Phil mattingly has the latest. let s talk about the headlines from the report. start with the context. republican aides knew this was not going to be a great number. they did not know it was going to be this bad. and you hit the top lines. 14 million uninsured after the first year. by 2026 that number jumps up to 24 million. those are huge issues right now. they knew it was going to be a bad number. they knew the numbers wouldn t match up with obama care, but that s a real number with real policy repercussions. on the positive for republicans. there s a $337 billion decrease in the budget based on this bill. that s important. and important because this is what they 3r078sed they would do. this is what they campaigned on. the premiums, this is one of the most important elements that republicans will talk about a lot going forward. they re saying we don t want to promise everyone will have care but will have access. the premium numbers aren t as
The report that was put out. we believe that our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost and give them the choices that they want for the coverage they want for themselves an for their family, not that the government forces them to buy. the cbo predicts the legislation would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over a decade. house speaker paul ryan is trying to highlight the positive aspects of the bill tonight. i m excited about the analysis. they overestimate the uninsured number like they overestimated who would be insured by obamacare. if we re not going to force people to buy something they don t want to buy, they re not going to buy it. they re torn. some of them are trying to pin a rose on this report and make it sound like it s a good thing. and others of them are trying to discredit the cbo. reporter: this morning, the white house was scrambling to get ahead of the report. the press is making it look
Most notably, the deficit savings. $337 billion over ten years. and the projection that overall premiums would drop by an average of 10% by the time the gop plan fully takes hold. but the top line number of uninsured, 14 million by next year, 24 million by 2026, sparking new democratic attacks and mockery of the republican party. no one wants to claim this bill if it s so good, why aren t they rushing to have their names on it? trump wants to call it ryancare. ryan wants to call it trumpcare. it s classic abbott and costello. if it s so good why don t they want their names on it? bill: reporter: the political fall out from across battle ground states to inside the gop conference itself, leading to accusations that the gop s three-step strategy, an initial bill, regulatory actions followed by regulatory action today for democratic support is
Americans in 2018, so that s why this is much more different. totally different than any other washington fight they re having. but the reality here is, the white house was bracing for this. speaker ryan was bracing for this. they can t completely trash the cbo report because that, it saves $337 billion, which is one of the arguments for why it s good, by taking away that mandate. they re really in a box here. sean spicer s briefing today, this afternoon at the white house, will be interesting to see how they decide to embrace cbo or not because there are differences in the administration and paul ryan already coming out on this. absolutely. to jeff s point, if you pick up the new york times and washington post, the wall street journal, health care on the front page. these are places where donald trump did quite well in the election. youngstown, ohio, 14 million people will lose coverage. macomb, daily, trump carries mucome. millions to lose coverage under gop bill. the arizona r
More individuals and give them the choices they want for the coverage they want for themselves and family. not the government forces them to buy. reporter: it is important to point out the republican proposal does what republicans campaigned on. repeals the original mandate and medicaid expansion. two drivers for obamacare numbers. it reduces the deficit by $337 billion. and as we already know, it repeals most of the obamacare taxes. these are things republicans say we campaigned on this. just because the models of the cbo or this score doesn t reflect what people want it to reflect, there is what people voted for. the question is how do they keep members in line going forward? i spoke to a number of republican senators after the propos proposal. many voicing concerns about this going forward. christine and dave. phil, thank you. on the tax cut, people voted for a middle class tax cut. not the wealthy americans to get