answers over and over again. conservatives have started to call this obamacare-like. if this is the policy that passes is president trump confident in the future he can say that he fully repealed p obamacare? yeah, there are three things. each phase that we talked about phase one, phase two and face three there s a repeal and replace aspect to each one, but republicans and conservatives have been talking about competition and driving costs down for decades now. selling across state lines small business pooling all those things have been part of conservative plans for a long time and i think instilling that competition in it allowing more access, i think there s a big difference. there is no we have for the longst time if you re a
topics because the president gave himself a middle line grade on communication, let me ask you about the previous administration had when obamacare was going through its own phases president obama said that the opposition to the legislation was able to seize the opportunity while it was being legislated to create public perception so my question on aca what is the president going to do to improve his communications to be out there explaining what s in the bill to work with lawmakers. that s the first one. then i ll ask you the next one. he had and continues to have significant outreach to members of congress. we ve read out a lot of activities in the last couple weeks literally within an hour he s going to sit down with the house deputy whip team to talk
said in his statements we ve got to make sure we protect people through this transition process, but this is the first time as readdress the medicaid portion of this, this is probably the first time we ve really addressed an entitlement aspect in something in almost 30 years, we have got to let this piece work its way through house. one of the things that happened through medicaid expansion, the goal has always been to help people disabled, poor or met a specific number of criteria, for the first time in obamacare, the obama administration to able bodied individuals in a way that had never been done before and was in the a specific class. that s led largely to the ballooning costs i think a lot of reforms contained in the bill will be addressed but got to let it work through the process. who communications on two top
for a second. the president received his daily intelligence briefing had lunch with senator lindsey graham. who will continue to be a important partner, with the nomination of judge gorsuch. the president is leading a discussion with senator cotton and purdue and members of the senior staff, they are expect today discuss the merit based immigration reforms mentioned at last week s address. he will meet with the house deputy whip team focused on repeal and replace of obamacare, there will be a pool spray, the time is 3:20. the president will meet with the aflcio, and renegotiating trade agreements like nafta. also a pool spray at the top of that meeting. this evening the president will
that. obviously that s something not fully evaluated if it was i would not comment from here on on that. i was going to ask about branding the president in his past put his name on buildings and different products when it comes to health care does the white house feel that the bill should be known as trump care? and at what point do you think the transition should go from obamacare to the new administration? as soon as it s repealed we can do that. and as the secretary mentioned we re less concerned with labels, it s about getting the choice back and costs down. dhs is considering separating families who cross the border illegally how do you feel about that? we don t get involved custmsy or i.c.e., so that s a question