phase out the medicaid expansion earlier. meanwhile, you have moderate republicans worried about the impact of medicaid changes on older low income americans. very people who helped get him to office. threading the needle is tricky. helping us break it down is eugene scott. good morning. what changes have to be made first to satisfy the conservative house members? before we get to the senate. one of the main things they are concerned about is the idea that funding could expand that would require government and taxpayers to put more money into the plan that they already think costs too much money. one of the criticisms from conservative lawmakers is the debt is already higher than they want and the way things are being proposed right now can only become more expensive. paul ryan over the weekend seemingly to nod to the age tax crowd. aarp movement. the demographic will get hit
the vote on the harmful legislation that creates an age tax and cuts the life of medicare and gives sweetheart deals to drug and insurance companies and doing nothing to lower the cost of health care or precipitati prescriptions. we intend to let you know how our representatives voted. aarp points to this from the budget office for the age tax. 64-year-old earning $26,000 a year will see premiums rise from $1700 to $14,000. half of the income under the republican plan. they could pay more because the new bill let s insurers charge more over what younger people will pay. this is why we have an expert here to break down the drama. reporter eugene scott. good morning. we heard paul ryan. he said, hinted, there will be changes to the health care bill.