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Least for the next two years what this compromise lamar alexander and patty murray legislation is all about. >> reporter: that's right, they do not have the votes. the republicans do not have the votes on their side of the senate or they would have passed it and moved it through. we, of course, know the house supported this version of health care, the senate did not. but by the president saying that he supported this short-term deal in principle between democrats and republicans, it's certainly a sign that he wants to move forward with this. he wants to get something done in health care. but w...

The one who is taking on the insurance companies. the stuff just doesn't add up yet. >> what is your analysis? >> let's not forget what the strategy was behind ending the payments last week. and they were pretty transparent about this. he talked about it being a bailout for the insurance companies, but he also said i'm going to end these payments. and then the democrats have to come to me and cut a deal. to improve health care because obamacare will fail. now it seems like he's agreed to continue the payments for another two years. if he thought that democrats had any incentive to cut that kin...

The funding and the money for obamacare. senator schumer referred to that as well. the regulatory piece of this is crucial for republican support. and what senator alexander was essentially to get out of the deal, at least as it has been read to me out to this point, the regulatory waivers allowed under obamacare would be allowed to be sped up, they wouldn't have to be approved by state legislature, just a governor would be able to do them, if another state had gotten a waiver related to exchanges or how they could change the exchange to make it easier for individuals to apply to that exchange...

Evaluated it, and i think we are doing good work there. and it can and it must be upgraded, enhanced. >> thank you to the prime minister. he said, this is so beautiful. and i said, this is the rose garden. and i think even the media likes the rose garden. that's hard to believe, but even the media likes it. mr. prime minister, it's been a great honor having you, and we look forward to many, many years of friendship, working together, and keep up the good work. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. [ applause ] >> the president of the united states and the prime minister of greece wrappi...

Patty murray have put forward, namely to continue the subsidize for the next two years. >> i suppose he would like the credit for sticking it to the insurance companyies see yeah executive order and to dismantle obamacare. in his mind obamacare is dead because of the executive actions he took because republicans couldn't get it done on capitol hill. but there's a striking thing about this that gets into health care policy, which no matter how you slice it, if you want universal health care, insurance companies have to get it taken care of. that's what the obama team understood. one way or the ...