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That is the big thing. and in a lot of these states it is up to more. and yet you have a big state with a lot of population needs where they didn't expand medicaid but needed to because there are so many uninsured. this is one of the florida senators. marco rubio openly saying that it's time to gut medicaid. take a listen. >> the fundamental difference within the republican conference if you want to narrow it down is between senators who argue why are we doing so much on medicaid? let's only deal with the parts of medicaid that obamacare chan changed. and those like me who say this is an oppor...

Up to a quarter or even more of the people getting health care, kentucky, some of these other states. and yet you have a big state with a lot of population needs where they didn't expand medicaid but needed to. this is the florida -- one of the florida senators, the junior florida from florida marco rubio openly saying that it's time to gut medicaid. take a listen. >> the fundamental difference within the republican conference if you want to narrow if down is between senators who argue why are we doing so much on medicaid. let's only deal with the parts of medicaid that obamacare changed and t...

Program which has been a safety net program on the books for more than 50 years ensuring that some of our most vulnerable citizen, our disabled children, our low income seniors, receive the health care that they need. >> massively different characterization of what happens to medicaid. what does that mean for those on the fence like dean he willer, portman, and why is the vice president making the case for the bill and the president is no where to be seen on it with the exception of a few tweets? >> well, i mean, the vice president is someone who has been deeply involved in the conversation ab...

We should not be making fundamental changes in a vital safety net program that's been on the books for 50 yoerz. the medicaid program. without having a single hearing to evaluate what the consequences are going to be. >> i think the longer the bill is out there, the more conservative republicans are going to discover that it's not repeal, and the more that everybody is going to discover that it keeps the fundamental flaw of obama care. for all republicans' complaints about the death spiral of obama care, they don't fix it. they simply subsidyize it with taxpayer money, which i don't agree with...

Safety net program that's been on the books for 50 years. the medicaid program, without having a single hearing to evaluate what the consequences are going to be. that doesn't mean that there aren't problems with the medicaid program that need to be addressed, it doesn't mean that the aca doesn't have serious flaws. it does. that's why we need to go through the normal committee process and get input from people on both sides of the aisle. that's what would produce the kind of legislation that we need. >> we promise the voters for four elections, they elected us to repeal obama care, we're goin...