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Congress, six republican. and donald trump and mike pence will need every vote they can get. but this new gop health bill is a tough sell here in florida. florida is the state with the highest number of enrollees under obamacare. we're talking 1.7 million people just this year. that's compared to 9.2 million nationwide. and duval county, specifically, where we are now, it's a county where donald trump won the election, just by 2% of a vote. and to give you more concrete examples, take a 60-year-old male here in duval county, making $30,000 a year. he stands to lose around $3,000 a year in cove...

Senate and dies there, because there are republican senators who don't agree with it? >> no, look. we have been looking to replace obamacare on something that will actually lower cts f the american people since the day it was voted theouse. the house republicans voted on alternative back then. they have been offering alternatives. much of last year in the house was spent on speaker ryan's better way agenda, which is the basis of this plan. we have had markups in the energy and commerce committee, the ways and means committee, the house budget committee. there will be amendments on the floor th...

For this bill and pay the political price for voting for this bill if it is doomed to failure in the senate. >> this is it. if we don't get this through, the goal of repealing obamacare and instituting a system that will be patient centered is going to be unbelievably difficult. >> now the political pressure is increasing. a packt backed rand paul came ot to say, the american action network has begun running ads supporting kevin brady who backed the plan and in 30 markets of conservative congressmen who oppose the president's plan as of now. >> the republicans american health care act versus o...

Control. the republicans plan puts patients and doctors in charge. tell congressman yoho to vote with president trump. >> the cbo report that came out, did it in any way, shape or form change your position on the bill? >> no, not at all. the cbo, if you look historically, they have been way off on certain things. if you look at the original costs of the affordable care act, it was $860 billion. but truth be known, it was over $2 trillion. it's only off by a factor of $2 trillion. so the cbo is a good starting point but it's not the end result. >> joining us is daniel litman, a reporter for pol...

Truth and transparency. sunlen, folks in the white house are already dismissing the report before it even comes out. >> reporter: that's right, the white house and house republicans trying to reevery time preemptively attack the cbo. certainly it is an important day up here on capitol hill for the fate of this bill. it could do a lot to potentially hurt or help the bill's chances. that goes a long way when you're talking about house republicans really trying to keep up the momentum on this bill as they issuer usher it through the house. there have been white house and congressional republican ...