Page 14 - Under Obamacare News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Symbolism and not anything substantive? >> jon: people will be hearing a lot about this skinny repeal. what exactly is it? it would repeal parts of obamacare, some of the taxes and so forth, but essentially leave large parts of the law intact, correct? >> that's right, it could allow them to announce some victory because i could go to congress. they're looking at the individual mandates, the parts of obamacare that are extremely unpopular where people have to pay a fine. we're lucky to see the medical device tax come up a lot of republicans agree should be repealed and the employer mandate as ...

It's complicated. the effect on individuals is really big. as a representative of the people, they're not all the same thing, right? there are some of these things that would actually cause substantially more harm than others. are you that fixated on repeal that it doesn't matter what the other alternative is? >> no, no, no. first of all, repeal, there is a two-year wind-down. there is a wind-down period. it doesn't take effect until the end of 2018. >> you see what's happening in the exchanges. talk of hhs not continuing to subsidize insurance companies. even more are pulling out and rates ar...

People free to trade with each other, not regulating trade, getting the government out of it. there has to be regulations at the state level. but having this -- they're going to keep in place the obamacare regulatory structure that causes the death spiral. the death spiral will continue. >> narrator: republican plaunde republican plan. they're going to give billions to insurance companies. it's really not what we're for. it's not what ever were for. i don't know how we got there. >> should there be primaries? >> that's for somebody else to decide. the thing is i'm disappointed. we'll continue ...

People might lose coverage under some program in the future when the real issue is that there are people who are actually losing coverage today under obamacare. and that's where i think the discussion should be. steve: all right. let's shift to something else on the big list on the walling of somebody there in the white house that has things to do this year. and right behind healthcare is tax reform. we have been hearing things out of people in the administration that while out on the campaign trail the president of the united states then the candidate was talking about it would be great if we...

Another cbo score coming a little bit later. this is also something that's want popular even among republican voters, even among trump voters in trump counties, congressman, only 1 in 4 voters support this, and that's not a high number. the rest either don't care or they think it's a bad idea. >> 2 points. >> hold on. why is it not an option for sh in congress since that's what the american public elected people to do to get together, bipartisan agreement to find a way to stabilize the markets as they exist right now and then while they have that stabilized, come up with a new plan that you th...