reporter: the proposal would attempt to address complaints that the original bill didn t go far enough to address obamacaretion regulatory infrastructure. to t. would provide states the options to apply for waivers to opt out of obamacare s ten essential health benefits, the minimum requirements for any insurance plan, and also provide an opt-out option for the community ratings regulations which prevent insurers from raising premiums based on age, gender, or health. but for the moment the freedom caucus members aren t committing. there is no deal in principle. there is a solid idea that was offered. we are certainly encouraged by the progress we seem to be making. reporter: and senior gop aides point to an underlying problem that remains unchanged. start with a plan that appeals to as many as possible, then move it to the right. that may bring conservatives on board. it also risks bleeding the very moderates necessary to reach the
is there going to be a vote on health care? reporter: the proposal would attempt it address conservative complaints, that the original bill didn t go far enough to undo obamacare s regulatory infrastructure. it would provide states the options to apply for waivers to opt out of obamacare s ten essential health benefits. the minimum requirements for any insurance plan, and also provide an opt out option for the community ratings regulations, which prevent insurers from racing premiums based on age, gender or health. for the most, the freedom caucus members aren t committing. there s no deal in principal. there s a solid idea that was offered. we re certainly encouraged by the progress we seem to be making. reporter: senior gop aides point to an underlying problem that remains unchanged. start with a plan that appeals to as many as possible. then move it to the right. that may bring conservatives on
with good intent and good faith a series of hypotheticals. if this then what? and so we re not where we want to be yet but we re trying to get there. and i think that s why the vice president s been so attentive and we look forward to talking to him again. the proposals from the freedom group that would allow states to apply for federal waivers exempting them, certain mandates like essential health benefits, is that isn t that going to not get moderates on board? is there a sweet spot for this? yeah, i think there is. what the president s team has come back with is how about if we power this down to the states? if you can get to an essential benefits removal, you can get to a community rating removal, you can get to a work requirement, that sort of thing, but it s powered down to the states, we like that. i will say the way it was originally drafted or presented to me was that it would be at the desk of the governor of the various states. i would submit that it belongs in the pur
somehow or is this a message to china, president trump meets with chinese leader later this week. is this a message to them that they have to step up and take more of a role here. major foreign policy test for this administration. domestically it seems the focus is on health care despite the failed attempt the first time around. now you got the white house meeting with the house freedom caucus, tuesday moderate group in the house. where is this headed. can they get something on paper before recess? i m not going to believe they can get votes for anything until they see something on paper. we haven t seen that. count me amongst the skeptical they can thread this needle this time around. don t overlook the idea of a little pressure from constituents back home, failure might end up being the thing they needed to get this going. we re back to, i guess, on the table getting rid of the essential health benefits. even pre-existing condition
shows that 70% of americans disapprove of the way of republicans and congress are handling their job. joining us now, political reporter for the guardian, back with us, josh marshall, only 70% disapprove of the way congress has been handling their jobs and now they want to be secretly in the back room pretending they re coming up with a new obama care repeal and replace. well, nothing has really changed with respect to the reality that it doesn t look like there s any agreement on bringing both moderate republicans, as well as members of the house freedom caucus on the same page when it comes to a plan. the conversation from the white house is very much they re looking for a potential proposal that will weaken protections, allow states to opt out of essential health benefits under the health care law, which is to try and corral the house freedom