeted t...

Three, it's over. so how do you win over those who are suggesting their repose? >> well, i know that all too well, my job as a whip, i'm responsible for working with my colleagues to get to us yes, to get us to a win here. you're right about the numbers. i talked to senator cruz after this statement was released, and basically, he reaffirmed that they're not opposed to getting the bill, getting the yes eventually, they're not there yet because of the way the bill is written so far. but that's why we call this a discussion draft so we can have that discussion so we can build on it and get to th...

Can become a law. but they apparently are so fearful of what they are writing that they are keeping it the most secret health care legislation ever conceived on capitol hill. tomorrow, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plans to finally reveal the super secret health care plan that he has been writing to a small group of republican senators, just a small group of republican men, some of whom have had some input into it already. tonight "the washington post" reports that the senate bill will mirror the house bill with some changes. a discussion draft circulating wednesday afternoon among ai...

The white house press briefing has just wrapped up. the reason we weren't able to watch it live here on cnn or on any of the other cable news networks or broadcasts is because the white house decided to bar the news media from airing the briefings live for the american public for people who may be watching around the world as well. the white house has, however, now given us permission to air audio, audieno only, from the briefing now that it's over. here's the white house deputy press secretary. >> this morning, the senate released a discussion draft of its healthcare bill. the president looks...