that mean a larger percentage covered, better health care outcomes? if you get in the primary goal of the replace part of the deal, what would be? vice president pence: i think the primary goal, first, is to give people freedom over their own health care choices. right now it s amazing to think, the center of obamacare is a requirement that every american by health insurance whether they wanted or needed to or not. if they don t buy health insurance, the government orders them to do, they have to pay a fine to the federal government. 6.5 million americans paid a fine to the government because their choices and health insurance, they are being forced to buy, were so bad. i ve heard from those families, the president hears from those families all across the country. first is the freedom to the america people to make their own health care choices. the second is restoring the kind of free market that will allow the health insurance innovation to happen to bring down the cost
that mean a larger percentage covered, better health care outcomes? if you get in the primary goal of the replace part of the deal, what would be? vice president pence: i think the primary goal, first, is to give people freedom over their own health care choices. right now it s amazing to think, the center of obamacare is a requirement that every american by health insurance whether they wanted or needed to or not. if they don t buy health insurance, the government orders them to do, they have to pay a fine to the federal government. 6.5 million americans paid a fine to the government because their choices and health insurance, they are being forced to buy, were so bad. i ve heard from those families, the president hears from those families all across the country. first is the freedom to the america people to make their own health care choices. the second is restoring the kind of free market that will allow the health insurance innovation to happen to bring down the cost of health in
difficulty of the main goal. i think the primary goal first is to give people freedom over their own health care choices and right now it is amazing to think in the center of obamacare is a requirement that every american by health insurance whether they wanted or needed or not. reporter: that is the centerpiece of the best shot republicans have of passing anything, the skinny repeal gets rid of the individual mandate and most of the obamacare taxes but getting to 50 vote seems elusive. democrats remain entirely opposed, elizabeth warren vowing to resist. democrats will be here fighting for as long as it takes to beat back the shameful health care bill. we hear the american people, we hear you, we are on your side
a larger percentage of the population covered? better health care outcomes? if you get in the primary goal of the replace part of the deal, what it would be? vice president pence: i think the primary goal, first, is to give people freedom over their own health care choices. right now it s amazing to think, at the center of obamacare is a requirement that every american buy health insurance whether they want it or need it or not. if they don t buy health insurance, the government orders them to do, they have to pay a fine to the federal government. 6.5 million americans paid a fine to the government because their choices in health insurance they were are being forced to buy were so bad. i ve heard from those families, the president hears from those families all across the country. first is the freedom to the american people to make their own health care choices. the second is restoring the kinc of free market that will allow the health insurance innovation to happen to bring down the
things could have been worse. you - layer on top of that the fact that the president has had to go back on his main promise i would say in selling obamacare. if you like your plan, you can n keep it.th not only has he had to break th that promise, we understand ce clearly that he was always intending to break that promise. in some ways, it s at the center of obamacare, how obamacare works is that people of course people are going to be kicked off their plans. so this has been a disaster for the administration.th it s bad for the country and something we ll be dealing with in the next year. alisa, steve brings up the president s promise.l nbc news the in october, the obama administration knew millions could not keep their health insurance. why did they t say that? w many of these promises were i made when he was still trying to pass the law.in the point he was trying to make was that this law isn t going to necessarily disrupt the le