especially if patients demand increased substantially because many previously uninsured people received coverage. how providers respond to such changes demand for their services remains uncertain, the decline being provider payment rates. do you agree that is true? exactly right. the congressional budget office didn t put out a specific dollar estimate primarily because democrats haven t asked cbo for a specific estimate, they don t want to know the answer but we do know if provider rates, in the healthcare sector. if provider payments are not reduced, that is another $32 trillion. heather: these 2020 candidates have to be aware of these numbers and this is not anything sustainable or can be supported. why are they making the suggestions? that the good point.
come back at 5:30. let s dig deeper on changes to medicaid under the health care bill. the plan covers 70 million people in medicaid. it was expanded under obamacare. 16 states chose to expand medicaid under obamacare. they have been pressuring not to repeal. the proposal rolls back the expansion gradually. remaining untouched until 2019. the following year, it eliminates the match for expansion. states get a fixed amount per enrollee. states, not the federal government, on the hook for costs. states don t have the money to make up the difference, they would reduce eligibility and curtail benefits or cut provider payments or combination to make the math work. all this could hurt poor adults and low income children and women and disabled and seniors.
children s health insurance program by 70%, effectively eliminating an initiative that provides much-needed health to millions of low income children. i remind my colleagues that that bill passed the united states senate in a bipartisan way with a veto-proof majority. a veto-proof majority. but that s not good enough for you. you ve got to slash it by 70% to harm those children. once again, it wreaks havoc, disrupting provider payments for medicare and medicaid. either you don t know what you are doing, or this is one of the most intentional acts of brutality you have cooked up with stiff competition for that honor. it cuts billions of dollars, again, i say, from the national institutes of health, delaying important research and denying medical breakthroughs for future generations. democrats have a responsible proposal that balances, that brings reduces the deficit
provider payments, that can help for a while but probably has its limits. reporter: everyone agrees something must be done soon but no one is taking the lead. all agree the longer we wait, the more painful any fix will be. jim. thank you. remember the kid that bit his pop tart into the shape of a gun and was suspended from school in we ll check in later on the grapevine. up next, if you think unemployment is bad here, wait until you see what it s like in europe, particularly for young people. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women s 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women s health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. don t our dogs deserve to eat fresher less processed foods introducing freshpet recipes so fresh the only preservative we use is the fridge freshpet fresh food for fido
exemption for charitable contributions. the harder question is what republicans get on the spending side of that deal. but even that doesn t seem to be such a mystery these days. a lot of nips and tucks. a lot of cost sharing. there will be a unified deductible and increases in provider payments. and the concession is likely to be the medicare eligibility age rises from 65 to 67. medicare eligibility age rises. democrats do not like that idea as nancy pelosi explained yesterday. first of all, show me the money. i don t even know why that is something that people think is going to produce money. what are we going to do with people between 65 and 67? show me the money there. but it s not even the right thing to do, first and foremost. but is it a trophy that the republicans want? is that the trophy they want in