bret: either could we. that s okay. bret: i ll tell you, chuck schumer said you haven t reached out to democrats and they re not going to sign on to anything anything that anything until the repeal part is out of the system. i could safely assume it wasn t positive, right. but look, we re happy to get their support. they re going to have an opportunity to vote on the bill as well and they have an opportunity to govern through all these committees and through the process as well. this process was run through regular order from the beginning, and that regular order means that everyone that has a say in the process. so if they want to come on board and give us ideas of how to make the bill better, certainly we ll listen to them. the truth of the matter, is obama care is failing everywhere, and many states, only one choice of an insurance carrier in counties across the country. it is failing. i do think some of the third party groups have done a good job with artificially propp
talk to me a little bit about health care, because as you say, you ran one of the biggest health care companies in the world and i think a lot of people across the country are frustrated with the pace of the change in health care. the president says he was going to address it in the first hundred days and we saw what happened in congress. rick: absolutely. it s important to me, i grew up in a family that didn t have access to health care often. i watch my mom cry when my brother couldn t get help for significant disease. we have to figure out how to reduce the cost of self-care. we can t wait for the grand bargain. let s do what people agree with now. the mandate, the taxes, letting them be sold across state lines. let s start the process. we have to get rid of obamacare and we can t say we are not going to get this done. when you have a problem, in business you say i can t get it done so i will close my doors. work hard to fix it every day and chip away every day. martha: are you
talk to me a little bit about health care, because as you say, you ran one of the biggest health care companies in the world and i think a lot of people across the country are frustrated with the pace of the change in health care. the president says he was going to address it in the first hundred days and we saw what happened in congress. rick: absolutely. it s important to me, i grew up in a family that didn t have access to health care often. i watch my mom cry when my brother couldn t get help for significant disease. we have to figure out how to reduce the cost of self-care. we can t wait for the grand bargain. let s do what people agree with now. the mandate, the taxes, letting them be sold across state lines. let s start the process. we have to get rid of obamacare and we can t say we are not going to get this done. when you have a problem, in business you say i can t get it done so i will close my doors. work hard to fix it every day and chip away every day. martha: are you
line because what needs to happen is we need to talk to each other to get a better understanding of concerns. that s how you bridge gaps. so no vote on health care today but members going home will have something to think about while they re there. shannon. shannon: so any chance any democrats are closer to playing ball with the changes proposed? only if the repeal and replace efforts drops the repeal part. one thing we have to do is stop talking about repeal and replace. talk about improving the law as it exists right now that includes working with democrats on the idea of improving the risk of insurance in states that have been struggling in terms of the exchanges. it s not just health care lawmakers are looking at before they head home for two weeks.
anchor that is tethered to the republican party. you have divisions that have not been dealt with that is the party s position on this, that, or the other thing. so you have these coming together, and for a lot of those conservatives, the repeal part was the most important part. the fact that they didn t take that into account in getting behind the ryan bill really set this in motion long before you got to the friday what act when you re ripping on the freedom caucus on one side and the democrats on one side. the dems are a separate piece. i think first he has to reconcile himself with the base, the party, the folks elected by his base around the country. he has to get on the same page with them. you talk about the dems and you kind of expect that, but you need those members at some point. and then of course when you re talking about on the spending