on constitue constitue constituencies. is it clear what repealing would look like. how much would a repeal cost in the short term and long term? well, i think it s pretty clear what it would look like in the short run. it would cost money to repeal it. and so they re trying to figure out ways to not make it cost money. i think you know, if you look, i think the republicans are at greater peril at this moment than the democrats are. because, the passing of obama care even the, the saving $2,500, that was compared to what would happen without it. so we have had high health care inflation for many decades. and actually health care inflation has been at about the lowest rate that we have seen in all most a half century. the problem was once you do something on health care, then you on it. that s been, barack obama s problem. once the republicans do anything to obama care, repeal it, change it, whatever, suddenly every
perfect from the very beginning. republicans won t let us fix it. if you elect me we will have this program and i will work with them to make it better and better. we wound up saying listen, 20 million people have insurance and we were defending the status quo opposed to saying we don t think it s perfect but think republicans have stopped us from making it better and send a message you want to improve it. here is reality. i think both political parties have some peril. if republicans botch this up, there will be a revolt at the midterm level. if the democrats stand in the way of good things that would make it better, they re stepping on their own constituents. both parties have to look down the barrel what is going to happen to real americans over the next two years. is it clear what repealing would look like? how much would a repeal cost in the short term and long-term? i think it s pretty clear what it would look like in the short run, it would cost money
make it better and better and better. we wound up saying listen, 20 million people have insurance, we were defending the status quo. we don t think it s perfect, but republicans have stopped us from making it better. now, here s the reality. i think both political parties have some peril. if the democrats stand in the way of good things that will make it better they re stretching on their own constituency. so both have to look down the barrel of what is going to happen to real americans over the next few years. how much would a repeal cost in the short term and in the long term? well, i think it s pretty clear what it would look like in the short term. it would actually cost money to repeal it. so they re trying to figure out ways to not make it cost money. i think, you know, if you look i think the republicans are at greater peril at this moment
yesterday and thought pancreatic cancer. do you know why she didn t make her battle more public? i have no idea. we weren t that close. okay. i appreciate it. charlie, i apologize for the audio. i want to thank you for coming on as we re all honoring a true hero. thank you so much. top of the hour. just into us here, the congressional budget office just releasing the new price tag of president obama s health care law. i want to go straight to the white house. the u.s. supreme court decision making a huge difference involving medicaid. reporter: the congressional budget office say that now seven million people will be covered through the medicaid expansion. remember the supreme court said states have the right to opt out. back in march the rejection was 13 million people could get coverage. now that s down the six. they project about half of those six million, three million will get coverage through those health insurance exchanges that the sates are setting up. $7 m