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A lot into this. if you study history like immigration through republicans, this is the quick sand of american politics. the democrats who voted for obamacare lost 63 seats in the house in the next election. we were still in a recession and it's not all on obamacare. the 2014, the democrats lost the senate. don't you think that they are undecideded on this or am i yes or no? they were thinking about the history of politics and you have profound differences in the republican party. they don't believe the government should be in the health care business and the government should have a limited r...

In the last minute negotiations, what the white house and leadership extended to these conservatives, house freedom caucus members, are doing away with these essential health benefits. this is everything from maternity coverage, hospitalization, drug prescriptions, all of these things are now going away in this house bill. and all of this of course will decide if conservatives, moderates, it actually be able to get on board this bill and support it when the vote happens this afternoon. >> mj, thanks so much. sanjay, why don't we start with where mj left off, these essential health benefits. it...

And we're talking about some key provisions that have been taken out of this now that really strike at the heart of obamacare, the affordable care act. and that is to require insurers to provide maternity coverage, to provide birth control coverage and mental health coverage. these are these essential health benefits we talked so much about. that's what it means. they basically say the states can decide this. that's why this is so controversial. as we do the politics of this, the substance so important to all of this. but at this hour, the president now starting to change the subject. he'll be...

Today, we haven't gotten there. this is chapter one. one reason the moderates are running. to phil's very smart point, when you're losing a committee chairman. members of ryan's leadership team. he's losing one of his brothers on this vote you're in trouble. one of the reasons the more moderate members are fleeing is because they have given to the conservative members taking away the mandate that a health insurance policy must cover what they call essential health benefits. you must have maternity coverage in there and mental health coverage, hospitalization and what the conservatives are sayi...

Consumer does not know what anything costs. >> that is so true, insurance is also hiding it from your peer they are negotiating prices on your behalf come you don't know the bottom line unless you look at the expiration of benefits which most people don't. you might do a better job negotiating on your own with a health savings account. by the way, i don't think it is junk policies as andy said, i think they can have catastrophic policies. did you know 45% of the people who are taking the penalty, the tax penalty, are actually young people, 35 or under? they are not buying into this scheme. the...