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The hump. the hump that has been the inability to pass the thing campaigned on year after year after year campaign cycle after campaign cycle. repealing and replacing obamacare. we have seen multiple failures over the last two months. today there will be a vote on the repeal and replace plan. that comes in the form of an amendment targeted at trying to assuage the major concerns that held up this latest version of the proposal up to this point. that is price protections related to those with pre-existing conditions. those have been considered extremely important and they are very, very popular...

Dollars to a fund to try to help finance any premium increases that those individuals might see. now that in and of itself being enough to get members to the requiz sit 2016 votes they need. it's a bit of a surprise but there was a full-court press from president trump, vice president pence, house leaders going member by member. the undecideds, the noes to try to get them to a place where they can actually finally pass this bill. they say they're there. i'm told they are right on a razors edge. they have very, very close one way or the other. the feeling is they wouldn't put it on the floor if...

Of obamacare marketplaces. just yesterday they announced they're with drawing from virginia saying it's on track to lose $200 million this year alone and the biggest remaining insurer in iowa says it also may leave the program leaving most counts in iowa without a single insurance option on balm care in 2018. >> despite what gop lawmakers claim, experts say pumping $8 billion into high risk pools won't match obamacare's protections from pre-existing conditions. so states opt out of the requirement that insurers have to cover everyone that will wind up jacking up premiums for americans with pre...

Iowa says it also may leave the program leaving most counties in that state without a single insurer on obamacare in 2018. the stakes are huge. let's bring in the professor of history and public affairs at princeton. good morning to you sir. >> good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> the stakes are enormous for the entire country but for the trump administration we have so many questions about the changes made we don't know how many states will apply for a waiver. we don't know how many will be granted a waiver but how significant is this house vote in the trump administration and house repu...

Bill to repeal and replace obamacare and republican leadership says they do at last have the votes to pass it. >> momentum shifted when two influential moderates that had been no votes went into the yes column when meeting with the president and getting newcomb mittments on coverage with people with pre-existing conditions. >> we have seen this movie before but republican leaders have been saying since the first repeal effort collapse that they would not bring health care to the floor unless it could pass so it seems likely they at least believe they do have the votes this time. let's bring in...