Transcripts For FBC Cavuto Coast To Coast 20170504

Package to cover preexisting conditions that the deal with the higher Premiums Associated higher risk pool of potential patients whether that, a, will be enough or b, if you think about it, ends up being a slightly less omnibus Government Program than the one it replaces. It will still be big and will still be eyepopping but not be the Affordable Care act. That is one thing that republicans zoom to be united on, anything to replace a measure that the replacement itself might not be all that much cheaper. Adam shapiro with the very latest. Rolling out how this vote could go. Adam . Reporter were very close to the vote taking place. The live puck ture from the floor of the house of representatives. Debate has been underway for about an hour it has been heated at times. We expect a vote to begin at 1 00. The guidance from the majority leader kevin mccarthy, the representative from california. We expect the vote about 1 30. Louie gohmert from texas says it will be tough. 216 is the one the republicans needs to pass the bill of the is beginning to repeal and replace obamacare. I mentioned this hooter debate. Democrats calling this a tax bill masquerading as health care. Republicans say obamacare will collapse and we have to Say Something in the form of new health care for american citizens. Take a listen. To have a Health Care Bill that throws 24 million americans off Health Insurance, you should be ashamed. To have a Health Care Bill that cuts medicaid by 880 billion to give a tax cut to the wealthiest people in this country, you should be ashamed. If we want to talk about misleading the American People, it started seven years ago and it end today. It ends today neil, we expect a vote sometime around 1 30 on the repeal, replace of obamacare. Even if it passes, 216 is the number. The senate is the big wild card. Mitch mcconnell had previously said it wasnt going to be assigned to committee. Whether it lives in the senate is another question. We wont see it surface for several weeks once it is in the senate. After they do their magic on this, it foes to a conference committee. We start essentially all over again to pass whatever the new version of all of this will be. Republicans can lose 21 votes and still pass this today. Neil but you can imagine to your point, pose to the senate, gets significantly changed there. It is shut back to the house and conference. The house doesnt like what it sees, it could be difficult. Reporter like the old saturday morning cartoon, im a bill, and bill goes back and forth and gets exhausted. Neil thank you very much, adam. What is in the bill that got us to the point where more republicans would sign on to it than the last venture that never had a chance at all . Gerri willis with all the details. Reporter neil, lets explain exactly what is in the bill and how it will affects individuals. If you dont have Health Insurance or federal government, or employer you can buy policies in the individual market with tax credit rather than a subsidy, which is what obamacare offered. Tax credit is advancable to head deadlines and refundable even if you dont have income, you will still get the benefit. Now the credit will be available to those making maximum 75,000 for individual and 150,000 for joint filers. Instead of using medicaid as the vehicle for delivering benefits, in other words, the bills authors froze Medicaid Expansion beginning in 2019 and relying on nations private insurers to pick up the slack. Coverage may be different all over the country because states decide what essential benefits must be covered. For people with preexisting conditions who lost coverage, the bill sets up risk pools funded by government, reimburse policyholders with high costs. Logic behind this, lowering insurers risk for very sick patients, companies will introduce lower premium plans for healthier people. If folks fail to keep up payments in the individual market for coverage they have to pay for it. They will be assist ad flat 30 late enrollment surcharge. The bill repeals individual and employer mandates, very controversial and 3. tax, sr. Charge on investment income. Nobody liked that. However a 0. 9 on high income tax earners stays in until at least december 31st, 2022. You know what that means, it may never go away. Neil wow, i didnt know that. I didnt know the latter financing part. Thank you very much, gerri. Assuming this gets cleared in the house, by the way that could be a leap of faith here, you could always be surprised. There is not a lot of wiggle room to what gerri and adam were pointing out, but what happens in the senate where there are very different views an wiggle room is far less, two votes really. What happens there, republican another john hoeven of north dakota. Senator, there are differences the way the Senate Tackles stuff like this versus the house, but there is less wiggle room in the senate, isnt there. Right, there is. That is going to be the challenge, how do we take whatever the house passes which i think is a work in progress and make improvements that can get it through the senate. That is going to be a challenge. But that is something were already working on. Neil i dont know what the total dollar cost is yet on this measure versus the one that is existing now or whatever you in the senate might come up with, but i am concerned to win overvotes theyre throwing a lot of money. 8 billion more with a money to deal with preexisting conditions and highrisk pools and premiums come with that. Is that, to your knowledge, senator, significantly less than the dollars being doled out for the Affordable Care act now . Well, it is less but remember, the objective is to make sure people have access to nsurance and healthve access to care. Neil right. Then create incentives to do it more cost effectively. So it is less. We do look at the scoring. But in the end we want a product that accomplishes just what i said. Neil obviously the process is, assuming this passes in the house, goss to the senate, you guys work on it, assuming you pass something, put back to the house to settle whatever differences or disparity there are, whats your bestcase scenario, senator, when this gets done, approved, signed by the president . Will take some time to move it through the senate to make changes we think need to be made. Extending refundable tax credit. Stressing medicaid and the way it works and people with chronic illness and are covered and people with preexisting conditions are covered. That will take some effort. We have meats were working on we will try to offer to try to do that. The key here, neil, it gets done right rather than done quick. Neil then if you dont mind my pushing these dates, is it fare to say you cant really begin in earnest on the tax cut proposal and white house and one you guys crafted, and house is crafted until all of this health care stuff is done . Were already working on ideas for the health care, tax cuts. Neil i were understand that. But, this health care thing has to be fully voted on before you can proceed to, in earnest on the tax thing . Right. To use budget reconciliation, thats correct. Were already working on the tax reform piece. This is just the first step on health care. You have the regulatory piece. Neil right. We hope to get democrats to engage with us at some point with a third step. This would have to go through budget reconciliation first before you use budget reconciliation before tax reform. Neil senator, thank you very much. You bet. Neil another hoeven. President trump will be arriving in new york city later tonight. The first visit to his home city since he bee became president of the United States. Protesters are already out. By the way he will meet with the australian Prime Minister. That was that very nasty phone call that exchange over syrian refugees, legend has it where the president hung up on the leader of australia. Now the leader of australia says that never happened. It will be a good day, mate. Good day. They dont like australian jokes here. So i should stop that right now. Well have more after this. Times up, insufficient were on prenatal care. Es. And administrative paperwork. Your days of drowning people are numbered. Same goes for you, budget overruns. And rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. Were coming for you, too. For those who wont rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. Optum. How well gets done. Wont replace the full value of your totaled new car. The guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. No, i picked the wrong insurance company. With Liberty Mutual new car replacement™, you wont have to worry about replacing your car because youll get the full value back including depreciation. Switch and you could save 509 on auto insurance. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Neil do you know for a brief second the dow was down 66. 66. Now it is down 64. 76. I dont know what that means. I was just pointing it out. You get that free, basic cable President Trump headed to new york. Connell mcshane, talk about 666, is he on the intrepid outside of the intrepid, where are you connell . Reporter im in a green screen down the hall. Were right by the intrepid, introduce day to do so. The president will arrive here later today. It kind of interesting as you meets you heard talking about with the last break, with australian Prime Minister in new york mr. Person you bull, the first meeting since the phone call about the refugee crisis early on in the administration. People say why doing it here and why getting together at Intrepid Museum and space museum. This is the anniversary of batcoral sea. Doesnt get as much attention as midway. Helped set up American Forces with the battle in midway with u. S. And Australian Forces fighting side by side. Were told australian veterans of that battle, in their 90s will be here today. The meeting comes after that tense phone call over the refugee situation were told solved in large part thanks to the visit of Vice President mike pence when he talked things over with them. Todays topics are expected to include north korea and american president and foreign leader would include these days you suspect. If the two talk economics for our audience, interesting to note we do a lot of trade with australia it is one of the countries where we have a trade surplus. We sell more than they do here. Mr. Trump and mr. Turnbull even with a tense beginning relationship, do share a business background. Mr. Turnbull was involved in one of australias early internet companies. We have arrived just before anybody else. The president doesnt speak until this evening, is the idea that the president s hometown of new york may not exactly roll out the red carpet for him. Weve been told by a number of groups there will be protesters on hand later today, people who disagree with president es immigration policies and other policies are expected to gather here near the intrepid and gather few blocks east of here, president s residence. So far all is quiet on the west side of manhattan. Well see how the day turns out. Neil looks like youre in front of the intrepid. It is so weird. Reporter amazing what they can do these days with technology. Neil technology these days. Thank you, my friend. Connell mcshane. The Health Care Vote is expected shortly. Now of course this could get delayed. A lot of democrats are piling on here, at request of nancy pelosi to make the case for the existing Affordable Care act. She is not fond of calling it obamacare as you might recall but she want democrats to state the case republicans are dismantling one of the most popular programs enacted since the new that is her opinion here. By partyline vote. Not all one party by the way. This is a expected to pass. Now there could be a lot of developments that could change it but be that as it may, whether you accept the fact that republicans signed on to a lot more spending than they would have originally agreed to do get this done, they stand at least in the house to get this done on the heels of a budget deal passed in the house,c substantially buoyed by a lot of democratic support, over 300 votes nevertheless, whether you argue they were snookered as some republican critics said or worked in a bipartisan manner as both sides avocated, they appeared to be on a roll here. Do they have their mojo back . Red alert politics contributing editor, and todd buchholz, a key advisor to president h. W. Bush, george h. W. Bush. Todd begin with you, end with you, whether republicans brag, say if you will, problems with both measures, were taking new measure around getting things done . Well, i think something will be done. Something must be done, not just on behalf of President Trumps presidency, but on behalf of the American People who have been punished by obama care. Having said that, lets face facts here. No matter what happens today, it is not as if the Mainstream Media is going to be cheering or saying this is a victory. Donald trump is going to spend the next four years or next eight years battling Stephen Colbert, jimmy kimmel and george will, those are three big names to know with comedians these days, but it is going to be tougher step of the way. And this is the first step after a terrible misstep. Notice we havent heard paul ryans name mentioned all that much. I would say if the house fails today, paul ryan will be pushed out of the house and end up as chancellor at university of wisconsin or something. I think it will happen today. Neil you know, angela, it is important to post a victory tore republicans. Anyones guess what happens when it goes to the senate. When that is marked up and probably radically changed and goes back to the house, there will obviously be problems. Im hearting optimistically from republicans, maybe misplaced, they think they will get it done and that is signature achievement for republicans and this president. Assume that happens, i dont know when, assume it happens like that. Then what . As you were saying the gop doesnt have its groove back. I wouldnt say the gop isnt in their groove yet, first they have to get out after rut. When you look at a man hired to do job of a president. He is a real estate developer. What do they do . They tear things down and build Something Better in it is place. The tearing down is messy and ugly and people dont always know what the end result will look like. That is the point were at right now. We need to see President Trump, speak are ryan, the gop leadership make a very strong case what exactly the end result will look like. Once we see that, once they show us something that is progress towards something good, that is where the victory comes in for republicans. Neil do you know enough, todd, about this, they have indeed taken out a lot of the props that were associated with the Affordable Care act and, shored it up to the point that finances are a little more solid than they were prior . Both sides agree at the very least, that the obamacare itself needed fixing. That it was imploding just by simple math, yet the republicans have taken away a lot of taxes associated with it. Not all of them. Some dont expire for couple of years. Have they made it more financially sound . That is what this is all about. Somewhat. Heres the test. We have seen over the last couple years millions of americans get envelopes in the mail telling them their insurance has been canceled and that Insurance Companies were fleeing their state. So now we will see whether theres an increase in numbers of people who face cancellation, increase in numbers of Insurance Companies fleeing states and whether theyre saying look, lets stay, see whether we hold on. There is probably just enough in the bill to block or discourage some of these companies from leaving states. Now, this bill actually leaves it up to the states to try to do deals so to speaking, to try to create an environment where Insurance Companies can feel they can still make a profit while providing insurance coverage. Neil the one that i worry about, not a right or left view on this, but when i hear Insurance Companies are happy, im not that happy, i have had my run of had ins dealings with them through various illnesses and all, i dont like to see them gleeful isnt the word, i dont like them happy. Am i being naive . No, i would say you are right on the money. This bill, obamacare gave too much power to the government. It gave too much power of taxation, too much power Controlling Health care market place. The government was just trying to do too much and it couldnt do any of it well. The idea that, conservative idea that we want to see happen here, that you see people petitioning for on stand united. Org, it is n u robin Insurance Companies, not undo all the stuff, takes, away obamacare taxes, that is what people feel. Whether youre paying that money to the government or to the insurance company, doesnt really matter to the average person. All you know it is gone from your wallet. That is the part that hurts. That needs to change. Neil right or left, that does seem to be unifier. Go ahead. Neil, it doesnt just hurt individuals. It hurts the total economy. Obamacare putting taxes on million devices. Obamacare adding taxes to investment income. It discourages companies from creating jobs here. We cant separate obamacare or u. S. Health care from the health and wellness of the u. S. Economy. And that is part of the damage obamacare did. It made the u. S. Economy sicker than it otherwise would be one reason why the economic recovery was so flimsy and flabby. Neil we shall see what republicans come up with ultimately. They have to vote on it to see what is in it because so few of us have comprehension what is going on here. Thank you, both, very, very much. As they were speaking dow down appreciably 90 points. Oil 4 , when that happens, oil component disproportionately weighed in the dow and s p 500 they feel the pinch and drag everything down. 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So while i would do it again, i would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be. Neil all right. So crude, that a lot of people say, you know, he should be fired. Even internet calls right now to do just that. The man who monitors that content on the airwaves says there is only so much the government can or even should do as fcc chairman ajit pai. Mr. Chairman, very good to have you. Good to be with you, neil, thanks. Neil i know you said by and large the fcc outside of our indecency rules we dont get into the business of regulating content but you can regulate or at least police offensive comment, cant you, with a broadcast airwaves lets say cable . So we havent yet had a chance to look at the clip. Ive been a little busy as you might be aware. If we do get complaint, we will take a look at facts alleged and apply the law. The law here has one is the of rules with respect to indecency apply before 10 p. M. After 10 p. M. There is set of rules relating to obscenity that apply. Well look at the facts and the law. If the situation so requires. Neil so past 10 00 p. M. , this is past 11 30 at night eastern time, then there are colbert or any person on Network Broadcast is free to be a little looser with the language . Well the framework that we apply is traditionally certain indecency rules apply before 10 p. M. And obscene language is what we regulate after 10 00 p. M. Neil i know youve been busy on the Net Neutrality thing and weighing all the potential mergers, i understand that you heard a little bit what he said as head of the fcc, you could not. Were you offended . I havent pre, i havent viewed the clip. So i dont want to prejudge. Neil really . You have, that strikes me as odd. Im a pretty busy guy, believe it or not, chasing after two kids at home keeps me busy. Neil i hear you, but it is unlikely any pun maybement is about to be meted out to Stephen Colbert, those that want to protest the show theyre free to do that, no action on part of sec fcc. If we get those complaint we want to take them seriously and evaluate the facts and make the appropriate decision. Neil i want to talk a little bit about the Net Neutrality and even people between the fcc and your staff sometimes eyes can glaze over. These regulations essentially provide internet providers from slowing or stopping the speed which stuff gets streamlined. Now you had said, unlike your democratic predecessor, this went too far. This is handling or dealing with internet providers like theyre big ol utilities. Those days have come and gone but i was surprised at some in the internet community, some big hightech names mentioned that had that content, they kind of seem of a mixed mind on this. What did you make of that . Well, i think what i make of it is that they are a fan of the free and open internet as are we all. What they dont seem to be wedded to necessarily is these heavyhanded utility style regulations that were drafted in the fdr era to regulate ma bell. Going forward what i said consistently i favor a free and open internet but i want to embrace clinton era light touch regulation that started inc the 1990s so we have internet economy that is the envy of the world. Neil do you worry advocating that position, mr. Chairman, the possibility that these behemoths could take advantage . Youre leaving it up to them to watch what theyre doing . A lot of them could go ahead and do whatever the hell they want . Some people want complete government micro management of the sector. Some people want it to be no regulation at all. I chart a middle course, light touch regulation. Let marketplace evolve, see any conduct, take targeted action to address the conduct. To regulate everybody on rules that existed before the internet existed i think is wielding a proverbial sledge ham are to tackle a a flea. Neil like at t and controlling networks and comcast controlling nbc, they could distinctly possible favor their own programing and slow everyone elses down . You have to obviously watch for that right . Absolutely. The consistent measure i have given, antitrust and Competition Laws on one hand and Consumer Protection it laws at the other stand precisely at the vanguard to make sure we have a competitive marketplace for consumers. I cut moo teeth at the justice department, one of the things in those days we continue to do now, make sure competition is the load stone for everything that we do. Neil today, another purview of yours, you have a busy agenda which i can understand. You dont watch everything about colbert but google is acknowledging a fastspreading phishing attack that might involve millions of its customers. This kind of thing, chairman, keeps happening. Im wondering is there a role for government to play in either policing this, stopping this, or the Companies Just have to take better safe guards, like facebook is now trying to do by hiring 3,000 monitors to sort of police its content . I think all of the above. I think Government Agencies empowered to handle this issue should do what they can. The fcc consistently puts out consumer advisories to let people know about things like robocalling scams that might be out there. It is important for industry to take the lead to make sure they inform the customers about some of the scams they see going on. Consumers need the information they need in order to make informed choices to avoid some of these terrible scams out there as well. Neil separately we have number of deals, they all seem to be happening, latest battle for tribune that involves sinclair, my Parent Company working closely with the blackstone group, gone are the days, i guess, chairman, that we had 39 ceiling you couldnt go beyond that or station owner couldnt go beyond that penetration. Is it safe to say though that it cant be 45 . It cant be in all the major markets . If there is overlap in big cities, important cities like new york and l. A. For example, that you would try to slap down . Well, Going Forward we have a twotrack approach. One is to make sure we set rules of the road that reflect the marketplace of today as opposed to the marketplace in 1975 or 1997. Secondly if there is any transaction presented for review we want to apply carefully the Public Interest standard. We want to make sure that the consummation of that transaction would be good for consumers and good for competition. If it is not then we have to take the appropiate action. Neil when you see some of the controversy that surrounded this network and crackdown on some abuses and abusers and personalities on our former chairman, does that enter into your equation when you look at deals, much as that is entering into the equation potentially when fox entertainment is looking to buy the rest of sky in europe . Well to me at least, transact shuns should always be evaluated by the cold heart facts that are presented to us on paper. We want to make sure were taking into account all of the relevant facts, screen out some of the noise, that sometimes attends these transactions, really try to figure out is this deal good for competition, good for consumers. That is, not the most exciting process but it is critical insuring that the marketplace continues to be vibrant. Neil you do not share the european style of management on this type of issue . That the acquirer be a good steward, a good moral steward. We do have certain rules that person have character and fitness so to speak to hold a license at fcc. We make sure we dont look at extraneous facts, that arent correlation to the Public Interest. Neil what is the biggest change at fcc . You and your predecessor obviously didnt agree how to go about running things, tom wheeler. Im curious now, if it was heavy touch of government under his stewardship, are you going to be mr. Light touch or no touch at all . How do you square that . To it me at least it involves modernizing regulations to match the marketplace were in. In a lot of case what is i found, thatc the fcc rules have been on the books for decades. Without reevaluation are are they necessary for 2017, and are the rules consistent, comprehensive or modern . Otherwise were standing in the way of investment and innovation in networks. That is the last thing i think the regulator should want to do. Neil i lied. I have one more question, live stream, pop up on some sites, facebook among them where murders have been committed live stream, do you think as some advocated there should be a delay on live stream, much as there is sometimes something controversial pops up on broadcast t have, even cable that there is a delay so, to stop that from being seen, to impressionable viewers . The fcc doesnt regulate in this area. Im hesitant to say what rules fcc should apply because i dont think we have the authority to do that. But it is true we see more cases of live streams popping up around the world. Companies have to take a look at what is appropiate action. No question it raised a lot of concern in some quarters. Neil ajit pai, congratulations. Chairman of fcc good to see you. Good to see you, neil. Neil joe piscopo made it official. His Radio Audience heard it, he is not running for governor. Now his First Television interview since, on why he wussed out after this. I joke. 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Because a lot of people in the garden state disappointed when they heard probably the most recognizable name in the garden state, joe piscopo, is not, not running for governor after all. All italians everywhere are saying, what is going on . Stop, stop. Neil why, why, what happened . So this is what happened. Im licking my wound today. And i told you, last time i saw, offcamara, dont get disappointed because i heard inklings of saturday, it is saturday, the gentleman that i met, my dear friend mr. Serrano says, gubernatorial candidate, Lieutenant Governor, want to have a summit with me. Neil when did she request that. Friday night. Like this. Dont it will anybody. State troopers brought her up. Came out with two of her folks. I had mark and my other guy. We sat down at my, my dining room table. Neil you were set to go. I went like this. She said to me [inaudible] i knew you you would do this to me. Neil im very upset. Im upset too. I wanted to go. Neil you caved. What happened . Did they have dirt on you . Did they have dirt on you . Where is rand paul . Marco, marco i practice ited. I would have been a great candidate. Marco. Neil all right. So there you are. Mark serrano is advising, he says what . So, we go, Lieutenant Governor sits down with you, i said sure, im the magnanimous guy, cavuto. What have you got . We want to do what is best for the people of new jersey. As an independent, i started getting calls, joe, you will disrupt republicans, democrats are worried. Neil why werent you entertaining running as republican . I dont think i could have won, let me rephrase that. I dont think i could have won as republican early. Let me go independent. Kim mcdonald comes out, she is Lieutenant Governor. Comes over. Have a sitdown, oneonone. Neil she comes to you . Like that. Neil oh, man. Like with respect. Neil that is power right there. With respect. It was very respectful. What do you want, joe . I want neil that is a little tony so prann know moment. I listen, i go, talking about property taxes. She has a property tax initiative. Then i pushed it see, because conservatives, i want like, union guy that is it, goodbye. I will go to the union halls and speak to union workers. Oh, my gosh. I said, and, my passion for at risk children in the inner cities. Lets walk patterson, new jersey together. Neil really. She totally put me back. Neil you will deliver crowds. Then i go, item by item, pension and welfare, creating revenue, making lennox city Atlantic City, film capital of east coast. She is with me on everything. Neil that will never happen. On the cusp of, doing away with all the taxes. Neil Atlantic City become as film capital . Im glad you didnt run. What a stupid idea that is. All right. It was magnanimous. It was the right thing to do. Well unify new jersey. Neil here is what i think. I think she will lose in landslide and he emerge like Ronald Reagan afford, you will be in. This is Conspiracy Theory i hear. Neil no. That is my opinion. Im doing what is right for the people of jersey. It is bigger than any one person. You dont think i want to run . You dont think i want to rip it up . Neil Lieutenant Governor, i dont hear wonderful things. She is a great gal. She is her own woman. Neil you didnt answer my question. What if loses in a landslide. Do you take the blame for that. Im sorry what . Neil you dont think she will. I dont think she will. Neil can i ask you about Stephen Colbert real quickly, what do you i think. You know he is comic genius this guy, he is brilliant. Brilliant. He crossed the line. Neil he did, yeah. The language. I love Stephen Colbert by the way. Neil okay zingc the president. Stephen what was that . Youre better than, brother. Neil President Trump do anything wrong to dickerson . No, absolutely not. Neil that warranted that kind of response . No, that is the whole thing. Doing best they can in washington. Barack obama went in first one one days we were so proud barack obama president of the United States. We were with him. Not giving donald trump a chance. Neil will you run for years from now as governor, are you going to run as republican or an independent or democrat . I dont know what you are. Cross gender. Neil really . I could do that im kidding. Im kidding. Neil could be very entertaining. I am a conservative. There is no more conservatives left in the Democratic Party which i was one. Neil youre not quite conservative. Listen to the radio show. Neil youre a riddle wrapped in a conundrum. What about senate . What about menendez finishes out the term . Everything is on the table. Everything is on the table. I have to thank you for starting this whole thing, neil. Neil i didnt start anything. You started it. Neil i find it impressive that the Lieutenant Governor came to you, like you were the godfather. You must sit down. She did. Thats so amazing. You know, governor corleone. Neil i cant get my kids to come to the table. Senator corleone. It was great. For good of new jersey. Put the rancor. People are afraid of the divide. They hate the divide. They dont want to get into that. This was a nice gesture. Neil we needed funny. We needed funny. You didnt deliver funny. I wont lie at that i am hurting but the Lieutenant Governor knows that. We felt it is right thing to do because it would be destructive. Neil someone has dirt on you. I folded . Neil yeah. Thanks, neil. For making it easier today. Mark coy, marco neil youre watching fox business. As a matter of fact of fact. Always wins. Especially in my business. With slow internet from the phone company, you cant keep up. Youre stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. Switch to comcast business. With highspeed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. You wouldnt pick a slow race car. Then why settle for slow internet . Comcast business. Built for speed. 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Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™ Liberty Mutual insurance. All right. Fbi director james comey back up on capitol hill. This time in a closeddoor meeting. This on the whole russia thing. Democrats already accused of mishandling the whole Hillary Clinton announcement it caused her the election. Theyre eager if to try to find out what he knew and when he knew it about the russian connection in the election. Both sides seemingly said they dont believe it altered the ballot count in any way. It might have affects sentiment and again, by not this wellknown to the degree that the fbi director knew at the time, might have contributed to that election result as well. Former fbi assistant director Danny Coulson on the fallout. What do you make of that, one way or the other, theyre seizing on this notion, you were quick to get out any information you could on Hillary Clinton, not so on the russian fallout thing . Wasnt it barack obama when the fbi director raised it with him that urged lowkeying it, not doing editorial he wanted to do . Explain to me what happened . I think what were dealing with here, first of all, Hillary Clinton investigation is completed. Director had obligation to report that to the department of justice and ultimately to the public. The investigation of the russian interference if there was any at any level still ongoing investigation. We have two different rules here. Pending investigation, should not become, totally inappropriate. It would compromise it. And maybe compromise innocent people. The fact we had investigation based on misconduct of the Hillary Clinton and her staff in handling the most, mishandling the most sensitive investigative material which is classified aspects access programs, which neil, there is nothing higher than that. I did the irancontra investigation. I came across the material and i couldnt even look at it because my clearances were not high enough nor the fbi director. We had to clear the director so he could hand i will it. She handled really highly important material compromised material of the United States. He investigated her. He didnt invent that case. She caused that case. She has to suffer consequences. Neil alternative server to use. This was created by Hillary Clinton in the first place. She is pointing fingers, staff pointing fingers, none would have transpired and gotten to level it did had she not had that. He didnt cause the problem. He investigated the problem and reported it rightfully so. Neil im sorry, danny, is there double standard some democrats are alleging far more explosive on russia and role in the election. He knew that, in fact an investigation already started and not a peep out of him, no word to the public, nothing like the constant updates on the Hillary Clinton thing . Well, two different things. One is pending investigation. The department of justice does not allow the fbi to comment on pending investigation. And that is still pending still is. Hillary clintons case was done, were finished, were done with that one. Now they can talk about it. What theyre complaining about the law and rules, and he followed both. They need to get over it. She caused her own demise. Certainly wasnt comb i my. Neil then she lost the election outright. Dan coulson, thank you very much. Good seeing you. Thanks, neil. Neil still waiting for house vote on health care. Theyre doing a lot of talking ahead of it, were on it after this. We are going to have a wonderful day and a wonderful about and we are going to take care of a lot of people appeared great, great people from this country would your Health Care Needs and we hope to be able to do that. We have all fought very hard to be able to do that. Neil all right, maybe this is the charm peer to the charm. But the charm peer to look the charm peer to look in its disco d. C. , one of the Republican Leaders tried to get the process going on both sides talking things out, greece and the skids for the vote that is expected to pass to repeal and hopefully replace the Affordable Care act. Congressman mark walker is voting for this Health Care Overall here. Is there any chance, congressmen, very good to have you, that this could be pulled at the last second and some bugs dont materialize . Do you not the plan is . Yes, i dont think theres any consideration for pulling the boat at this time. But even if it goes one way or the other, we will be voting on this today. Is that the president has asked, with speaker ryan has asked and i believe it is a time for the American People to put up or shut up regarding the repeal of the apa. Neil all right, you worry the way the president framed it, but youve got to do this now because its not perfect, but it is better than their law it is replacing. That is the pitch he has made. Is that your view . In 30 months ive been here, i dont know how many times i can recall a Perfect Piece of legislation. However, it is important to understand the ahca reforms medicare for the first time. I dont mean just the talking points, but to that the mandate of both employers and individuals, that is a huge thing plus repealing a trillion dollars of obamacare taxes. Neil so you do remove a lot of the taxes and all that. Somewhere you leave the health care lot and cells in some disarray, replacing it with a program that might not be as wellfunded and thats the benefit of not having a cbo score because it might not score. What he think . Both of this legislation was scored a few weeks ago. Hard to put a percentage on it when you say 80 or 90 . If . A few tweets havent been scored, but i dont think it will relatively change what we thought earlier. Neil you know the revision that fred upton ,com,com Ma Billy Wong of missouri respectively, congressmen added another 8 billion of the cost over five years. But is it your concern that a lot of adults come a lot of ways to get this through have made it much costlier than the original case. It has. But remember, it is not the people with preconditioning preexisting conditions. To the rug out of those individual market was in something desire to do and thats why i think we have a huge majority that will be voting yes on the ahca. Neil lets talk about what happens, assuming it wins in the house, and youre closer to this than ill ever be. Republicans have expressed concern that theyve got to be tired of provisions to limit the number of people to lose their Health Insurance. Democrats up to 24 million who can this coverage. That includes people of the choice not to pursue insurance. Mid20s maybe one up at the money somewhere else. This reduces or removes completely a government mandated capson does who wanted to manage health care of their own manners are about the republicans believe when it comes to limited government. Neil assuming this gets passed out, soon after weeks, months of wrangling a version gets cooked up in the senate, back to conference, when do you see this all getting done . I think sooner than later. A few senators i have that i serve alongside of, they want to move quickly on this. That is the president desire and remember this enclosing. We hear about at times why cant you just fix the aca . The original 2600 pages, another 6000 pages added to that. Former president bill clinton said not too long ago this model doesnt work here. Its our job to put together a health plan that gives the individual more options and choices. Neil said the fall you think . I think sooner than not. Neil will watch closely. Congressman, thank you. Meanwhile, the senate is talking about keeping those preexisting conditions, an important element. Listed. Whatever concessions are made to conservatives to get them in mind, especially preexisting conditions are so black and white and covered. Right now thats the point of contention they got to resolve an effect against aids flexibility. They are trying to fulfill President Trumps pledge to care for preexisting conditions. Use of silicon pledge to ensure all. That way a preexisting condition and a very big risk pool. Its okay. It takes some time to move it through the senate to make some of the changes that we think need to be made from a strength and a refundable tax credit, making sure we address medicaid in a way that works, ensuring people with chronic illness are covered in a preexisting conditions are covered. Heres why that became a big issue. Talking to a couple of these conservative Freedom Caucus members who are talking about leading the states to settle the issue of preexisting conditions. As soon as word got out that they might be time with coverage, not denying them, but leaving them to states to Price Coverage for such conditions, that raised the group to worry, wait a minute, are we removing a feature that remains the most popular piece of the Affordable Care act and coverage for preexisting conditions. Not to make it too onerous for those with such conditions, and ceo Scott Flanders with me right now. Do you think that ive been Adequate Police adult . What do you think. I do. I think its a misperception because the only individuals that will be covered without paying higher premiums are those who do not maintain continuous coverage. Neil what does that mean . Can you explain that to me . Ive had that, too. Does that mean theres a possibility you dont get coverage . No. The ahca guarantees coverage for anyone that signs up in an open enrollment period. It is only those individuals that try to game the system to stay out of the system and insured when they are healthy and tried to enroll when they get sick. What ahca does with the macarthur amendment if it enables the states to charge those people more money. It only seems fair to me and insurers will not come into the market unless they think theyll be fairly treated. Thats why this is absolutely critical to pass today. Neil it wouldnt be again like it is in maine where they have such a highrisk pool, but the individuals dont see those individuals dont pay more that somehow the status handling. Its not that simple. Are you telling me like they have a preexisting condition. And that my coverage lapse. I want coverage in my state. The state can charge me more . That is the impact here. Or a number, if you have a preexisting condition, you should enroll in insurance and maintain insurance in the ahca prohibits insurers from denying the new ability. It prohibits insurers from canceling anyone with a preexisting condition. Neil so insurers from charging significantly more for that patient, right . There is some flexibility given to the states, but theres also funding being given to the states to be able to find those highrisk pools for the very high utilizer said the system. And without doing not, Health Insurers are not going to come back to the market, neil. Look at e. Health. We covered 800,000 families in 2014. Today we only covered 265,000 families. The deceleration of coverage for essays what is happening overall. Neil why was that the case that it got too cost prohibitive for he did have a lot of socalled preexisting cases were shot through the roof, what . Now come entirely the consumer voting with their feet. They are doubled in three years. Neil i guess im asking, im sorry if im not clear. What is to stop someone with a preexisting condition. No one cannot coverage denied. That i understand. Your coverage is suddenly double what she thought, triple what you thought. It doesnt matter, right . Youre not able to get the coverage. Certainly affordability is a huge issue. Our Consumers Want better choice, more flexible benefits that they can buy a better fit their needs. Ahca does that. That is specific to your question. Ahca funds 130 billion for state highrisk pools. The updated blog amendment has another 8 billion specifically for the highrisk individuals. So there is massive amount of federal funding addressing the high risk, high utilizers. That needs to have been to a functioning market. What doesnt get talked about here and i find it frustrating on behalf of the e. Health consumers and we have hundreds of thousands, almost a million in total is just a punishing this has been for the working middle class. They are getting no subsidy because of the low level income limitation in premiums have doubled. Deductibles have doubled. There effectively selfinsured. Ahca will expand the market for middleclass. It will expand the market for young people. The cbo assumed there would be 40 of asean role he is under the age of 34. That number is 20 . Young people are not going to spend money for benefit or cost three times what they are actually spending. Getting more young people back in the system is a key deliverable ahca and i never hear anyone talk about it in the media. Neil good luck with that. Its an uphill climb. Scott flanders commit thank you very much. Good seeing you again. There a lot of things to like about this. A lot of things that look promising. Market effectiveness is one thing that could bring down the cost over many years. That is the hope here that is the pit republicans are making. Democrats are not buyingat. That vote expected to be a close one. 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Your insurance on time. Tap one little bumper, and up go your rates. What good is having insurance if you get punished for using it . News flash nobodys perfect. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. Switch and you could save 509 on auto insurance. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™ Liberty Mutual insurance. Neil all right, the Health Care Vote in a moment right now. Jim jordan of ohio. Congressman, great having you on. Any surprises you expect or are worried about . Now, i think just where you said earlier. It will be close, but we went about. We have a pretty good though we can send to the senate and hopefully the veteran fully accomplish what we told the voters we were going to do, which is all repealed. Neil so, you are not keen on the first go around the way it was going. You are now. What close the deal . Because conservatives engage in such an intensely over the last eight, 10 weeks, all the obamacare taxes are going right away. The leaked version. All of them in the first year. Some of them might show that his force 17. As a component for ablebodied adults which is a good thing. The highrisk pool came from two of our colleagues in the Freedom Caucus. Mr. Schweikert and mr. Palmer we think is important and most importantly the waiver provision is what we really fought hard for her. Were not going to repeal the regulations that drive up premiums have busted date the options for a waiver out of the regulations. Neil so, the fact that one of the ways to win over some of the colleagues with this preexisting condition whatever you guys call it will be a billion over five years, are you worried that stuff this with a lot of extra funds, that the savings over what was the distant Affordable Care act might not be as substantial as people think . Yeah, that is the case. We understand that. Our main focus is a full repeal. Weve got more work to do to get there and bring it up premiums for american middleclass families. If the waiver is received by states, that one fact have been for individuals. Across statewide purchasing of insurance, we will see more of that take place and really begin to bring down premiums as your previous guest was talking about, which has gone up so high for most families over the last several years. We think this is again a good solid step towards doing what voters sent us here to do, what we told them we were going to do. More work to a commish in the senate. Neil has the president talked to you to win you over, sage and i really need you on this one . Its not perfect, but the alternative is awful. Sure, we talked early on several times, at the white house several times, on the phone. The white house has been great. We talked to dr. Price, mr. Mulvaney i dont know how many times. Neil do you know the number when it comes up on the phone, president tribe. Im not home, not available. Is theres no caller i. D. Is what it says. Neil you obviously felt the pressure. The president was much more engaged in the second incarnation of the first. Is that true . I wouldnt call it pressure. The real pressure as lets do it we told the American People we are going to do. Neil at a white house event the other day, i dont think its a very good idea to vote for this thing. I get all that. My job is to direct told the voters i was going to be repaired washington inside pressure. Who cares if its what about the American People sent us to do. A big step in that direction and we are supporting it today in the vast majority of Freedom Caucus hearing just a few minutes. Neil you said the vast majority. There are going to be some holdouts. The ones holding out, is it because of the added cost . No, i think its because its not quite fully repeal of obamacare. It is only going to be two of our 30 some numbers. When i say vast majority, i mean vast majority of Freedom Caucus will vote yes. Neil i was talking to your colleagues who said something to the effect later this year was trying to push into a timeframe that it sounded like late summer, early fall. Thats my impression. I could be wrong. Before this is done. That may be optimistic kid and then you get to the tax cuts. Is that order right . It may take the senate a while to do. The senate timeframe is up to them, not up to the house of course. We can start working on the budget and into the tax legislation, we can start that right away, which we plan to do here in the house and not the good name. Get rid of obamacare, really the Regulatory Burden on American Business and do tax reform. You create the environment we still need it signed sealed delivered. We can start working on it in the house. We can begin work on here it here, which we are going to do. Neil okay, so when it comes to the tax cuts, are you a fan of whatevers agreed to be retroactive to the beginning of this year for which you just be happy if they take effect at the time . I am for the best deal we can get. Designed in the tax code that is conditioned to grow. Are you a fan of amateur active . Sure. But im not into this revenue neutral idea. That is a fan to way of saying the tax burden will stay the same. We will just shift on who goes by. In the environment, what happens if d. C. Gets a good deal. Middleclass families get a bad deal. Lets design a code that lets them escape money and create an environment for the growth. That will be first and foremost. Senator colleagues are on the days right up top including the senate where there isnt much wiggle around. A couple of votes there. Are you worried the tax cut ironically and have been harder life than the health care thing . We will see. When did republicans say letting people keep their money had to cost the government . When we lock ourselves . I dont buy that. We should do the right kind of tax policy and cut spending. That is with the Freedom Caucus is about. Lets do it that way. Neil jim jordan, never any doubt what you were coming from. I always admire that. Good seeing you again. Thank you to take care. Neil moments away from the vote. As the Congress Went out for a lot of big things that the markets anticipating we will go through kevin mccarthy, one of the Republican Leaders spelling out what will happen in and how it will happen. Again, hopeful that it will happen within the next hour. More after this. Why pause a spontaneous moment . Cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. Tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. 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Of course, it in tweeting he goes back to the Housing Conference enacted about some ire works they eyes is typically the case in the house and senate are separate version with essentially the same matter. For mark trump cochair, edgar feldman, conservative commentator gene allowed in. She not, what is at stake for republicans on this . I think that if republicans dont remain strong in the face of all of these things come of this regarding health care, of course the tax plan. Of course the border wall come of those things will go back to there could issue an and they are going to end a primary if they dont make a strong case. I really do think that the republicans have their game on. It took a little bit to remember that they went the Opposition Party anymore. I see great signs they are progressing in unifying and its a wonderfully gratifying thing to say. True do job oreilly, at the new york chair youre well aware of the Campaign Chair for the first time that protesters are greeting and hitting on everything from Climate Change to this very issue in destroying health care and taken away from folks. How do you think he should respond . Well, with the specific speech he is getting tonight, he should ignore it totally. This is a progressive city for its entire history. What is very striking about the protest tonight is that it is to drown at a commemoration of the 75yearold rattle or 646 americans died. If the Democratic Party wants to bring back moderates and people theyve abandoned in swing states that they often 16, ive been disrespectful to a commemoration of a battle is certainly not the way. Neil see where he is to help him not. Looking not this, i wonder what democrats see on here, they will lose their Health Insurance. Republicans are overstating losses. But the Health Coverage was still at this that whatever is started, its not as if republicans are ripping it up and throwing it away. There is still a folks getting coverage of the United States government did you think about it. Unfortunately its not as good meal. The reality is the Republican Party, the president , they are playing politics with the lives of the American People. They are putting the Nations Health at risk. This has gone too far. They are playing complete politics. This issue here transcends party politics. The protest tonight, protester with a weekend, protesterrecessm republicans and democrats. The majority neil Politics Senate democrats only voting for this. Well, neil, 21 Million People have health care they never did before. This is a life or death though. If republicans go for this, they will go down in 2018 because thousands of people, thousands of people will lose their coverage and thousands could die as a result. Im not trying to be dramatic. [inaudible conversations] the only politics happening here is the fact that the republicans are going to have to come in and save america from what obama did to this country and then after absolutely not. We are the only country the only country in the modern world that cant provide health care to its citizens. The reality is to be look look at the upton amendment there are thousands millions of people before that are going to not be able to get coverage because of preexisting conditions. We dont know how thats going to work out with preexisting conditions. Its a gray area to your point. Joe borelli, forget about those who have coverage and andrew makes a very good point about god. Gina does as well about the cost of that. For a lot of people who dont even have coverage, including many who do have coverage through the street facing eyepopping premium increases. Many people are not blaming this government attempt to take over this big republican style it back. What if a dialer back to the degree they want in premiums are still skyrocketing. Would that be seen as a great failure for donald trump . Is certainly could be. Thats the risk of doing something on this issue. Lets not forget, even bill clinton and democrats have come into the election cycle acknowledging that obamacare was the problem, not the solution. We shouldnt be surprised democrats to make an issue on this. They seem to play the Republican Party used in 2012 and 14 and 16 to win back the house, the senate and the white house on this issue. When we talk about activism and protest, lets remember a week ago we had a less conservative bill and it was because of conservative activists at jim jordan just pointed out the bill has become more can her but it. Neil bottom line, republicans for good or ill are stuck with whatever problems. They are not now. They have to make it better. Remember, republicans are protesting the bill. Republican congressmen should remember that when they go to the teacher is this weekend. But thats the difference. The majority [inaudible] neil will say. I just think people like to complain. We will see what happens here. If it is worse than it was, premiums go up and all of this could be for not and will still be seen as a big old omnibus Government Programs getting out of control, which is essentially Nancy Pelosis pitch on the floor of the house. That if you dont like obamacare , while republicans are coming up with is worse. But not exactly a fox business alert but i thought i would share it the way she is saying. More after this. That medicare should wither on the vine. Being upfront is how edward jones makes sense of investing. Neil to hear republicans tell it, healthc care work over will give a lot of people who get health care a better deal. Small businesses have to provide compensation and some sort of benefits to their workers, better deal as well. After the bell host, david asman, Small Business expert susan as well. Susan, depending on number of workers youre talking about, there is an obligation on Small Businesses part to pony up here. Is it any different under this measure . Yes. This measure will take away the employ are mandate. This is good thing for Small Businesses. This is a weight lifted off of our shoulders. Neil you dont have to provide benefits. Right. Most Small Businesses want to it is competitive advantage to get talent you need in your organization but you know obamacare didnt deliver. It was supposed to be affordable. We were going to be able to keep plans we and our employees likedded. That is all been wrong. The tax credits under obamacare were too complex for Small Businesses to take advantage of. So doing away with the many employer mandate means that Small Businesses now will have more money to invest in their businesses. So that is a good thing. But it is not the end all, be all when it comes to hiring for Small Businesses because we looked at the nfib forecast recently while optimism amongst Small Businesses remains fairly high there is a great deal of uncertainty. It was the second highest number of uncertainty since they have been measuring that attribute with Small Businesses uncertainly equates to what . Prevents Small Businesses from wanting to take risk. That means they will cautious about hiring and investing in their companies. Neil if they settle their difference, david asman that is Immediate Tax cut to Small Businesses and nothing to say individuals, which explains why there is such interest in the first place to try to get this done before addressing tax cuts. There are tax cuts with this, right . There are tax cuts, but i want to carry on with what susan was saying about the uncertainty, the there is no longer a mandate for employers to provide Health Insurance doesnt mean they wont continue to do so because they are hungerrerring down. They are uncertain about future and tax cuts. Workers they have, they have been providing wage increases for. Wages have been going up. They have been hiring more parttime workers but again uncertainty. Workers they have and know and they trust, they want to do everything to keep them. In terms of hiring new workers, 48 in that survey that susan mentioned, 48 reported few or no qualified applicants for positions they were trying to fill. So they have jobs. It is just they cant find the workers to fill those jobs. So the workers they have that can fill requirements theyre anxious to hang on to. That means continuing with the amount of Health Care Coverage they already have. Neil now, weve seen evidence, susan, that the economy seems to be slowing down. This health care thing is notwithstanding. Are you, some of your members hearing that barring any tax cuts at least this year. We could be entering serious headwinds . Well, i think, honestly, neil, there has been a dearth of entrepreneurial activity in this country for about a decade. This sb e council did a study and they found over the last decade 3. 5 million businesses failed to launch. Why is that . Up number one it is taxes, and it is stifling entrepreneurial activity. Think how many jobs would have been created if those businesses had actually to then of the ground. That is one thing. Small businesses are looking out seeing some good signs what goes back to what david and i was saying that uncertainty. Until they know the administration will be able to slash the regulation, give us a tax cut, give us tax reform, that will make a huge difference. I said it before on your show, neil. Were cautiously optimistic, cautious is the key word. This Health Care Bill theyre discussing it has a lot of flaws to it. There is still kind of an individual mandate, if you go on insurance, you want to get back, you have to pay surcharge. There are a lot of problems with the bill now. At least it would be something, address uncertainty what susan was talking about a little bit. What would address it a lot more is certainty of tax cuts, once the tax cuts kick in. All of the slack that we have seen, because the uncertainty is causing people to be cautious about hiring. That slack will be tightened. People will start going in like gangbusters. Neil thank you both. Go ahead, real quick. I was just going to say it does allow the hsa for people to put more money into hsas if costs go up, they can gedc that covered. Good point. Give me more money. Neil there we go. Nice, thank you. As we were speaking, getting word from chad pergram, they are lining up multiple vans and buses outside of the taking republicans to the white house for an event. Assuming Health Care Bill passes like a victory rally for the white house. All systems go for that. The buses are there. The vans are there waiting for the vote and congressman to get their fannies in there, celebrate before the white house moves. We were wondering why his trip to new york might be delayed a little bit. He will be in new york tonight. Ahead of that a bit of a celebration to the white house. To herald the first big legislative achievement as president of the United States. To our veterans. Neil all right, Speaker Paul Ryan on the floor of the house talking up that vote now minutes away. Put this collapsing law behind us. End this failed experiment. Lets make it easier for people to afford their Health Insurance. Lets give people more choices and more control over their care. Lets make Insurance Companies come in and compete for your business. Lets return power from washington to the states. Lets help get people peace of mind. [applause] lets put the patient, not the bureaucrats at the center of the system. This bill does all of those things. [applause] this bill delivers on the promises that we have made to the American People. You know, a lot of u waiting seven years to cast this vote. Many of us are here because we pledgedded to cast this very vote. To repeal and replace obamacare. To rescue people from this collapsing law. Are we going to meet this test . Are we going to be men and women of our word . Are we going to keep the promises that we made . Yes or are we going to falter . No. [shouting] after all of this, after all of this, after seeing is happening in iowa and around the country, after seeing this law collapsing while we witness it across the country, knowing all the turmoil that is coming, we will not falter, we willreplace. And today, is the day that were going to do this. Today this house has the opportunity to do more than just fulfill a promise. We have the opportunity to raise gaze and settle a bold course for our country. We have the opportunity to show we have the resolve to tackle big challenges in this country before they tackle us. To stop the drift of arrogant Big Government policies in our lives and liberty and reform based on self determination. Giving people choice, letting them control their own destinies. That is the day before us right here. So let us pass this bill, to take the incomes step to put obamacare behind us. Let us pass this bill to build a Better Health care system for american families. Let us pass this bill to leave this country better than we found it, because that is why we are here. That is what is at stake today. And that is why i am going to be so proud to cast my vote for this legislation and i urge all of my colleagues to do the same. [applause] neil youve been listening to speak are paul ryan argue on behalf of legislation that didnt look like it would ever see the light of day. Now it will, within minutes it is expected to be voted on and expected to be pass. Imagine if it werent, all of sudden that would be a big black eye, he decided no doubt watching his show, a number of our guests are saying vote on this thing yea or nay. See how it goes. Theyre getting ready for the process right now. We have a doctor, family and emergency medicine expert. So very good to have you, doctor. Kennedy also here with us. So doctor, let me ask you a little bit about what you see going on here. Republicans have term what they come up with, not perfect but better than whats out there now. What do you make of that . Absolutely. I have to say i 100 completely agree with paul ryan. Im so excited because yesterday, last night, was a huge step in the right direction. It was a very momentous time. We got a little bit closer, a little bit closer to you know, getting that accessible, affordable, High Quality Health Care that we need, especially with 80 billion thanks to upton and the upton amendment. That shows to me good faith. Good intentions. Neil 80 billion to cover largely preexisting conditions. Put into a pool for those patients that have preexisting conditions. That shows good faith, good intent. Puts our patients first. That is very important to me, covers children, disabled and elderly. Neil you like it. Kennedy, there is still the notion, whatever happens, lets say this does get approved, sort of tinkered with in the senate, but ultimately work out the difference, now republicans own this health care thing. They absolutely have to. It is interesting neil what if premiums keep rising, what if all the other stuff keeps happening . I dont see anything that will keep premiums naturally rising. The only thing does that if the Health Care Industry interfaces with the free market. It hasnt been able to do that since the mid 60s with crossexamination of medicaid. Neil premiums go through the roof. Premiums will absolutely rise. Republicans will have to own that. There is not enough in this bill to stop that before all important midterms for them next year. Paul ryan talks a pretty good game but theyre very empty promises. There is still way too much government bureaucracy and complexity in this legislation. Unfortunately that highrisk pool is where liberty goes to drown. Neil cow. Doctor, what do you make of an idea it has been raised here, that those preexisting conditions who let their coverage lapse will pay through the nose for the privilege getting it back . Maybe that is the way it is going to be, and theyre a higher risk pool anyway, some im told there is no ceiling on higher premium they could pay as a result. What do you think of that . That is the whole point a lot of people are missing. They have created these highrisk pools, this funding allocated to states, to compensate for those people that will ned extra funding. So they have got these backup plans in place if you will. Neil what happens, doctor, say you have a preexisting condition and first out and want to get coverage now, you will pay a lot for that . Maybe that is the way it should be you will pay a lot if you can afford it . Even if you after afford out or if you cant. Emergency room, those patients without insurance neil which is way it was before, exactly. Exactly. That is result of an overwrought governmentrun system that happened before we had obamacare. Obamacare made it much, much worse and hastened the decline into singlepayer. Right now one of the biggest issues for a lot of states like iowa, is not having any choices on the insurance market. And they worry that they dont have more than one or more than two. There arent going to be any choices with a singlepayer system. There is no way in a country this complex we do anything but ration care. Neil doctor, i talked to many in your fine profession, and you do gods work, people always rail against doctors or whatever, the fact of the matter is, many doctors i have talked to said, with obamacare, whatever, it is just not worth it, neil. I had one neurologist, doesnt want his son to go into the business because it is not worth it. What do you think . The problem is, the problem is, premiums and deductibles are so high, there is such a tremendous financial burden on patients, and it makes it very difficult for doctors to do their job because patients are delaying seeking medical care or they have lost their doctors because their doctors are out of network. And then they come in when theyre really, really sick. I had a patient last week, in his mid 50s, past due on his colonoscopy came in with abdominal pain and bloating, long story short, abdominal mass, abdominal cancer. Ended up with multiple surgeries, with a coloss toe my bag, all of that could have been prevented if he was able to afford his deductible and get the initial preventative screening. Neil that wont alleviate the problem with this effort. No. In fact this kind of governmentrun insurance disincentivizes people to take care of themselves. Not necessarily because there are high deductibles and high premiums. Lets stop treating Insurance Companies like crony pillar of our society. This republican plan, is just a handout for Insurance Companies. Instead of that individual mandate going to the government, that penalty now is paid to Insurance Companies for that lapsed coverage. Neil kennedy, final words. Doctor, thank you very, very much. Were awaiting the house vote. Theyre doing it in three votes i understand. I dont know why that is. There are three votes. The big one is the last vote. Theyre on the first vote. That is about all i know. More after this. Are allergies holding you back . Break through your allergies. Try new Flonase Sensimist instead of allergy pills. Six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. Most allergy pills only block one. And six is greater than one. Break through your allergies. New Flonase Sensimist predictable. The comfort in knowing where things are headed. Because as we live longer. And markets continue to rise and fall. Predictable is one thing you need in retirement to help protect what youve earned and ensure it lasts. Introducing brighthouse financial. A new company established by metlife to specialize in annuities life insurance. Talk to your advisor about a brighter financial future. Neil all right. The president is very quickly commenting tweeting on on the whole vote. Our Healthcare Plan will lower premiums and deductibles. Trish regan with all of that. Trish all right, we have a big hour coming up. Thank you very much. Okay. Here we go. Breaking right now, everyone, the house is about to vote any minute from now in roughly 7 minutes and four seconds if you look at the clock there on the bottom, they have a procedural vote on something else, but as soon as this is done, they are ready to vote on the gop healthcare bill to repeal and replace obamacare. Republicans need 216 yes votes for this bill to pass. They can only afford to lose 21 votes, remember that. So will they reach this magic number 216