Paulngton journal spoke to howard, Health Care Policy director of the Manhattan Institute. This is 20 minutes. Joining us to talk about the childrens Insurance Program is paul howard, who joins us from new york. He is at Manhattan Institute services. Good morning. Ard, who joins us from new york, hes with Manhattan Institute, healthcare policy director, good morning, sir. Guest good morning. Host for those who are not aware, talk about exactly what the Childrens Health Insurance Program is and bit about what its purpose is. Guest right. Childrens health Insurance Program is a Bipartisan Program with as passed in 1997 senator hatch and senator ted bothdy, since passed away, combining and what they recognized, children who lacked whose families made too much to qualify for nations other low income safety net for the poor and they expanded the program, way. Did it in a different there is a originally a capped a toment states based on low income and uninsured children in the states. That f
Them simpler for people like my father, he built trucks in a line, they know what they make and keep more in the pocket. They can file their taxes on a three fiveby seven card. We get back to that, that is a simple and more fair tax plan. Host when it comes to tax rates , they come into the conversation, what are republicans proposing on capitol hill and what would the president like to see and where is the middle . Guest i do not know if there is a difference, the house, senate, leaders in the house and senate and white house have been meeting for quite some time. Intensively since march. The plan will be announced tomorrow and the president will speak on it. Jointly, the house, senate, president have come to a consensus and the committee has to build the details but we will have broader strokes on tax reform tomorrow. Host what rates would you like to see . Guest i do not like to pick them out of a hat and say these are the ones. You have to ideally reduce rates for people who go to
Shouting] ble if you want a hearing, you better shut up. Ok. [indiscernible chanting] no cuts for ] id no cuts for medicaid, save our for medicaid, save our today . I observed can i be an observer . You sure can. That would be great. Continues] medicaid r ] hanting [chanting no cuts for medicaid, ] ur cuts for medicaid, indiscernible] medicaid no cuts for medicaid no cuts for medicaid uts for medicaid uts for medicaid uts for medicaid no cuts for medicaid uts for medicaid no cutsfor medicaid for medicaid no cuts for medicaid, save our liberty no cuts for medicaid, save our liberty. No cuts for medicaid, save our liberty. No cuts for medicaid, save our liberty. No cuts for medicaid, save our liberty. No cuts for medicaid, save our liberty no cuts for medicaid, save our liberty no cuts for medicaid, save our liberty cuts for medicaid, save our liberty no cuts for medicaid, save our liberty no cuts for medicaid, save our liberty no cuts for medicaid, save our liberty medicaid, save our li
Press on. Developmentshese we want to hear from you not only on this legislative effort but on the Bigger Picture of your message to congress when it comes to what the federal government should be doing on health care. Democrats, 202 202 01 republicans, 7488002 independents. If you want to give us a tweet you can do so and you can also post on our facebook page. Heres the press release from Susan Collins released yesterday after her announcement that she would not support the Graham Cassidy bill saying she has three major concerns. Both proposals make sweeping cuts in medicaid. More than 1 trillion would be taken out of the program. Both bills open the door for states to weaken protections for people with preexisting conditions. Physicians and Patient Advocates and insurers and hospitals agree they would lead to higher premiums and reduce coverage for tens of millions of americans. It was on cnn yesterday during a debate on health care that one of the cosponsors of Graham Cassidy talke
Of g. O. P. Icism proposal for divolving Health Americans take, many appear leery about Major Overhaul to healthcare law obamacare w. 61 preferring to keep and try to improve it, compared with 37 want to repeal and replace it. Republicans s of in 10 replacing it, six independents and in 10 democrats favor working within the framework. That is one issue we can discuss phones. Open of course, there is taxes, as well, with the white house outlying what they ould like to see in a tax proposal. Negotiations will continue, according to the white house, this from the washington post. Six ways the president s tax plan could affect ordinary taxpayers. Standard deductions would mean lower tax bills, is one. Going x deductions are away, but for mortgage interest therearitable deductions, will be fewer tax brackets from would o three, proposal reduce the seven brackets to three with tax rates at 10 , 25 35 , currently range from higher earning taxpayers could see Immediate Tax break on their incom