obamacare went into effect. the gop bill only has $2 billion ear marked to treat opioid addiction. senator portman, along with west virginia senator shelly moore want at least $45 billion allocated to the opioid crisis. but south carolina senator lindsey graham said you can give away the house to just a few senators. listen to him. more money for opioids might help the problem that some senators have, changing the growth rates of medicade to make them a little more generous might help some. but if you do too much of that, you re gonna lose other people. reporter: studies show that half of those that died from things like a heroin overdose started using prescription opioids in the form of painkillers. julie. julie: trace gallagher, thank you. whether you love it or hate it or can t get enough of it, olive garden s famous food could soon be delivered fresh to your door.
that s about equal to the number of people who were killed in traffic accidents. and according to the national institutes of health between 2010 and 2015 diagnosis for opioid addiction went up more than 500%. but treatment and the delivery of medicine only went up 65%. the problem is especially bad in the southeast and midwest. in 2015, the states with the highest drug overdose deaths were virginia, with more than 41 out of 100,000 people dying. new hampshire second. kentucky and ohio tied for third. which is why ohio gop senator rob portman said quoting here, i continue to have real concerns about the medicade policies in this bill especially those that impact drug treatment at a time when ohio is facing an opioid epidemic. what portman is specifically talking about is the gop health bill will phase out the expansion of medicade that, as we know, has exploded since
our governor put out numbers 100,000 people will lose their healthcare if this goes through. if you ask the other states that puts it into the billions. is there an accessible number of people losing coverage to get the greater bill through? kwrerpbgs i m having a little difficulty hearing, but as best i could understand you re looking at how obamacare repeal and replace would affect the state of louisiana and i mean, frankly, louisiana s been one of the hardest hit states in the country by obamacare. their insurance premiums have gone up over 125%. the goal here is to give people in the country choices. no one who currently has medicade will have their benefits cut. we re looking across the board, the healthcare plans that will lower taxes, reduce premiums and offer more choices for people in louisiana and across the country. hopefully that somewhat addressed your question as best
premiums and fleeing providers are coming almost every day. just last friday blue cross blue shield in nebraska announced they are canceling their obamacare catastrophic plans and the only remaining plans which were the only plans they currently sell on the exchange. that leaves the entire state with only one choice for choice and that insurer raised rates by 51% last year and is threatening to pull out of iowa completely. with our health care system breaking down around us, this administration is committed to finding a solution. this afternoon vice president mike pence, secretary of hhs services dr. tom price, administrator of the small business administration linda mcmahon and administrator of the centers for medicare and medicade services are holding a listening session with female small business owners to talk ab how we will repeal and replace obamacare with a plan that benefits all americans. tomorrow the president will
year, $616 billion come from medicade, children s insurance programs. $193 billion food stamp.$143 bi financial aid. do you object to any of this? well, two points. matt said something i want to respond to which is that, you know, we tried this strategy that donald trump is proposing in the bush administration. we had big tax cuts and defense increases. what we ended up with was a great recession, financial collapse. we re trying exactly the same economic strategy again. i worry that we ll end up with the same results. in terms of the spending cuts, they disproportionately fall on trump voters and people watching this program. the people who will be most affected by these cuts are regular everyday people in the heartland of the united states who are going to be tens of millions of them sandra: let me get him to respond to that. matt, go ahead. simon knows there are no