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Significant expansion of health savings accounts, and we believe the more we can provide options and choices for i havendividual believe that's the best way because it works for patients, not for government. >> i want to bring in another audience member, katie needle from brooklyn. >> planned parenthood provides a variety of servicing for women. i'm a medicaid enrollee and a client of planned parenthood and i would be devastated if it were cut. we've already seen cutting planned parenthood means less access for women to health care. and i just want to call back, this wasn't part of my question...

>> sure. >> and now you're questioning their, his ability to do his job and the results of this, of this report. so how do you square the two no. >> well, a couple points. this isn't about who the director of the congressional budget office is. this is about how we get care and coverage for the american people. what they want is health care. they couldn't care less, no offense, to keith hall, but they couldn't care less hot director of the congressional budget office is, so we want to focus on care for the american people. second, we believe strongly, and if i put my former budget committee ha...

Repeal and replace? why shouldn't we just be tacklkg about repeal? because it's my belief that the federal government has no business in the business of delivering health care. [ applause ] . >> will, thanks for the question and thanks for your service. weigh could ju we could just be repealing it but it would pull the rug out from americans and that's not what we want, what we want to do is make sure every american has access to coverage of the highest quality, provides choices for patients and incentivizes innovation. and if you just simply repeal it, that doesn't get to that goal. and the i...

But first, dana and i have a few questions we'd hike like to get. first, in your effort to repeal and replace obamacare, you talk about impving access, access health care. but president trump promised quote, insurance for everybody during the campaign, not just access to insurance for everyone. how will this plan live up to the president's promise? >> good to be with you and the wonderful folks here in the audience. i really appreciate the opportunity. serving as only the third physician to head the health and human services department it real shri really is an incredible honor. you have indiv...

What we want to do. repeal and replace is whathe marijuana peop american people desired. >> can i follow up on the sentimt fm some of the people in the house, mel brooks said your plan is the largest welfare plan sponsored by republicans in history. and what he and other republicans object to, mostly. is the refundable tax credits that you have in the plan to help people pay for insurance. is this a new entitlement? >> no, not at all. it's important for people to review where they get their health care in this nation. the vast majority get it through their employers, 175 million. about 50 mill...