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The republican party has had its hands around the throat of the affordable care act for seven years, it hasn't died, but it's not doing too well now. i think they'll have to do something. >> i smell a new version of the doc fix. >> something like that, chuck. there's been so much uncertainty, basically the only supporters outside this bill have been a handful of health insurers who say, look, this bill will at least stabilize our individual market. i do think we're at the point where the uncertainty is so great, they'll be forced to do that. later in the broadcast on this july fourth weekend...

Leadership role. but it's not clear to me that he understands this bill, that he knows what's in this bill. and so i'm not -- >> you know what's frustrating to me? he could have tweeted this morning and said, i promise you neil gorsuch is the most conservative member of the court, he is scalia times two, and do a victory week. he won this week. but he didn't do it. it's very frustrating. >> quickly, though, how many democrats will help? let's say this all falls apart and mcconnell gives the permission slip to cassidy and collins. >> i suppose there's a moment where you say to the democrats, yo...

Going to keep it. one thing to keep in mind for social security during your lifetime. let's say they take out $3,000 a year to pay for your social security account. that 3000 is taxed by the federal government and state governments so you don't get the money, but pay tax on and when you retire they gratuitously cut the benefit? you go to jail in the private sector, by the way. david: we should mention president obama signed it, but it was bipartisan and republicans, too. >> people pay close attention. it's a great article. pay close attention more may happen. what the doc fix was designed to d...

>> you hear it all the time in d.c., scare tactics over potential cuts in social security berths, but did you know that cuts in social security checks are already happening? it's a part of a bipartisan plan to fix medicare payments to doctors during the obama administration. well, my family just found this out the hard way, steve, this just got personal. my folks called me up, they're my lovely folks, and said, look, we've got $500 a month less in our social security checks. and that's not supposed to be cut into. apparently in order to do the doc fix, the government decided it's okay to dock ...

When you retire, it doesn't say you may lose some of that because the doc fix. >> i have to check the fine print. this is a truth in advertising fraud, sorry to be heavyhanded with that word, but the government goes after companies on these issues and looks like you got rooked there. >> 6 of 1 is million people get social security checks, so it's a small fraction of that number, but, still, it's a promise, it's a promise made by the government. this is your money, you get it back when you retire. >> i don't care if it's just one person, david. i mean, this is a contract signed with the public....