This is before we get to phase two or phase three. heather: some of what he is talking about in that cbo report although the good part of it said that $337 billion in a reduction in the federal deficit over the next 10 years but it predicted that 24 million fewer people would have coverage for a decade from now if the aca stays intact. uninsured jump to 14 million after the first year a lot of those on medicaid. offer more choice. catastrophic options. maybe more young people will buy. in 45% right now are taking the penalty. in terms of medicaid, i want to keep the expansion. i would like to see the republicans throw that as an olive branch. that will get rid of a democratic talking point 24 million are losing their insurance. the head for medicaid and medicare services the medicaid czar she has efficiency programs that have worked in indiana, bridge to jobs programs. premium pay. more efficient. heather: how do you pay for it? pay less if it s more efficient.
Major changes are made, if this the concerns about the coverage numbers are not assuaged at any point. that more than anything else why you see republican leaders telling the white house, look, you need to stay unified with us, you can t freelance because those are the members that in the end they believe will be the hardest to bring around. phil mattingly, thanks. back with the panel. you have to white house pushing back on the cbo report but only kind of part of it, embracing other aspects. they like the deficit reduction part of it because it reduces the deficit $337 billion over ten years. but much of that comes from the cutbacks in medicaid to the states. that s what the moderates are upset about. and i just have to ask a question after listening to phil. if you re a republican house moderate, why would you go out on a limb and vote for this bill if you know it s going to get changed in the senate? then you ll be on the record voting for something that is unpopular in your d
phil mattingly, thanks. joining us is david walker, former head of the government accountability office. let me start with you. what do you make of how this is all playing out and particularly how the white house, they re blasting the cbo report except for the parts that they like. the fact of the matter is the cbo is the honest broker. they re the ones who keep the score, while they do a better job of estimating the financial impact, you ve got to make estimates on how many will be covered in order to do the financial impact. the good news is you ll reduce the deficit, $337 billion over ten years. you re providing more flexibility in choice and premiums won t go up as much over time. the bad, medicare part a goes insolvent, the trust fund four years earlier, and they re not doing anything with regard to drug coverage, and seniors end up taking it on the chin. bottom line, i think a bill will eventually get to the president s desk, but it won t be this bill.
Part of it they embraced. they like the deficit reduction part of it because it reduces a deficit $337 billion over 10 years. much comes with cut backs in medicate. that s what the moderates are upset about. i have to ask a question after listening to phil. if you are a republican house moderate, why would you go out on a limb and vote for this bill if you know it s going to get changed in the senate and then you will be on the record voting for something ha is unpopular in your district and mitch mcconnell said this is not going to be the final bill. unless they can get together on what they are going to do, the house members who have to go first will say wait a minute, why am i walking the plank? today was a good day under the radar. conservatives starting to move against this bill. we have seen breitbart for a
you don t even have the president in your corner on this. he says he would keep everybody with coverage. that s what he said. and that is not what you re doing in this plan. maybe that s why we re not hearing more from the president directly about this. usually he argues right to the people about what he thinks they should do. he said this was going to be great cbo score. certainly doesn t show that. well tcbo score does show $337 billion of savings. you re putting less money into it. there s no question about that. the cbo and you re hearing from republicans as well, you re getting criticized for what you re doing and who you re giving it back to instead of using that money as other people in your party want you to do to help back bill some of the needs of the lower income people. you re making a choice with the money you don t spend on the health care bill. do you have the president on your side? i m not hearing him come out and