we know that the president has not been patient with this process. he wasn t when it happens on the house side. can we remember a few months ago when he was going to abandon everything. all of these calls are coming in from the constituents. i just got an e-mail from the communications director for bob casey of pennsylvania. he said as of yesterday, they had 6500 calls in opposition. 10,000 e-mails. the calls are running 90-10 xwens. i asked a republican senator about that. he said well, you know, the people against something always call more, but clearly, this is all playing into it and you ve got a huge divide here, katie. thank you. this is a very, very big deal. republicans have been running on repealing o bamcare and their ability to get that done for many years now and this isn t the senate s first chance on
the buses are already lining up. outside of the capitol. we will find out if this is going to be a listening session from the white house or something else. we are still watching the white house again rk we are still watching the white house briefing. we re going to bring you to the briefing once the questions start. let s break down again what was in this senate health care bill and why it is being postponed. the bit of food news that the republicans had was that $300 billion would be cut from the deficit in this buy 2020. which in effect, would give senator mitch mcconnell some wiggle room to try to negotiate with moderate senators, but the bad news is that 22 million more americans would lose coverage. we re also seeing democratic leadership come podium, senator schumer is going to be talking right now and i think we should probably take a listen to see what he has to say, so, let s go into this room.
what number would you find acceptable for the number who would go without health care? is zero acceptable? is two million or 20 million okay as the cbo just scored this senate proposal? that s a tough question. the reality is every one of us would like the answer to that be zero. but the truth is, i don t agree with forcing people to buy health care if they don t choose to, especially if you are forcing them to buy health care that are very expensive options. you ask what would i like to see? really, the primary thing is let s drive down the cost. let s make health care more affordable for people. that was really the motive behind president obama s plan. it had some success but for many of us, it didn t get it nearly to where we want it to be. most of us are driven by that one thing, drive down the cost of health care so more and more people choose to have access to it or choose to ensure. congressman chris stewart of utah, thank you for your time. appreciate it. good to be with
she wants to see work with democrats on potential fixes for health care. i think from a long-term perspective, that s what to watch on the health care policy front, is this enough to get republicans and democrats to start to try to work together, or at least to see the republicans here in the senate try to put together something that can garner some support from, we haven t talked a lot about them lately but there are some moderate democrats in the senate that might be willing to work with republicans to get things done. sno senator joe manchin s name was floated by the white house. manchin very quickly said there was no way he was going to help on this bill. but he s something they could potentially work with in the long run. the big question pushing forward for mitch mcconnell when he comes here and for the president later on today is what does the strategy going forward look like. are they going to make a wholesale change of course and try and do this in a bipartisan way under diffe
if we can, if the control room can throw up a graphic we had prepared about the cbo score reporter: i m going to walk here. go ahead. we are going to show you a graphic about what a 64-year-old, typical 64-year-old with an annual income of $26,500, in 2026 for a mid-level silver plan under the current law, they would average a $6500 or $1700 premium. under the new law, the senate bill, it would be a $6500 premium. that is a substantial rise in premium for somebody who would be typically, a typical 64-year-old. that s part of the problem that the republicans are facing with this bill. not to mention 22 million more people would be uninsured by it. chris jansing is also on capitol hill. chris, mitch mcconnell is notorious for his ability to make a deal, to whip his senators, to get things done. what does it say to you that he s going to have to delay