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Wrote me pleading to stand up for her child and others like her. >> to that point, why do you care if republicans want to rewrite obamacare if you can be involved in a new bill? you as a democrat admit there are some shortcomings with obamacare, most democrats i speak to admit that, so why are we dug in about whether it's repeal and a new bill if you can be involved in the new bill? >> because we have to take repeal off the table. it is a partisan gesture. they're just trying to keep a partisan promise that has nothing do with the health and well-being of their constituents, my constituents. a...

The other challenge is when obamacare was put in, obama promised the american people he would never raise taxes on anyone who leaearned less than $250,000 a year yet when you look at the tax increase that fund obamacare they're devastating on middle and lower income americans, starting with the eight million americans today who are hit with a $600 to $2,000 tax for nothing. they get nothing. it's the punishment because they refuse to buy or don't choose to buy obama's specified health care. >> but you know that that's not a tax, right? i understand your larger point that people are being cause...

>> good to be back with you. >> look, this thing not getting any better. we have some polls out, a bunch of polls out that show about -- between 12 and 17% of americans like the bill that was in the senate. i think that's generally speaking lower than what your house bill had. am some point -- at some point you're a doctor and you have constituents. how are going to move forward with this? you have a bill that people hate. >> i think people don't appreciate what the bills do it stops the increase in the premiums that we're seeing under obamacare. >> but it doesn't sir, you know that, right? >>...

Account? 20 million americans do. obama may this 20 million americans are billionaires or something but 20 million americans are hurt by the tax on health savings accounts. 30 million american are damaged by the flexible spending accounts that obamacare taxes and damages and makes less valuable both of those will be stopped. it's very important that we look at the tax that obamacare puts on poor sick people. if you spend more than 7.5% of your income on health care because you have severe health problems you used to be able to take a deduction beyond that. obamacare moved that up to 10%. and t...

Regular insurance down as we do and the house and senate plans people will have the insurance. we'll keep preventive care. i think we should emphasize preventive care. >> how do you do that when so many lose their health insurance. >> thigh're not going to -- they're not going to lose their health insurance. are you going to tell me the cbo is wrong too? >> absolutely. it assumes that the state won't pick up their fair share. >> the states can't run deficits as you know. >> where do we fund it, the federal government. >> you can run a deficit. >> our deficit is ten times the size of the maryla...