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Republican leeraders are making? giving the states the option of taking medicaid money as a block grant instead of per enrollee. states could require able-bodied medicaid recipients to work. states barred from expanding the medicaid role now ahead of the phaseout expansion in 2020. the obamacare taxes would be repealed this year instead of next and $75 billion set aside to increase the tax credits for consumers in 50s and 60s. >> republican leaders face a climb getting the bill through the house. speaker paul ryan is playing the long game with the eye to passing a bill that can make it through...

Conservative and moderate republicans on the fence, to get the 216 votes needed for the bill to pass. >> every change we make conforms to the senate rules we have to conform by. >> reporter: now the bill allows states the option of receiving federal medicare funding as a block grant instead of a set amount per enrollee, something conservatives have been asking for. it also allows states to require able-bodied medicaid recipients to work for their insurance. and aims to repeal obamacare tax increases this year instead of 2018. the house also sets aside $75 billion in tax credits, to help senior...

For medicaid. more money to ensure older americans. more on that in a minute. >> it may not be enough. the chairman of the house freedom caucus claimed it still has enough votes to block the bill. the president is expected to ratchet up the pressure on resistant lawmakers when he huddles with house republicans at 9:00 on capitol hill. >> what exactly are the changes the republican leaders are making? they include giving states option of taking medicaid money as one block grant. instead of per enrollee. states would require able-bodied medicate recipients to work. expand the role ahead of the p...

Massachusetts and vermont and minnesota. they are described as websites with near fatal flaws. does that mean all of the money has been wasted? >> not all of it. by our count it means that the federal government spent 15,000 per enrollee to bring them in to obama care and not for insurance and health care accounts. that is $15,000 to get them in the site. >> what is the problem with the websites? why can't we get the technology right for $1.2 billion? >> it varys with state to state and the healthcare.gov, the federal program. but the contractors are working for people who have no idea what th...

Processed for january 1st january 1st coverage. >> a lot of people cannot be assured they're going to have health coverage come january 1st. harold stanton is one of those people. listen up. >> the governor should have been apprised of the situation. if he wasn't apprised of the situation, then shame on his aides. and if he was, then shame on him for not listening to his aides. >> the web site in oregon has never worked. it has never worked. as a result of that people in oregon are forced to fill out, by hand, 19 pages of paperwork, and those -- you have just seen, still not guaranteed health ...