honest. we want things from government, we don t want to pay the taxes for them. senator, you re a physician, do you support obamacare s mandate to cover preexisting conditions? because this bill won t necessarily cover treatment for preexisting conditions because it allows states to waive the federal mandate on what insurers most cover known as essential health benefits. this could mean that you could cover a person with cancer, but not necessarily pay for that person s chemotherapy. do you support that? i think it all likelihood, actually this bill largely keeps the preexisting clause that was in obamacare, but we have to realize and this is where we have to sort of have a big heart and also use our brain as well. the death spiral of obamacare is because we tell people you can buy insurance after you get sick. but then we have regulatory burden, those benefits and i make $30,000 a year, but because of the
latitude to get out of covering essential health benefits. fourth, it defunds planned parenthood, making it harder for millions of women to obtain the health care they need and deserve. now, why are they doing all this? to provide a giant tax break for the wealthiest americans. simply put, the bill will result in higher costs, less care, millions of americans will lose their health insurance, particularly through medicaid. it is every bit as bad as the house bill, and in some ways even worse. the president has said that the senate bill needed heart. the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. the president said that the house bill was mean. and joining me now is robert costa, washington post national political reporter and moderator of washington weekend and
at dire risk maternity care, mental health coverage, by allowing states even more latitude to get out of covering essential health benefits. fourth, itty de-funds planned parenthood making it hard for millions of women to afford the health care they need and deserve. why are they doing all this? to provide a giant tax break for the wealthiest americans. simply put, the bill will result in higher costs, less care, millions of americans will lose their health insurance, particularly through medicaid. it s every bit as bad as the house bill. in some ways even worse. the president has said that the senate bill needed heart. the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. the president said the house bill was mean.
get out of covering essential health benefits. fourth, if the funds planned parenthood, making it harder for millions of women to obtain the health care they need and deserve. why are they doing all this? to provide a giant tax break for the wealthiest americans. simply put, the bill will result in higher costs, less care, millions of americans will lose their health insurance, particularly through medicaid. it s every bit as bad as the house bill and in some ways, even worse. the deming stomach the president has said this bill needs heart. the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. the president said the hospital was mean. the senate bill will be meaner. the senate reap public and health care bill is a wolf in
that provided price protections from those with preexisting conditions as well as ten essential health benefits required by obamacare. while it institutes phase out the senate version fundamentally reshapes the medicaid program and it goes further instituting what amounts to dramatically deeper cuts than the house version by significantly slowing federal spending growth over time. republicans depending the proposal as necessary to sustain the program. tonight democrats are if furiated. the senate republican health care bill is a wolf in sheep s clothing. only this wolf has even sharper teeth than the house bill. wolf, that democrat opposition representing high wire act. can only lose 52 votes.