$180 billion in medicaid funding and you are also going to cut taxes for rich people by $880 billion? it s one thing to say we will fix this program to make it more sustainable, to serve people but in the same legislation, they are also eliminating taxes for mostly rich folks by exactly that same amount. that does not send a good signal. if you need to win people s trust. that s what donald trump needs to do if he s going to build on his distinctive national agenda. tucker: a lot of people i know, it s not going to reach his desk. that s what they are saying. which of the president do with this bill? i think he needs to say we need to start over again. go back to the drawing board and make sure we have a program that is going to win broad support and be sure that vulnerable folks are not harmed first. tucker: if he doesn t do that? he will be in trouble.
bill. and if you look at three basic component, it s hard to understand why any republican would support it after a populist election put donald trump in office. you ve got massive tax cuts for the wealthy. an $880 billion cut to medicaid. that s the health care services for the poor and disabled. and then essentially an obamacare-lite that tilts towards the young, healthy and wealthy and way from the older and poorer and sicker. none of those things match up with the pop liss rhetoric of donald trump on the campaign trail. and i think republicans right now are stuck between the no fixed principles, as charlie said with president trump and this dogmatic view of the world paul ryan has brought forward that wants tax cuts for anyone who is wealthy at any cost and wants to slash medicaid beyond all recognition. regardless of whether it s politically viable. i think these members are all jumping ship because they want to make sure they get reelect or
covered. you are getting better coverage for the more they are paying. there is nothing in the first bill that affects the benefits. nothing at all. let me talk about this. you said there were categories of people that rely on medicaid. $880 billion will be cut from medicaid over 10 years if your plan phase one goes into effect. how are you going to deal with the people who are desperately in need of expanded coverage? if you are falling into the trap of individuals measuring the success of medicaid by how much money we put into it. our goal is to make certain they are receiving the care they need and the outcomes of the care they are receiving is actually making them better. they are becoming more well and utilizing preventive services
from it. that doesn t make a lot of sense in the overall scheme of things. $880 billion over the next several years. how that s going to solve the problem and asked him several times and it s not just about money. it s about individualizing care. i m not sure what that means. given that you were one of the architects of obamacare and you know the problems that exist with obamacare becoming increasingly not affordable for a number of americans. one of the core arguments here is that if you give americans more choice, you give americans more choice you definitely get lower costs. isn t that a guarentee. no it s not a guarentee. more importantly there s nothing in the proposal that gives americans more choice. this is simply taking away choice from the poorest and the sickest and the oldest americans would pay five times more than today. i don t understand how charging
i m a retired teacher. so you have coverage through your employer. yes. the employer-sponsored insurance, which is where the majority of americans get their insurance, 175 million, isn t touched a bit by our plan. but you have your ten essential things that need to be covered. and they have to be covered. you can t have people pick and choose what they want to be covered. they have to be covered. those are ten things that need to be covered. and you re getting better coverage for more the more that you re paying. [ applause ] and there s nothing in that first bill, there s nothing in that first bill that affects the essential health benefits, nothing at all. let me press you on one thing, dr. price. you said there were four critically important categories of people in medicaid. according to the congressional bj et office, $880 billion is