wave criteria in terms of the polling. they went after white whales. they ve been in power for years or searching for power for years to cut taxes, repeal and replace obamacare. they couldn t come up with a health care replacement. they couldn t repeal it. they passed tax reform. next year if the majority hasn t been so much fun and they met their big goals or failed with them, it won t be much fun being in the minority. bret: ahab got the moby dick of tax reform. if the economy is roaring though we were the way the republicans predict, they are going to be in a much better position. that said, the past three midterms have seen the party and white house lose double digit numbers. they are heading into headwinds, no doubt. a.b. is right. a lot of those districts, trump is going to be a real drag for people but it s too soon especially in the senate to be
this president, and from this white house. to what you were just saying, you would hope you would see folks at town halls saying to lawmakers who want to repeal the aca, will actually, i ve gotten obamacare, i m in the program, my friends, my family. but facts often don t change people s minds. and i could see folks say, in kentucky, saying, i don t like obamacare, i like connect, not understanding it s the same thing. important points the president may want to talk about, the 35% number you talked about before, under 35-year-old folks. helping to keep that risk pool down where it needs to be. and also, insurers out saying that there s going to be a 7% raise in health care premiums, not anywhere near the double digit numbers that a lot of conservatives have been screaming about will happen. both of those numbers lead to people being able to be optimistic about the near future of this thing. right. and don t forget about the 7
kentucky and washington, d.c. single digit numbers. how does this winter blast compare to what we had a few weeks back? more than 20 states were hit with below temperature and some areas saw 15 inches. but wind chills were the problem. north dakota saw 50 below 0. friends in vermont looking at negative 29 wind chill. we will think of them. new profile of president obama in the new yorker magazine has gotten a lot of attention. the president defends his record on everything from race, to inequality, to marijuana. he talks about how hard it is as president to get things done and
77% of americans guess what, i don t understand this bill. i don t understand my insurance. i don t know how to read this. shep: i don t how to read it and i don t know what to do about it i don t know thousand find a mistake. this is what you should look for. you can have charges for people who are giving you tests. charges for hospital and doctor. i it could be anywhere and they are codes. five digit numbers for absolutely anything you could ever have, thousands and thousands of numbers. you can look them up on the american medical association s website. at the very least you want to look what your doctor ordered and codes on that statement compared to what you were actually billed. americans are paying more and more of their healthcare. it pays to check it out. shep: i ll check. thank you, gerri.
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