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Trump and establishment republicans. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: who are jointly pushing a plan to repeal and replace obamacare. >> i want to thank paul ryan and everybody. >> reporter: it's a plan they like, but many on the far right despise. >> i think they are basically taking the obamacare framework and trying to call it a republican piece of legislation. >> that is not what we promised the american people we were going to do. >> reporter: when president trump's new head of health and human services promised under trump care -- >> i firmly believe that nobody will be worse off...

Concerns. >> reporter: the tension is palpable within the gop. senator lisa murkowski, under pressure to back the house plan, bristled at questions about whether she could report it. >> can you support the house health care -- >> hey, would you give me a minute to get to my constituents, please? >> yes or no. do you support the house health care bill? >> would you please be respectful -- >> i'm being respectful. >> we've been in there for two hours. come on. >> reporter: gop leaders downplayed the cbo analysis and said the bill would be a dramatic improvement from obamacare but senators would ...

Joining us this morning is ellis henican. he writes for the metro papers. good morning, my friend. more access. lower prices. affordability. quality. >> it will be wonderful. >> they have to sell it. how do you -- what are the problems in selling this to other republicans? >> the first thing to remember is that you can get worse coverage cheaper. if you provide fewer benefits, it can cost less. maybe that is where we are going. from the point of view from the republicans, there are two facts. moderate republicans worried about throwing off some of the 20 million new people who got coverage thr...

>> come back at 5:30. >> let's dig deeper on changes to medicaid under the health care bill. the plan covers 70 million people in medicaid. it was expanded under obamacare. 16 states chose to expand medicaid under obamacare. they have been pressuring not to repeal. the proposal rolls back the expansion gradually. remaining untouched until 2019. the following year, it eliminates the match for expansion. states get a fixed amount per enrollee. states, not the federal government, on the hook for costs. states don't have the money to make up the difference, they would reduce eligibility and curtai...

11:00 a.m. news conference. paul ryan saying it will drive down costs and give americans access to affordable health insurance. key republicans are holding out. jim jordan who cited the taxes the bill keeps in place. jordan telling cnn, quote, i don't see anything changes here. it is significantly the same thing. it doesn't change my position. we put on obama's desk the bill that got rid of the taxes and a republican president's desk a bill that keeps taxes in place? the democratic side nancy pelosi who helped pass obamacare eight years ago slamming the bill. >> republicans will force tens of ...