law. there s 18 million people in the individual markets but doing the right thing by the individual markets has an effect on more than 18 million people because the insurers, there s some overlap between them. what do you think of this concept that s being developed by a number of democratic senators, medicaid for all, which seems to be code for a single payer system but they re figuring that out that doesn t go over well with republicans. is that a road worth going down? i think there s three things we ll see this month in a short period of time. one is senator sanders bill on medicaid for all. the second is senator brian shots from hawaii who will have a bill out which is more moderate version of that which is to people to buy into medicaid. very interesting concept. when one we haven t heard a lot about. then the third thing there s some news this morning that senator graham and cassidy have made progress on their bill to go back and repeal the aca again. so lest we thought it
want an easier phaseout or fewer cuts or reductions in spending in the program. $772 billion would be removed over the course of ten years through this bill on medicaid. on the other side of the spectrum, you have conservatives who want to significantly ratchet back the regulations that are included in the affordable care act. kate, what that means is they want to go after the regulations that in some cases protect pre-existing conditions or protect the price protections for pre-existing conditions. you have two groups of senators on the opposite sides of the spectrum with ideas and plans and things that they not just want but need to support the bill that don t mesh with one another. that s kind of the thicket that the majority leader is trying to navigate right now. i can tell you this, they know what each of the senators in the conference need. we have seen a lot talk about it publically. the question is, how do you give moderates enough while still giving conservatives a cut did th
that will change soon. they are going to post that bill online. we are going to get reaction from the members coming out of the meeting. interesting to see their faces. susan malveaux is joining me on capitol hill. the nuts and bolts of what we know is in the bill? it s important to say the bill could change before there s a vote next week. so far, the headlines on what we expect to be in the bill on medicaid, the expansion will be phased out but more slowly than the house version. there will be drastic changes to the medicaid plan overall. federal subsidies are tied to income rather than age. it mirrors obamacare. conservatives are not going to be happy about that. the eligibility threshold is going to be lowered. surers cannot charge people more for people with pre-existing conditions.