we look at that. we look at some of the medicaid issues, we are trying to work with our more moderate members on that. and as we look at this, what we have to do is the cbo score recently talked about loriwe lo premiums by 10% the next ten years. those premiums actually go up. for me, and the people that i serve, i ve made a commitment, i m not going to take one program that is not working well and replace it with another one that potentially won t work well. we have got to do better on placeme replacement side of that. you know there are more than 500,000 people in the state of north carolina who enjoy health care coverage because of the affordable care act, who got it on the exchanges there. right. can you tell them affirmatively that they will all be taken care of under the new republican plan? you know, i can tell you that what we are doing right now is with those, i was on the phone with our insurance commissioner in north carolina looking at this plan and looking where we
committee, republican congressman mark meadows of north carolina. congressman, thank you for being on the show. it s great to be with you. thanks. so there is concern. no polls that show a lot of people are concerned that more people will be uninsured under this new plan. this gop plan in its form, paul ryan says it s their last shot to fulfill the promise of repealing and replace. do you think the bill should go through? when we look at this two things. we know obamacare can t stay because it s failing already. but the other is we need to make sure that the plan we put forth, not only has the coverage that you re talking about that you re leading in with, but the more important thing is that premiums come down. and it s our position and the house freedom caucus that the current plan doesn t go far enough and so we are working amendments as we speak. right. to hopefully make it better.
white house into the open. so americans can understand what the discussions are like. can you talk specifically about the provisions you re insisting be changed to have the house bill that can win your support? really, again, it s about those premiums. so one of the things that we are looking at is, right now, under the obamacare, you ve got to offer four different types of program. a bronze, silver, gold, platinum plan. really, we don t give insurance companies any flexibility, other than offering those with a certain type of benefit. we can t do higher deductible plans and can t tailor it to each particular person so we are looking at that. could you tick off the other provisions in the current bill that you insist be changed to win your support, besides being able to offer different kinds of plans? if we can look at the insurance mandates and some of those requirements and replacement is much easier when
this bill and refine this bill and those kind of conversations are occurring between the white house, the house and senate and our members and prethat tour to get into the conclusion of those things p.m. the house is put forward a plan to repeal and replace obamacare. we are going to get together and get something done. remember this. if we didn t do it the way we are doing it, we need 60 votes so we would have to get the democrats involved. they won t vote no matter what we do. they are not going to vote. so we are doing it a different way, a complex way, it s fine. the end result is when you have phase one, phase two, phase three, it s going to be great. going to be great. and then we get on to tax reductions which i like. all right. before that, you saw speaker paul ryan for the first time acknowledging changes will have to be made as the president has his sights set on what is next. joining us from capitol hill, chairman of the house freedom caucus and member of the oversight a
go with that. and that any plan that ultimately gains my support and the support of the majority of the gop conference, will not only make it more affordable, but certainly will put it in a place where more people can do that. north carolina is a good example. as we look at that. we had high risk pools before the affordable care act. as we do that, it s making sure that i work with my insurance commissioners, those elected officials both democrat and republican to make sure that not only they have access to care, but they have lower care and those that need a safety net that we are there to do that. congressman you used a key word there saying they have access to care. the 550,000 people currently have that care. they have to get pulled off and then find it again. that sounds couple bumbersome o will lose it altogether. if you keep your health care, obama made a promise to us if you like it, you can keep it. they haven t now but it s not sustainable and what i was