for one thing. some of the subsidies may be higher than the house version for some things. the president has called for more heart in the senate version. is that what he s getting? well, first, i think people are going to take a close look at the details that are not that complicated. i don t know what they ve spent the last couple of weeks doing in these back rooms, maybe playing monopoly, i m not sure. but if we believe what s in the discussion draft, the differences are minor. so, yes, medicaid has an additional year, but the cuts are much more drastic. and they would have a much worse a much harsher impact on lower-income people. there still is going to be an ability more states to opt out of coveraging the essential benefits package. that means that maternity coverage and mental health coverage won t be covered. these are some of the issues that caused a lot of concerns by moderates the first time around. and i suspect they re going to have those same concerns now. there aren
will happen tomorrow, we ll see this tomorrow one way or another, people are going to forget the fight about it being done in private. and most senate republicans, many of whom we heard complaining right there, they re going to vote for it. that s true in the sense that process will cease to be the issue once we get a look at this thin thing. tomorrow. and if it s a bill a senator can t support, even someone who was being as sarcastic as john mccain, he will, in fact, vote for it. this is a power play by mcconnell and the leadership. no question about it. they re going to try to make it as easy as possible for everybody to get to yes. they haven t done so in a way that the rest of us are comfortable with. if we care about good government and transparency. but if it s a bill that they can vote for, they will vote for it. it s another washington thing will people will complain, complain, complain about something and not actually stand up and do anything about it when that moment
from what we ve seen. and the guarantee of pre-existing conditions, we don t know how that will play in the senate version. exactly. jason miller, i m curious from the right. in addition to working for the president and his campaign and during the transition, you worked for ted cruz at one point during the campaign. i don t know if his vote is a guaranteed yes on this so far. if it goes far enough for ted cruz. what do you think? well, i think the senate leadership, i think, is a doing a couple of smart things here. i think as far as those that they need more in the center, i think slowing some of the phasing. i think also tying the tax credits into income as opposed to age, i think those but if it spends more money than the house bill, isn t that the type of thing that the drooted cruz i used to know would be against. but what he really likes what they re doing on the senate side, when they re slowing down the inflation growth on medicaid. so as opposed to going to the m
what is going on! all right. and that is the question. what is going on? and what might it say about the many more races to come in 2018? back now with the panel, paul begala managed to keep his head from exploding over the break. although, insulted me just before we came back on the television right now. now, you want to talk about health care, which was an issue in georgia six. not much of one. they talked about it. john suan ossoff said jon ossoff mostly said, i m going to cut waste and fraud abuse. karen handel didn t embrace it, ossoff didn t attack it, but democrats will. they will. this saying, they re going to talk to actual people. you know, we cover the washington thing. oh, is senator mccain going to vote for it? that s not how people process it. they say, my daughter has asthma and i can t get her medicine anymore. my mom is in a nursing home and she s going to get cut off medicaid. two-thirds of people in nursing homes are on medicaid. these are real people, many
for it. this is a power play by mcconnell and the leadership. no question about it. they re going to try to make it as easy as possible for everybody to get to yes. they haven t done so in a way that the rest of us are comfortable with. if we care about good government and transparency. but if it s a bill that they can vote for, they will vote for it. it s another washington thing will people will complain, complain, complain about something and not actually stand up and do anything about it when that moment comes. jen psaki, to the substance of this, some of the details are starting to drip out if you read some of the papers right now. the senate version, it may phase out the medicaid expansion for slowly than the house version for one thing. some of the subsidies may be higher than the house version for some things. the president has called for more heart in the senate version. is that what he s getting? well, first, i think people are going to take a close look at the details th