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Conditions in which democrats picked up about 40 seats, historic wave election that they haven't seen anything like that since watergate. this is a huge risk for republicans. when they say they want to protect preexisting conditions, they haven't found a mechanism. they've basically eliminated the funding mechanism with the hope that a court would look at that and say, because the funding mechanism for the individual mandate has been eliminated, the entire law is unconstitutional. they got a court to say that. this judge in texas to say that. but basically, this was then sort of a back door ap...

Benefits that they have and the insurance that they have can is going to remain. >> no changes happen immediately. insurance contracts are locked in through next year making time for an extended legal fight. >> this is an enormous law. if the entirety were to be found unconstitutional it would cause major chaos in the health care system. >> after the president and congressional republicans failed to deliver on their promise to repeal obamacare, republican state attorneys general on the change and the tax penalty and brought this case hoping to undermine the law. the affordable care act has bee...

New this morning, health care is at the center of a renewed political debate about different conditions. the health coverage millions of americans could be in peril after a federal judge in texas ruled that the affordable care act is unconstitutional. the landmark house law remains in effect pending appeals. the case could make it to the supreme court. president trump calling for a new legislation less than three weeks before democrats take control of the house. >> if the republicans and the democrats get together, we are going to end up with incredible health care, which is the way it should ...

Get together and work on these issues. republicans have said they want to guarantee some of the guarantees in obamacare, including protecting the preexisting conditions and have been unable to find a way to fund that. >> what we heard nancy pelosi say, that the democrats made health care the centerpiece of their campaigns in the elections, they found health care was the most important issue among voters. 57% said the democratic party would better protect preexisting conditions. laura, is the president effectively handing democrats a gift in terms of political messaging? >> democrats have been ...

For preexisting conditions. what legislative moves is senator schumer talking about? what seems to be the strategy for the democrats trying to protect obamacare? >> look, there are a number of things they can do, whether or not the house passes clean bills that would protect preexisting conditions and schumer and others try to force symbolic votes, whether by trying to attach these bills to must-pass spending bills, you can also call up symbolic resolutions on the senate floor. those are ways to possibly force votes although it will be difficult. i think he's referring to that when it means pu...