know, so it s time for the annual turkey parting at the white house. this year s contenders, both about 45 pounds on the winner according to the popular vote on the white house website is moderate. the president thinks both turkeys may still face trouble. they have already received subpoenas to appear in adam schiff s basement on thursday. juan: the president says he is facing criticism from the democrats for pardoning turkeys. i m being too soft on turkey. juan: the turkey party started 30 years ago with george h.w. bush. you should know the turkey spent last night living it up at a fancy hotel in d.c. look at that picture. dana: what you want to stay in the room after that? greg: i don t know. there is a mirror. jesse: mom tax almost as famous as animals are great.
mammogram. he had to walk that back. and then the mom tax. people talking about the mom tax. the idea that women were somehow a burden on the rest of the society because of health care for women. greg, that s not they don t want to go down that path. the optics are terrible. if trump loses today or the next few days, it is premature to write owe bit arbituary for tax. there will be victories, but if he loses today, that is not a good story for the markets. greg, thank you so much. i m talking about tax reform right now. segue. we worked together for years. i love that. today s vote on health care could have implication for tax reform. the trump administration next priority and prize for the stock market. if all goes well and health care passes, it will likely help the
basically are putting a mom tax on them and saying, like the old days, if you want maternity coverage, you ll have to buy a completely separate policy just that covers maternity care and that s going to increase costs unfairly and disproportionately. makes insurance companies price it only to people who need it and that will be a deterrent for them because they re in the business of not paying out. it s not just maternity care. taking away that essential health benefits package does is it leaves people with the idea that they have insurance coverage, but when they go to use it, the only thing it covers is the bearest of bear minimums, leaving them so underinsured that they can t afford to use their insurance because deductibles and co-pays are astronomically high. price says governors are coming to us and asking for this. in our reporting, i haven t heard a single governor say what i want is less money towards medicaid from the federal
worse all the things that republican voters, among others, dislike the most about obamacare. the history since republicans have taken over congress in 1995 has they have moments in the house but almost always pass the bill by moving it to the right. that s what eliminating these benefits would do in a dramatic way. one of the strongest arguments against the initial version is it imposed an age tax because it raised prices and diminished access for working age adults. this would compound that effect and would add a new challenge, because by eliminating maternity benefits as a required benefit, essentially the only people who buy that are the ones who need it which makes it either unaffordable and unavailable. you have the potential for critics to say this bill imposes a mom tax. there s a lot of challenges for republicans and holding moderates, not only in the house, but more pointedly, in
the senate. poppy harlow s ears perked up. i m seeing the headlines. if that happens, is this doa? you have to have it by 8:00 tonight. the mom tax may appear, and in the next few hours they vote. rebecca, the white house said unequivocally yesterday there is no plan b, there is a plan a. there is always a plan b. so what happens if plan a doesn t work? well, i think poppy, the negotiations you re seeing, that is the plan b. they submitted their first offer, we could call it. the leadership submitted this bill originally and have been making tweaks and changes to try to apiece some of these conservative critics and get them on board. if they re not able to strike a deal before this vote this evening, i would argue there