and twur and win more seats and get a bigger majority in the house and senate they have to be able to say they can deliver. today is one of thos if they don t deliver there is going to be really big issues. talking to white house officials they remind me they are not betting against house speaker nancy pelosi. they remind me these are the same cast and characters who pulled off obamacare, the transformational change when it comes to health care. it was tenuous, it was ugly, it was messy, but they got it through. so it is still early in the day, they tell me. but the white house here is clearly scrambling with the president trying to lean on the party to bring them together. but it does not look good for the white house rate now in terms of getting this done. what that means for president biden s legacy and his agenda is the biggest question of this week. john highland, let me put three things out there. i will let you take them in any direction you want want and weigh in. this is spe
not have insurance that were promised affordable insurance and president trump with his executive order demanded that we come up with solutions and options like this for affordable individualized health insurance. laura: you re just trying to kill off obamacare. you re trying to kill it off and america s health insurance plans, they said we remain concerned that expanded use of short-term policies could further fragment the individual market, which would lead to higher premiums for many consumers, particularly those with pre-existing conditions. why are they so upset about this, mr. secretary? the national association of insurance commission was in the past very supportive of these efforts to create these affordable options for people. we are trying to make options available for folks who have been shut out of the marketplace. we need to keep working to build a different system than obamacare, but while we have it, we need more affordable options for people to get the insurance the
not have insurance that were promised affordable insurance and president trump with his executive order demanded that we come up with solutions and options like this for affordable individualized health insurance. laura: you re just trying to kill off obamacare. you re trying to kill it off and america s health insurance plans, they said we remain concerned that expanded use of short-term policies could further fragment the individual market, which would lead to higher premiums for many consumers, particularly those with pre-existing conditions. why are they so upset about this, mr. secretary? the national association of insurance commission was in the past very supportive of these efforts to create these affordable options for people. we are trying to make options available for folks who have been shut out of the marketplace. we need to keep working to build a different system than obamacare, but while we have it, we need more affordable options for people to get the insurance the
proposal. it s a good one. it s a good start. it s incremental. we republicans get some things, real relief on the employer mandate, changing the threshold from 50 to 500 employees and returning back to a 40-hour workweek, repeal the medical device tax, democrats get things, too, on cost reduction sharing payments. this is progress. there are parallel efforts ongoing in the house and senate on bipartisan reform. the mistake democrats made with obamacare, they muscled the law through on a partisan basis. we shouldn t make the same mistake as republicans. we have an opportunity to strike right now. i don t want to burden you with the senate s problems. lord knows you have enough issues in the house yourself right now. one of the things the president has been saying is that the senate should change the rules so they can pass things without 60 votes, go down to 51. health care went down to the senate on 51 votes. it gets to the point do you think the president fundamentally understands t
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