the bipartisan debate on health care. republican senators lindsay graham and cassidy will face off against bernie sanders and amy oef char. just tonight republican senator susan collins said she ll vote no. phil mattingly joins us from capitol hill. what do we know about what got collins to no ? the interesting thing about collins throughout the health care debate, anderson, it s never been a secret what her priorities were. after he voted tonight and put out the statement opposing the bill, she made very clear it was the fact they were overhauling the medicaid program without a significant number of hearings or a deep look into why they were actually doing it. when it came to the actual graham/cassidy proposal itself, even though there was an effort to set maine in a better place, she made the point, just because you can do this in a partisan
the numbers right now just don t add up. phil mattingly, thank you. joining us is rick santorum. also kirstin powers. senator, with collins a no vote, is this fight over. oh, no. it s not over by a long shot. whether this week this bill is going to pass, it s looking less likely, but i m not even 100% sure of that. what i can tell you is that i think what s been determined particularly with the hearing today, which i testified at the finance committee, i think there is broad support among republicans for this approach that does two things. number of one another, block grants, a cap grant on medicaid which bill clinton proposed years ago. whi
fashion now, what s going to keep it going a couple years from you from now? preexisting conditions has been a concern for her. this bill goes pretty far in giving the leeway to cut way back on medicaid. it underscores inside the republican conference, as has been the case for the last nine months, ideologically they are not unified right now. senator graham spoke tonight, what does he have to say? does he believe it s over? he s still trying and working. it s still clear, phone calls are still being made. but the difference on lindsey graham today from the last couple of days, is instead of of guaranteeing there would be a vote, saying they would get to 50 votes, when he was asked whether they would be a vote, he said i don t know. it s very clear things were moving in the wrong direction. he s still working on it but it s clear if you talk to anybody, there s no clear pathway forward.
the numbers right now just don t add up. fill mattingly, thank you. joining us is rick santorum. also kirstin powers. senator, with collins a no vote, is this fight over. not by a long shot. whether this week this bill is going to pass, it s looking less likely, but i m not even 100% sure of that. what i can tell you is that i think what s been determined today, there s broad support among republicans for this approach that does two things. number of one another, block grants, a cap grant on medicaid which bill clinton proposed years ago. and the second thing it does is it takes the money from the affordable care act, puts it in a block grant and says, state, you deal with this problem