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Taking away health coverage. >> that's the hard part. listen to the house speaker paul ryan. yes, he knows the cbo numbers for the most part are bad for republicans. he's trying to make the point obamacare is a mess, we have to do something. >> under obamacare average premiums have gone up by nearly $3,0 $3,000. in law did not drop premiums as promised. between premiums surging up and choici choices going away, obamacare on is an unsustainable path. >> he makes a valid point. you look at blue cross pulling out in kansas and mi sour re. united pull out tlchl t. the costs are not going down. rep...

Charged $30,000 in premium. a lot of people have been hurt by obamacare. that we are also courageous, if you repeal it, you're a big bad republican. that is the most manipulation. i know politics when i see it -- >> i think he believes it is a good policy. >> you think he believes that, why did he try to change it 30 times? >> he repeatedly said, we need to tweak it. >> tweak it? >> let me tell you this, obamacare was tanking in october. that's why donald trump became president. thanks in large part to jonathan gruber, the architect of obamacare who had this to say to chris wallace. >> who's f...

Opportunity to a degree. he talks about it sometimes but not as much as today. >> he does talk about it a lot. he has rallies nearly every day and continues to talk about this. many conservatives and republicans have been talking about obamacare. as simone said something had to be done but i don't think it's the government's role to pass something just so we can see what's in it. the most disturbing part about obamacare is what's happening today and what's happening to millions of americans next month is that this was intentional. you had a previous architect of obamacare on. let's go back to ...

More rapidly. jamie: let me ask you, what is the impact of the cost of obamacare on employers hiring? >> nothing good. the case you hear made by advocates of obamacare, oh, look, they were having insurance before which means that the best possible income, impact is zero. reality is much worse. it's a big i am medpedment to growth by small employers. large employers are scrubbing their books figuring out whether to hold on to insurance. it has a trillion dollars in taxes an trillion 1/2 dollars in new spending. nobody who wants an economy to grow faster would say, hey, you know what we need? tr...

>> alisyn: i don't know if it worked. but i do believe they were trying to hammer out a deal. that is what we were arguing yesterday. >> brian: the sincerity of the effort as opposed to the sincerity of the tactic and strategy. so we can not predict the future. but we do know people that can and they are just around the block for $5, they'll read your palm. >> alisyn: there go. >> steve: for $10 -- never mind. >> brian: i know. >> steve: meanwhile, let's talk about obamacare. the president said it's going to be much more affordable. you're going to be able to keep your doctor if you want to. n...