the republicans say we have a plan. it will be cheaper and better. terrific. what is it? you just heard the speaker say by the end of the year, they ll have a plan ready to be announced. they are planning to repeal first. let the american people take a look. i think the democrats would be happy to wrk on a side by side proposal saying here are the features we have common ground on. here are the missing parts. how do we move forward? that makes sense. to say let s get rid of a plan that now has the lowest uninsured rates we ve ever seen in this country, has dramatically improofd care for people with pre-existing condition who were locked out or priced out of the market. has eliminated jgender bias, where women were paying more than men. how to work on drug pricing, which everybody wants to come down. and how to make sure people don t just have access to care. you ll hear the republican leadership talk about it. i have access to a $6 million
complete hoone of the most fascinating splits what is happening with republicans on the hill and what is happening with republicans in new york and trump tower. the president-elect is up this morning with new comments about this debate on twitter. he writes the democrats, led by head clown chuck schumer, know how bad obamacare is and what a mess they are in. instead of working to fix it, they do the typically political thing and blame. the fact is obamacare was a lie from the beginning. keep your doctor, keep your plan. it is time for republicans and democrats to get together and come up with a health care plan that really works. much less expensive and far better! obviously, joe, a strategy. he used the clown term around schumer yesterday in another tweet. drawing a line between himself and democrats in the senate. i m just going to say, willie, if you re going to fix
care act. the president branding the new gop plan, trump care. look out for the american people. would you work with them in finding a replacement? i am not going to cooperate with republicans when they try to repeal a bill that takes away health care for children, prescription drug cost benefits for seniors. they have no plan to protect seniors. so you re damn right we ll fight. reporter: getting rid of obamacare was a centerpiece of donald trump s campaign. repeal and replace was something terrific. reporter: but today even the president-elect is voicing concern, warning in a series of tweets, republicans must be careful in that the dems own the failed obamacare disaster, adding, don t let the schumer clowns out of the web. that last conference in reference to the new leader chuck schumer who called trump s plan, quote, make america sick again. schumer has warned that his party won t work with trump to replace the law if the gop guts
repealing the law and then replacing it with a better system will be the new administration s first order of business, mike pence has said. what does all of this mean for obamacare f future and for you? live in our west coast newsroom, trace gallagher. erased today as both parties tugged on the rope in an effort to save this signature law, obama went to capitol hill to fire up his team. president knows full well that the party does not have the votes to block republicans. so instead, he is advising democratic lawmakers not to rescueke it. by helping to pass replacement measures. mr. obama is p also recommending that any changes to the law should now be labeled trump care and at some democratic lawmakers have adopted a spin on trump s make america great again by pushing the phrase, makers america sick again. republicans will soon learn that you can t keep the goodod parts of the aca and remove the
rest of the law and still have it work. the republicans say they are doing just that. g.o.p. lawmakers also huddled ot capitol hill to lay out plans to repeal and replace the affordable care act. with the vice president elect mike pence vowing that donald trump is a man of his word. today our message is very simple. working with leadership here in the house and senate, we are going to be in the promise keeping business. and president-elect weighed in on twitter, saying they will not let democrats off the hook with obamacare. top republicans like house leader paul ryan s warnings fellow republicans to say before you repeal, make sure you can