Suitorman, Senior Editor at reason magazine. Kasie, let me start with you. Weve already seen far right groups like Heritage Action criticize the plan, Club For Growth as well, freedom works, rand paul calling it obamacare light. You tweeted this a few hours ago. Here it is, it is still early so caveats apply but events of today suggest Gop Health Care bill is already on life support, if not Dead On Arrival. How can that be so early, kasie . Reporter well look, craig, this bill has run into extraordinary opposition just in the first handful of hours that it has been out in the public, and youre saying you tick through some of the groups that have come out and opposed this, the Heritage Action went so far as to say this doesnt repeal obamacare. That of course kind of the cardinal sin for a party that has spent the last however many years campaigning specifically on repealing obamacare. So the people who are
to younger people and less generous to older people. There would be a cap so that
place, he calls it obamacare light. i think that the support that he has given in previous efforts we support as well. as you recall last time there was a boat on a simple rico measure that failed 45 to 55. the president said he would have supported the put choices right now are continue obamacare, continuing crushing american people with higher premiums, less coverage for the option of a new path. something that has not been told the american people. you cover the amount of ratings, errors in 190 percent in four years. alaska 203 percent in the last four years. you have covered the loss of insurance. there is one insurer left in half of the states.and next year, new taxes go into place. anyone has a healthcare plan gets another tactic added on! all right let s assume that they mean what they say and senator john mccain and paul r no . that means you have get everyone else, a number that are uncommitted or leaning to no like susan collins business with the president
care bill this morning after an 11:30 meeting with gop lawmakers. but it is already meeting opposition from some republicans. here s what senator rand paul had to say about the new version. the obamacare repeal bill is not a repeal. the new bill is actually less of a repeal than the old bill. they ve now taken the bill and made it worse. i will vote against the motion to proceed. well, there you have one man s opinion. nbc s kasie hunt is on capitol hill and following the bill s progress. kasie, mitch mcconnell, he only needs 50 votes to get this thing open, to debate next week. what are the chances he s going to get support? yeah. well, when you say only 50 votes you make it sound a little easier than it will actually be in practice. rand paul has been pretty much against this process from the beginning, calling it obamacare light. i think we can consider him at this point a pretty hard no. that s how leaders are looking at it right now. on the other side, up moderates
the president seems to be placing the blame squarely on your shoulders. is that fair? jake, tweets and statements and blame don t change facts. the facts remain the same. when you look at the document, you look at the legislation, it doesn t repeal obamacare and people who support it have called it obamacare light and doesn t bring down premiums and cbo said the premiums rise the next three and a half years and doesn t unite republicans as evidenced by the fact you got conservatives and moderates who are opposed to the legislation. and it doesn t unite the country. when have you seen a bill come forward only 17% of the country supports it? so let s do better than that. let s start over. let s get this thing done right and keep our promises with the american people. dan is president trump s social media director at the white house over the weekend urged the defeat of one of your colleagues in the freedom caucus.
people who support it have called it obamacare light and doesn t bring down premiums and cbo said the premiums rise the next three and a half years and doesn t unite republicans as evidenced by the fact you got conservatives and moderates who are opposed to the legislation. and it doesn t unite the country. when have you seen a bill come forward only 17% of the country supports it? so let s do better than that. let s start over. let s get this thing done right and keep our promises with the american people. dan is president trump s social media director at the white house over the weekend urged the defeat of one of your colleagues in the freedom caucus. he tweet, quote. justin amash, also a republican from michigan, is a big liability. trump train, defeat him in primary. congressman jordan, that is the white house saying that your freedom caucus colleague justin amash should lose his job. what is your response? justin is a good friend and one of the most principal