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And far between, very sparse in terms of details, not exactly what we're hearing from the house or the senate about repealing and replacing. what precisely is the timeframe for repealing and replacing? what precisely do you replace it with at this point? to that point, aren't you kind of boxed in by obamacare as professor gruber would say? you've got 20 newly insured people. how do you get rid of that? >> first, first, i think we know the president-elect's instincts, it's for market-based reforms. that's number one. number two, i'm a physician. i've been working for 30 years in a hospital for ...

Before obamacare, you could, for example, have insurance policy which said we'll cover your first $10,000, after that you're on your own. that's not insurance. obamacare ended that. okay, even -- many republicans have said, well, they like ending that. they like moving to real insurance. the point is, how do we move to real insurance? how do we bring the sick into the system without having the healthy in the system? there's no evidence that purely market-based policies are going to work. look, i'm an economist. i'm for market-based solutions. the problems, when there's evidence, it works. no e...

Health care was a key issue for candidate donald trump, and it is set to be at the top of the agenda for president trump. starting in january. correspondent rich edson examines what a health care fight on capitol hill could really mean. good evening, rich. >> reporter: good evening, doug. it has been republicans' congressional priority for years, vote to repeal obamacare. and the next time they pass a repeal bill, they'll have a president who says he will actually sign it into law. leading to the second overhaul of the american health care system in less than a decade. >> what's your name, ma'...

Once again, the question republicans is, where's the fire? we have a law that is working, providing insurance coverage for 20 million people. they want to take it away without a credible alternative. they have no alternative. they have no proposal that has been vetted by the congressional budget office and scored. >> senator? go ahead. >> well, yeah, it's not been scored but i've actually introduced two pieces of legislation that would address this and the studies looking at price transparency looked at $50,000 operations. if you look at that which is most apparent, plastic surgery and lasik s...

Market oriented? i believe in price transparency. if she's going it get a ct scan ordered of her breast, then she should know the cost of that ct scan before she has it done to allow her to comparison shop. if you introduce that, you actually lower costs. you give her the power. she has the power of choosing based on quality and cost. and in so doing, you expand her ability to influence her care much more so than obamacare did. >> professor gruber, he makes a good point about this choice. something which seems to be neglected in obamacare. >> you know, i'm afraid the senator's providing the sa...