goes to a conference committee. this is the legislative process. that s why i keep asking folks, you and your colleagues and folks on the hill, it s important to concentrate on the folks affected by that. that s the patients and moms and dads across this land who aren t able to gain the kind of care they need with the current system on the exchange. you have governors across this nation who tell us they aren t able to care for their medicaid population, their full neshl population in the way they see fit because of all the rules and regulations. that s where we re going to concentrate our efforts, on positive solutions to make certain we move in the direction of patient-centered health care, not washington centered health care. dr. price, as i said, the popularity of obamacare has ticked up recently. here is the latest fox news poll. it shows more people like it than dislike it. this is just from this month. 50% give it a favorable opinion. 47% give it an unfavorable opinion. given t
millions of people will lose their coverage with this latest plan, what do you tell people who are worried about that and who say, you know what? the devil we know is better and i d like to stick with what we have? i would tell people that what the cbo looked at was not the plan. what the cbo looked at was this one piece of legislation that s going to change through the ledgelyive process and they made an estimate. understanding their estimates in the past have been off by significant numbers. the plan is this piece of legislation and the kinds of rules and regulatory modifications that we re able to put in place at the department of health and human services to make certain we improve the ability for doctors to care for patients and we drive down premium costs so they re able to afford the coverage they want and the kind of legislative proposals that have significant bipartisan support. things like lawsuit abuse reform and purchase across state lines and association health plans. al
place other pieces of legislation so you can purchase insurance across state lines, bring about medical malpractice lawsuit abuse reform, do the kinds of things that will drive down premium costs for folks so they re actually able to afford a coverage plan that works for them. dr. price, your goals sound lofty and good. in some ways, is all of this an exercise in futility? all of this hand ringing today, because even if it does pass, even if you are able to cajole the recalcitrant republicans on the fence, that s just the house. it still goes to the senate whereby all measure, this bill will fail. that s the legislative process. what i will tell you is a true exercise in futility is keeping the current system. the current system is failing patients. that s what we need to remember. you have states across the land that aren t able to put in place
people understand on the hill, these are the things that everybody need to understand to make sure patients are in charge and not washington, d.c. this is where we need to drive down the decision making to individuals. that s how they know the care will be right for them. sounds a little bit like what you re saying is you have to pass it today to know what s in it? no, you can see what s in it. we ve been very, very transparent about it. meaning it s going to change. you re saying it s going to morph so much, this is the first step. you have to pass it today for the first step and then it s going to morph into all the other things you re talking about. alisyn, that s the legislative process. the fact is when people look at the entire plan in its entirety, phase one, phase two that we re on going right now at the department and will continue to do so and the phase three that has already been put in place, if you look at the entire plan, those are the kinds of things that every s