that at least 15 million people will lose coverage if trumpcare passes. the white house is already playing the estimate down. the irony of the score is that the cbo was way off the last time. if you re looking to the cbo for accuracy, you re looking in the wrong place. the reason trumpcare proponents are moving so quickly is simple with each and everyday that passes, the list of people and institutions opposed to their bill, which already includes the aarp, every democrat on the record, and many congressional republicans, gets even longer. look, no one likes this bill hospital, doctors, governors, conservatives, liberal, non-partisan groups and, most of all, the people who will no longer have affordable health care. this graphic shows some of the non-partisan groups that have come out against the bill. in a remarkable move the chief medical officer for medicaid has come out against it as well.
people with paul ryan s better way and we campaigned on the fact that we were going to improve the system and i think that s what we ve done. i get that but there s legislative language now. i m curious, how many hearings has your committee had on this bill? we had a 27-hour marathon session and all of the issues were vetted and i was proud of the committee the in our bipartisan capacity. the one that went through the night. but how many hearings with witnesses called to offer their expert testimony, whether doctors, people from the insurance industry, other folks, how many hearings has your committee had on this bill? we ve had a series of hearings over the last several years on the issue and we campaigned, chris, on this matter over the course of the election cycle. but in this congress i m sorry, i don t want to belabor this, but it s my understanding in this congress on this legislation there have been zero hearings but for the 27-hour marathon markup that went through
oh, gosh, i d say that s a surprise to me. i m surprised because the other data that i ve seen i haven t checked recently, i don t think people would be eager to repeal it if they know folks want to keep it. but i m eager to repeal. it it is the case this bill was unpopular for a long time, 45% support. it s now majority support and 63% want to see it kept or expanded. you want to see it repealed? done away with? i want it all ripped out by the roots. i want to repeal every word of it. i wrote the repeal bill in the middle of the night, march 23, 2010. those 40 words end with as if it had never been enacted. and that s the bill i d like to see go from the house which it s passed in the past over to the senate and set it on mitch mcconnell s desk so we start fresh. i say we have a bad foundation, we need to start fresh and
hurry that the public doesn t get to weigh in and make their recommendations. the house version of the aca bill was introduced by nancy pelosi in mid-july 2009. it got voted on the floor in november. it was six months. does six months seem like an adequate or more proper framework to go through hearings? have public airing of this? well, that seems like a plenty long time when we look back on that. i didn t realize it was six months before we go to that november 7 vote. i remember that exact date. that s right. so but you know if we had four or five things to work this through, that would be an appropriate amount of time. the country is much more attuned to health insurance policy than they were then. i don t know if it takes as as long as to examine these things plus the public s experienced, they know what they don t want and i don t think we ve con to a consensus on what they want. when you say we know what they don t want, what do you make of the fact that polling shows
but we should get a sense of what they think. joining me now, republican congressman leonard lance of new jersey, member of the house energy and commerce committee which advanced the health care bill this afternoon. congressman, you re a yes on this bill i take it? i was a yes in committee today based upon the bill as it exists today and we ve just completed a 27-hour marathon committee hearing. why are you rushing so fast? i don t think we re rushing. it came out of energy and commerce and out of ways and means but now, chris it goes to the budget committee and it these go through the budget committee and then the rules committee and then it s put on the floor and whatever we do goes to the senate. how many hearings open hearings with witness testimony and the like have you had on this bill? we ve had a series of hearings over the last several years on the affordable care act no, in this congress. how many hearings in this congress on this bill? we have gone to