secrets on capitol hill. now, it could spark a showdown in the senate. it s drawing anger from democrats, no surprise. they are upset it could gut benefits for folks, which could mean less coverage and treatment options for patients with pre-existing conditions. it fazes out medicaid expansion. what is surprising is how many republicans are a no go. four senators have gone to opposition for various reasons. mitch mcconnell can only serve to lose two gop votes to get this over the line. the goal is to hold a vote on it next week. president trump says he supports the bill, despite promising medicaid and long-term medicaid cuts despite promising not to cut medicaid. max baucus played a key role in passing obamacare and bob was
going i know has frustrating that is to you but i haven t seen it so how can i come down on something that i haven t seen. it s not being written by us it s apparently being written by a small hand full of staffers for members of republican leadership in the senate. if your frustrated by the lack of transparency in this process i share your frustration. joining us now cellular phone s senior report for media and politics dillon buyers and political cnn reporter with you first dillon, clearly he is feeling the frustration along with the democrats. and even though passing obamacare, the town halls, the meetings and public hearings seem to go on forever, this is a
the hope of millions, that regardless of party, this courage is still possible. that today s members of congress, regardless of party, are willing to look at the fact facts. and speak the truth. even when it contradicts party positions. okay, dana, let s get some reaction. it s interesting to see him now speak about this. especially what is going on in the news right now. repealing and replacing large portions of obamacare and then he is speaking about that. he took some time off. well-deserved timeout. every former president has a choice to make. how are they going to shake after? will they take the lead? i think president obama wouldn t
i want to socialize medicine i they have in europe that they idolize. the right, what they really want if they are beingwh honest is a fully free market system because they think that would be the best way to lower i the prices. neither side is actually doing that. that is not where americans are necessarily. a littlelike it, we want a bit of that. obamacare was not the most courageous thing they could do. it s almost like the republicans know how to fix that problem. it wasn t courageous enough. they still had all of those historic losses. the democrats could vee gone straight up for what they really wanted. by the way, he may end up going that way. when he talked about courage, he was talking about not being afraid to speak truth to power. unless he was the power. he has a cozy his relationship with the press. it wasn t a press pool as much as it was a harem.
program. the right, what they really want if they are being honest is a fully free market system because they think that would be the best way to lower the prices. neither side is actually doing that. that is not where americans are necessarily. they are like it, we want a little bit of this and a little bit of that. obamacare was not the most courageous thing they could do. it s almost like the republicans know how to fix that problem. it wasn t courageous enough. they still had all of those historic losses. the democrats could ve gone straight up for what they really wanted. by the way, he may end up going that way. when he talked about courage, he was talking about not being afraid to speak truth to power. he has a cozy his relationship with the press. it wasn t a press pool as much