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It would stop medicaid expansion and require those who are able-bodied to work. it would include refundable tax credits for those who don't receive insurance from their employers. it would expand health savings accounts designed to give consumers greater choice and flexibility in buying coverage and it would defund planned parenthood for one year, blocking more than 500 million federal dollars. >> our bill rescues families by focusing on lower premiums and putting people back in charge of their health care decisions. >> michigan congressman offered an amendment yesterday that would provide $8 ...

This is n is this not a liability for republicans? >> it may well be. that's why i was one of the holdouts when it came back in march. on three republicans voted no. i happen to be one of the three. and i was among the holdout that's stalled bill so we ended up with three additional amendment that's came from march until now. and ultimately the question we had to and at this point in e debate was srgs it worthy of even handing off to the senate so they might continue this debate on where we go next to health care? i think that those three amendments improved it enough so it was worth handing o...

In the new bill. what the amendments. here is the upton amendment. this is added. this deals with the pre-existing conditions. $8 billion over five years will be given to the states, i guess, for the high risk pools. if governors don't want to honor. >> on top of the $130 billion. they added to it. there is all of this concern that this costs a lot of money. we used to have these pools before the aca. they did not work well. people were exposed to higher costs. they went to obama. some of the same gop congress members said can we have more money for the high risk pools. >> is this what will ge...

Have recklessly and some would say fraudulently say that trumpcare covers americans with pre-existing conditions. it does not. it does not. as they said about the upton amendment, the $8 billion is a pittance. as the kizer family foundation said it would cover the cost of 1% of the individual market. others have given it to 5%. 1% to 5%. does that mean covering? no. forcing a vote without a cbo score shows that the republicans are afraid of the facts. they're afraid of learning the full consequences of their plans of forcing americans with pre-existing conditions into the cold or as my colleag...

After the first healthcare bill never even made it on to the floor, he was willing to walk away. he said he wanted to move on to tax reform. i think what you saw happen is it really sunk in for him and for other republican leaders this is something they promised. and the impact of having full control in washington and not being able to pass an obamacare repeal, at least out of the house, could have been potentially devastating for them. >> was there any real fear based on everything you heard over there that this could go down to defeat? >> you saw more optimism from the white house this week ...