florida is actually a textbook example of everything that s wrong with obama care. the truth is florida can t afford obama care anymore, and job createors in florida can t afford it either. that was vice president mike pence. he was speaking just at the top of the hour making his pitch for the american health care act, and he was in florida doing that. the numbers, they are tight when it comes to the votes. according to our nbc news count, 20 house republicans are planning to vote no on the bill 22 republicans say no, thenal
now i would like to bring in andy slavin, from the centers on medicare and medicaid services. and thank you so much. under president obama. thanks for being here, andy. i want to first off get your reaction to what we have just been discussing. where you think we are in the process. because you saw it with obamacare. yeah, thanks, richard. thanks for having me here. you know, i think the president and the vice president and congressional leadership, you know, they re asking their members to take a very challenging vote. i think the number of the day is we saw that an estimated 55,000 people per district, per congressional district, are going to lose coverage under this new plan. and seniors and a lot of low-income and rural people are going to be squeezed. their pocket books are going to be squeezed pretty significantly. that s a very difficult first domestic vote for the administration to ask their congressional rank and file to take. and i think that s why you re seeing the squea
if that vote is going ahead on thursday. is it too late? no, it s not too late. we have already seen he made a big show of bringing in members of the republican study committee, another group of powerf repubcahouse members, to the whiteou on friday. and he pronounced they werell on board with him now. all of them had had misgivings beforehand and now because of his five minutes of talking to them, he changed all of their minds. we ll see. we ll see if that comes about. i remember that headline. it seems he has that power and if he chooses to press his presidential purgative forward with these republicans and said i need you, it can probably pass. that s what congressman ryan needs right now. he s a wheeler and dealer, certainly. he knows how to make a deal. he can givum some things we don t know he ll give up, at least by our cribbing we re looking at so far. great conversation. thanks so much, beth, evan and kevin. have a fantastic and marianna, as well, on the groun
last weekend, where we saw more insurance companies here. i just saw more everyday people who are in support of scrapping obamacare and getting on board with this new health care bill. but, again, florida is a state where you have the highest number of obamacare enrollees. so even in districts that, you know, might have voted for president trump and are supportive of president trump, you see a lot of senior citizens, low-income floridans, pregnant women, disabled people, who are still concerned about this new gop health care bill, and what that would mean for their health, and for their pocketbook. richard? thank you for that. evan, you were listening to what mary anna was telling us in terms of what the reaction is on the ground. so important. that this is why that the vice president is there. that he is in florida, specifically. and speaking of governors, rick scott, who was introducing the vice president, there are republican governors that are not in support of the ahca,
you know, one of my favorite verses in the old book is from the book of jeremiah. it s hung over the mantle of our home, since i first ran for congress successfully in the year 2000. and now it hangs over the mantle in the vice president s residence in washington, d.c. it simply reads, for i know the plans i have for you, plans to prosper you, and not to harm you. plans to give you a hope and a future. you know, in november, i believe with all of my heart that the people of florida and the people of this country voted to give america a president with the strength, the courage and the vision to make america safe again. you voted to give us a new leader who will make america prosperous again. and i know in my heart, with your continued faith and support, together we will make