writing, quote, republican senators are working hard to get their failed obamacare replacement approved. i will be at my desk, pen in hand. vice-president mike pence made a similar pitch in a speech to the nation s governors this afternoon. president donald trump is going to lead this congress to rescue the american people from the collapsing policies of obamacare. reporter: trump is also working behind the scenes, spending part of his time in paris making phone calls to gop senators, including senator rand paul, who s position has not changed. many rank and file undecided are waiting to hear from stakeholders back home before making up their minds. i hope that they wait and speak with their state leaders as i will over the weekend. i hope that they wait until they see the cbo score which doesn t come out until next week. reporter: republicans from states with governors who expanded medicaid are under a special kind of pressure because this bill rolls back federal funding for t
working behind the scenes, spending part of his time in paris making phone calls to gop senators, including paul, whose position has not changed. many rank and file republicans who remain undecided are waiting to hear from stake holders back home before making up their minds. i would like them to wait to speak to their state leaders as i will over the weekend, and i hope they wait until they see the cbo score which doesn t come out until next week. reporter: but in some cases, conversations back home could make the situation more difficult. republicans in states with governors who expanded medicaid are under a special kind of pressure, because this bill rolls back federal funding for the expansion. rob portman of ohio and dean vet ter of ohio are both dealing with governors unhappy with the plan. brian sandoval is supposed to meet with pence today but still has concerns. ohio governor john kasich made a statement where he said the bill is still unacceptable. and even though the pro
wildly expensive very ineffective because people could not afford that kind of coverage. people couldn t get insurance. so by the time the president signed the law we had one out of six americans with no insurance coverage at all. and i want to make it clear that insurance health insurance does not mean you get good health care. we know that. but having no insurance almost guarantees that you don t get the right care, you don t get preventive care, you don t get your diseases taken care of, you can t buy prescription drugs. we also know that. so this bill rolls back what were finally insurance companies rules that said you can t pick and choose any longer, you have to sell across the board and you have to sell a policy that s really an insurance policy. you must compete on price and you must compete on service. and people need to know what s in their policies. and one of the things that they will learn going forward is that implementing as you were
hey, let s begin with a name change. the affordable care act would now be the american care act. l here are three big changes. the new tax credits would be age based, not income based, starting at $2,000 for people in their 20s going up to $4,000 for people over 60. credits are reduced for those who make $75,000 a year and phased out altogether for those making $215,000. the new bill rolls back the expansion of medicaid which is a point of contention for republican lawmakers whose constituents rely heavily on medicaid.t individual mandate and employer mandate is out. if you do not have insurance, you no longer have to pay a fine. here s what stays the same. you can still get insurance with pre-existing conditions and you can still stay on your parents
revealed its replacement for that law. for details we are joined by trace gallagher. hey, let s begin with a name change. the affordable air care act wod now be the the new tax credits would be age based, not income based, starting at $2,000 for people in their 20s going up to $4,000 for people over 60. credits are reduced for those who make $75,000 a year and phased out altogether for those making 215,000. the new bill rolls back the expansion of medicaid which is a point of contention for republican lawmakers whose constituents rely heavily on medicaid. employer mandate is out. if you do not have insurance, you know longer have to pay a fine. here s what stays the same. you can still get insurance with