the point is, the american people have made it very clear they want obamacare repealed and replaced. we re going to be judged on our ability to deliver a vastly better healthcare system to the vast majority of americans. abby: that is california congressman tom mcclintock. one of the many republicans facing angry constituents amid growing concern about what will replace obamacare. let s bring in dr. marc siegel. a professor of medicine at nyu medical center. great to have you here th. is such an emotional issue. nothing more important than healthcare. advice you have for the administration and republican lawmakers on this transition as they say they re working to repeal and replace obamacare. how do they get this right so people aren t living in fear? key word is fear. as a practicing physician i would tell everyone out there,
and i would invite you, congressman, to please respond with the cbo report yesterday that you says supports your position, because this one does not. look forward to that. senator menendez? thank you, chairman. congratulations, congressman price. let me ask you a series of questions. given your medical training and time spent as a practicing physician, i have a couple of simple yes or no questions to start off with. in your medical opinion, does hiv cause aids? i think that the scientific evidence is clear that hiv and aids are clinically directed or. in your medical opinion, have immigrants led to outbreaks of leprosy in the united states? i don t know what you re referring to, but i suspect that there are instances where individuals have an infectious disease and they come to the united states i m not asking about an infectious disease, i m asking specifically about immigrants in
innovation. hope we can move cmmi in a way that actually makes sense for patients. thank you so much. medicare has lost more than $130 billion, with a b, to improper payments over the last three years. the program has also been above the legal billing error rate threshold of 10% for the past four years. given that medicare trustees have issued grave concerns about looming medicare insolvency if we stay at the current spending lev levels, will your administration actively champion our program, so you can cover a much higher percentage of the billions of taxpayer dollars lost last year and ensure that medicare will be in place for future american seniors and also as a former practicing physician, who has experience with medicare and
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