as i mentioned, i m not going to house intelligence committee has given the white house until monday it s given the doj. department of justice, we covered this yesterday, but i m not gonna get ahead or what they may or may not is up mit. possibly nothing? at least from where we stand we know there is significant reporting on this subject. something will be presented? i feel very confident of that. yeah. follow-up on coverage. of course. you were saying that people, if they can t get access to insurance, they don t have coverage. if you remove the individual mandate, you are going to have people who are not going to buy coverage. they re not going to buy insurance. so getting back to the congressional budget office score, would you concede that there will be some coverage losses, per happens in the millions? there will be millions that will not have health insurance as a result of what you re doing? well, again, sure, except you
without health insurance if they are no longer mandated to buy it under obamacare. would you concede that there will be some coverage losses, perhaps in the millions, that there will be millions of people who will not have health insurance as a result of what you re doing? well, again, sure, except you have to look at the current situation. reporter: press secretary sean spicer tried to explain how the republican plan satisfies the president s promise to cover every american. the president is okay with millions of people who won t have health coverage? right now they re not getting that. and by giving them more choices at a lower cost, more americans can either buy health care for their family or themselves, or in a lot of cases for their business without paying the penalty. the system now is not working. the costs are going up. the choices are going down. and deductibles are going up. that is not an option. reporter: democrats insist that s not acceptable. i see all this
i don t want to get ahead of as i mentioned, i m not going to the house intelligence committee has given administration until monday to it has given the doj. right. and the department of justice again, we covered this yesterday. but i m not going to get ahead of what they may or may not submit. possible, or may be nothing? no that s not from where we stand we know there is significant reporting on this subject that something will be presented? i feel very confident of that. yes. a follow up. of course. on coverage. you were saying that you know, people, if they can t get access to insurance they don t hve coverage right. if you remove the individual mandate you are going to have people who are not going to buy coverage. they are not going to buy insurance. getting back to the congressional budget office score, would you concede that there will be some coverage losses? perhaps in the millions? that there will be millions of people who will not hav
coverage because they couldn t afford it. you ideology and interests that make this a very complex field to get through. you know, it s interesting, david, because by all accounts this legislation was crafted, put together strictly by republicans in the house of representatives. doesn t look like any democrats were involved, but if it s going to pass, presumably, you might need some democrats especially in the senate because phase two and phase three will require 60 votes. republicans only have 52. republicans only have 52. i think the test for democrats is whether they hang together and force republicans to pass this on their own. as republicans forced democrats to do back in 2010. that s on the politics. what democrats know from the painful experience of 2010 is that whatever republicans do, regardless of whether it s too left or too right, they will own whatever comes out, whatever is passed and they re keenly aware of it. real quick, the coverage losses are potentially so big
it says essentially it would provide about the same amount of deficit reduction, substantially less deficit reduction in the original bill and about the same number coverage losses. moving target. wheeling and dealing continues. bret: this is the manager s amendment and the changes could have been coming all along. mike, thank you. the vote to repeal and a place obamacare could have big implications for president trump who has consistently promised to get rid of his predecessor s legacy health care law. and has often touted his own ability as a businessman to close a deal. president worked the phone survey and in person to try to do that, john roberts joins us from the north lawn with the mood at the white house that this vote has been postponed, possibly as we said, for friday. good evening.