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I would remind everyone that turbulence is not to be unexpected in the first term of a presidency. ronald reagan was in the mid 30's in '82. he went on to win we election. bill clinton was in the high 30's in '93. the democrats lost the majority in the house but he was reelected. obama was at 42% in '09 during obamacare, he went on to be reelected but democrats lost the majority. the question becomes, you know, where do you go from here? i hope this is not the last one he does. and i hope they go back, look at the tapes and figure out what they need to do better. >> dana: a little less than a ...

In 1986, democrats introduced into the house that december, ronald reagan did not sign it until the following october. it was almost a ten and 11 month time frame to get it done. >> melissa: it could take some time. if democrats want to get involved, the talking point that we are hearing from them this morning and yesterday has to do with the pass-through tax, is that the thing they want killed? >> you know what, democrats have flip-flopped on the issue more times than gucci sandals at the pride parade. it is really difficult to hear them talk about issues like this, tax reform or any legislat...

Van hollen about this. let me talk about what these subsidies are. this is what they wost $7 billion, 2018 more expensive, $10 billion, partially because insurance rate premiums going up. they were going up before obamacare, during obamacare and depending what you do afterward they are still going up. they are never doing down. the number of americans that receive these cost sharing subsidies, 7.1 million low in come people who receive money to subsidize insurance. ultimately the money ends up with the insurance companies, which is why donald trump is referring to them as insurance company sub...

Kill obamacare. a talking point from the white house is that there is no republican alternative to obamacare. and that is workable, at least. i was trying to think some of the ideas i've heard from republicans. instead of obamacare we hear that tort reform is a big point that republicans made during the vote during obamacare. that didn't come into fruition. now we hear a lot of republicans talk about the need to be able to buy and have insurance across state lines. but do republicans need to do a better job of presenting their vision for health care reform? >> i agree with you, rick. in fairne...

Street journal." good morning to both of you. matt, first to you here in new york, why is this happening? >> the whole obamacare plan was to lower costs as you just mentioned. reason this will go up everyone will vilify the health insurance companies. health costs are going up so the insurance companies are forced to pass them on to you and i as individuals. the reason costs are going up, suddenly the system is being flooded by new people obamacare wants to get in there. aim maybe a person healthy doesn't pay that much or two to the doctor often is now paying much more because the health care ...