introduced the bill to repeal and replace obamacare. time to end this nightmare. well, joining us now from washington, the co-author of politico s playbook, daniel litman. good morning to you, daniel. what happens next with the replacement plan? reporter: they are hoping to get it through the house committee in the next couple of weeks. and then it goes on to the senate. the problem a lot of people in washington believe is that house committees are going to vote on this without even knowing from the congressional budget office how much it costs and how many people are going to get how many fewer people are going to get health insurance coverage because of this plan. and that s kind of a raising hackle because shouldn t we know what we are voting on before it goes to the senate? yeah, it s my understanding they have said that the cost is just going to be paid for itself by offsetting obamacare, by repealing and replacing that, but i don t understand how that works. is that not spe
mohyeldin and louse burgdorf. the republicans are out with the plan to replace obamacare. the proposed bill called the american affordable act was released last night. the gop plan would eliminate a requirement for individuals to purchase health care. and it sets a 2020 deadline to restrict the affordable care act, medicaid expansion and being able to use the so-called health savings account. it will provide tax credits to encourage people to provide insurance. that s a change from obamacare where sub sasidies would offset that coverage. and young people can stake on their parent s health insurance plan until the age of 26. president trump marked the release of the bill with a tweet reading, the house just
they have not gotten a score from the congressional budget office. another thing that could be featured in democratic attack ads is that this would be the first big tax cut of the trump presidency. it would cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes on the well-off because that was underlined obamacare in the first place. daniel, i want to ask you quickly about the political reaction from some top republican lawmakers. some are calling this obamacare 2.0. others are saying this is a promise of president trump s repeal and replace. how far are republicans divided on this particular bill? i think in the house they are much more united and a much more conservative cause. the problem is in the senate. there are four republican senators who come from states where thousands of people benefited from obamacare, especially the medicaid expansion, and they are worried about the political ramifications. they care about the self-interests politically.