Sweeney 8 55, we talked to Steve Sweeney, and then at 9 00 9 30, we talked to senator steve daines about wildfire management. It is day six of cspans 14 months tour of all 50 state capital. This week, we are in the Capital Jersey capitalew of trenton. Steve sweeney will join us a later aboard the bus in the program. September 20, this is washington journal. President trump addressed the members of the United Nations yesterday, stressing the need for sovereign nations across world to act in the best interests of their people. In the first hour, we want to get your impressions of President Trumps speech of the u. N. And what you thought about the message it sent the world. , democrats. 00 202 7488001, republicans. Independents, 202 7488002. If you want to post on our twitter page, you can do that at cspanwj. The editors of the Washington Times talked about the speech, and they say no more baloney. That was the message President Trump have for the United Nations. The United Nations is mos
She covers health care in that. Talk about the drivers of this. Who are the two senators, what are they interested in and tell us about the legislation . Guest the republican senators working on the plan are bill cassidy of louisiana and Lindsey Graham of south carolina. Bill cassidy was a physician before coming to congress. Lindsey graham and him started working early in the summer around when Senate Republicans were looking to overhaul in july, they started coming up with this plan. Saying if we could get to congress, we will conference, they will do this plan. This bill would take effectively starting in 2020, the funding for the Affordable Care act. ,he funding goes to tax credits cautionary payments to help people afford outofpocket payments, put it all into a general fund and then block grant that to states based on different formulas to determine how much each state would get under their program. That is what we are looking at. Potentially a vote as soon as next week. Host talk
The Congressional Budget Office led by a director who was handpicked by the Current Health and Human Services secretary tom price just issued its new report on trumpcare. Pcareeport makes clear trum would be a cancer on the American Health care system causing costs skyrocket, making coverage unaffordable for those with preexisting conditions and many seniors and taking millions of Health Insurance. Unless you are a healthy millionaire, trumpcare is a nightmare. This report should be the final nail in the coffin of the republican effort to sabotage our Health Care System. Republicans in washington and the president should read this report cover to cover, throw their bill in the trashcan and the guilt working with democrats on a real plan to lower cost for the american people. There is a lot to unpack, ill just focus on a few provisions. First, costs. The report makes clear your premiums are heading up for the next several years if trumpcare passes. 20 increases in 2018, 5 the following
Stand out right away. First of all, the measure would lower the federal deficit by 119 billion over ten years. Thats an important number because as the senate is crossing their own legislation, theyre going to need to meet or beat that number. Thats a key number well be seeing over the next couple of weeks. Additionally, cbo is estimating that over the next decade, 23 million more people with the will be uninsured under the ahca than currently under the Affordable Care act. Thats a big number that democrats are going to focus on. Republicans have said that coverage shouldnt necessarily be the main issue particularly if people have coverage and they cant also use it. Additionally, premiums, those are a really big focus for people in the senate right now. A lot of Senate Republicans say that lowering premium citizen number one priority with this bill. Lowering premiums is their number priority with this bill. One cbo is projecting that premiums under this legislation, as they previously
The Congressional Budget Office led by a director who was handpicked by the Current Health and Human Services secretary tom price just issued its new report on trumpcare. Pcareeport makes clear trum would be a cancer on the American Health care system causing costs skyrocket, making coverage unaffordable for those with preexisting conditions and many seniors and taking millions of Health Insurance. Unless you are a healthy millionaire, trumpcare is a nightmare. This report should be the final nail in the coffin of the republican effort to sabotage our Health Care System. Republicans in washington and the president should read this report cover to cover, throw their bill in the trashcan and the guilt working with democrats on a real plan to lower cost for the american people. There is a lot to unpack, ill just focus on a few provisions. First, costs. The report makes clear your premiums are heading up for the next several years if trumpcare passes. 20 increases in 2018, 5 the following