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Direction. it will create a marketplace. it will offer the kind of plans consumers want. imagine that, offering plans patients and consumers would like to purchase and do so at a lower premium thach. that is a great step. i'm pleased to hear it's in the draft. >> you represent the people of ohio. i'm flying to ohio after this show, continuing our coverage of the opioid epidemic in your state. >> yeah. >> you were a yes vote on the house gop health care bill. as you know, that, according to the cbo would reduce federal medicaid spending by $834 billion over the next decade, compared to where it...

Huge reduction in medicaid fund sng. >> two points. you are right, the opioid issue is tough all over the country, but certainly very tough and difficult situation in our state. >> yeah. >> we need to do all we can to help with that situation. in cities like dayton and cities i represent in western and north central ohio. you know, that's -- but, to the medicaid issue. remember, it is not a cut in medicaid. it's a reduction in the rate of growth. it's still going to grow a lot over ten years. >> come on, congressman, that is schematics. there's inflation. there's inflation and costs have to gr...

What cbo says relative to this legislation. >> you know the guy who runs the cbo was put in place by republicans and tom price, to be exact. >> that's fine. that's fine. >> okay -- >> i would like a hearing. we would like to have hearings on the cbo. maybe we will learn something. maybe i'll be proven wrong. i would like to have them come in and ask questions or answer our questions. the piece in "forbes" talks about some of the methodology is suspect. >> congressman, how do you help these folks. politics aside, $45 million more is in the senate version for opioid addiction and recovery. is th...

Look at the "forbes" piece. >> all i'm asking you -- >> all i'm saying is it wouldn't reduce medicaid. it wouldn't grow as fast as it is scheduled to go. >> the crisis your state is going through. are you comfortable. we should do all we can to help them. is this doing all you can to help them or do you want to work on it -- >> we want to do all we can to help them. i just don't follow the premise that you have to increase medicaid coverage to deal with the opioid crisis. i want to deal with it, but i'm not so naive to think more government and more government health care is the answer to the ...