anybody that comes into the dmv to get a license. and yet we ve created an opt-in system in many states around the country. make it opt-out, meaning the simultaneous component of that law actually becomes real. make it an opt-out system where everybody is automatically registered as soon as they come into the dmv. if they want to opt out later, they can. another thing that they can do, we have all these federal aid programs that are administered through the states like medicare and medicaid and various other programs. use the administrative data from those programs and release them to the states so they can automatically register those people to vote as well. that s the only one within the purview of the president. he can order states not to limit access to absentee ballots, not to limit access to early voting. certainly we are in unprecedented times. we are still in the midst of a global pandemic.
premiums. this will raise premiums, reduce the quality of care, undermine core programs like medicare and medicaid and the estimates are that 15 million americans will lose insurance well republican plans. so the president said we re going to have a better plan, it s going to be cheaper and more people are going to have access. this is just the opposite. it reduces the quality of care. it increases costs and it makes it impossible for about 50 million people to continue to have coverage. so this is a terrible plan. the republicans have been trying to jam this threw even before the congressional budget office gives us an analysis because what they re going to learn, what the american people are learning is that this is very good if you re an insurance company, very good if you re one of the richest people in america, very good if you re a drug company but very bad for everyone else. congressman, the gop proposal is headed to the budget committee which will vote on it next week. take a
people pushing him to do these town halls. people both inside and outside were concerned about the russian involvement in the election. the congressman saying that he supports a full investigation into russia s involvement into the election that did receive a sort of roaring applause, this is a tough crowd for the congressman. he s an eight term congressman, the richest man in congress and this district like much of the country is really headed the other way from where it is right now. it s been a republican district for a long, long time but certainly congressman issa is going to have a tough fight. the top topics, affordable care act, immigration, those were the things people wanted to talk about. another big issue, medicare and it medicaid. listen to what he had to say on that. one of the challenges i have because when i go back to washington, this isn t a new problem, governor schwartz negativer tried to deal with it during his time california needs to step up the plate for a 5
care act. the president said the other day, who knew health care reform was this complicated. well, we knew. it s very complicated and we ought to be willing to fix the things that need to be fixed but it s working. it has produced tremendous benefits for millions of americans and we ought to be prepared to work together in a bipartisan way to make it better and to strengthen it but this idea of repealing and replacing with a plan that would hurt the american people and cost 50 million americans their insurance really undermine medicaid and medicare, be a real boom to prescription drug companies and to the wealthiest americans, it s a huge tax cut, enormous tax kurt for the richest people in the country and whose going to pay for it, the health care of working people? this is a terrible plan. what are you hearing from your constituents at home? my constituents in rhode island are asking us to continue to fight hard to protect the affordable care act. they have already seen the bene
congressman david suslini. what in the replacement bill are you opposed to? the replacement bill is a great deal if you re an insurance company or drug company or one of the wealthiest people in this country but for hard working everyday americans it s a terrible deal. you just made reference to the preexisting conditions that only is available if you have continuous coverage. if your coverage lapses they can impose additional costs but this is a program which is a huge giveway so the wealthiest people in this country and huge tax cut of about $7 million each for the 400 richest families in this country. it makes devastating cuts to medicare to the trust fund, devastating cuts to medicaid which is our most vulnerable populations, people with disability, children, nursing home residents, the most vulnerable communities. it allows insurance companies to charge more based on your age so older americans will face higher