i would remind everyone that turbulence is not to be unexpected in the first term of a presidency. ronald reagan was in the mid 30 s in 82. he went on to win we election. bill clinton was in the high 30 s in 93. the democrats lost the majority in the house but he was reelected. obama was at 42% in 09 during obamacare, he went on to be reelected but democrats lost the majority. the question becomes, you know, where do you go from here? i hope this is not the last one he does. and i hope they go back, look at the tapes and figure out what they need to do better. dana: a little less than a minute here for excellent thoughts from you. kennedy: he needs to stop tying inflation to the supply chain. because it s not only disingenuous, it s dishonest and shows this administration is very unserious about doing what they can to be curb inflation which is hurting americans most. what has hurt the world most is this virus and saying that he pressed president xi. i don t believe him. i don t
in 1986, democrats introduced into the house that december, ronald reagan did not sign it until the following october. it was almost a ten and 11 month time frame to get it done. melissa: it could take some time. if democrats want to get involved, the talking point that we are hearing from them this morning and yesterday has to do with the pass-through tax, is that the thing they want killed? you know what, democrats have flip-flopped on the issue more times than gucci sandals at the pride parade. it is really difficult to hear them talk about issues like this, tax reform or any legislative issue, during obamacare, they did not allow republicans into negotiate. nancy pelosi said, if you want to know what is in the bill, we have to pass it first. when i hear these things that i consider to be complete and total lies, because we know that in new york states, democrats and republicans are working together on issues like the
van hollen about this. let me talk about what these subsidies are. this is what they wost $7 billion, 2018 more expensive, $10 billion, partially because insurance rate premiums going up. they were going up before obamacare, during obamacare and depending what you do afterward they are still going up. they are never doing down. the number of americans that receive these cost sharing subsidies, 7.1 million low in come people who receive money to subsidize insurance. ultimately the money ends up with the insurance companies, which is why donald trump is referring to them as insurance company subsidies but the money goes to individuals first. here is what happens if donald trump s threat comes through and the money doesn t end up getting to those people. the insurance companies can either absorb the costs. they are publicly traded companies in most cases. that s not likely to happen. they can request midyear premium rate increase which they would be likely to get because their
kill obamacare. a talking point from the white house is that there is no republican alternative to obamacare. and that is workable, at least. i was trying to think some of the ideas i ve heard from republicans. instead of obamacare we hear that tort reform is a big point that republicans made during the vote during obamacare. that didn t come into fruition. now we hear a lot of republicans talk about the need to be able to buy and have insurance across state lines. but do republicans need to do a better job of presenting their vision for health care reform? i agree with you, rick. in fairness to republicans, over the years going back a decade, they have come up with some very smart, you know, market-based ideas like health savings accounts and things like that. important point is that none of this has been packaged in recent
street journal. good morning to both of you. matt, first to you here in new york, why is this happening? the whole obamacare plan was to lower costs as you just mentioned. reason this will go up everyone will vilify the health insurance companies. health costs are going up so the insurance companies are forced to pass them on to you and i as individuals. the reason costs are going up, suddenly the system is being flooded by new people obamacare wants to get in there. aim maybe a person healthy doesn t pay that much or two to the doctor often is now paying much more because the health care system is flooded with so many people. bill: stephen moore, has this failed already? it certainly is off to a poor start, isn t it? i am wondering whether a lot of americans are seeing that they got a false bill of goods. during obamacare, the whole discussion how it would lower costs. remember the president saying it would save the average american family several thousand dollars a