House Passes Bill To Repeal Obamacare

LIVE FROM THE BROADCAST CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, THIS IS "KCAL 9
NEWS" AT 9:00 P.M.
SUZIE: HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE
MAKING GOOD ON REPEALING AND
REPLACING OBAMACARE.
JEFF: THE NEW PLANS WEEK THROUGH
THE HOUSE.
THEY JOIN US WITH A LONG
FIGHT AHEAD.
REPORTER: I DON'T THINK ANY ONE
THOUGHT THIS WOULD PASS.
A WEEK AGO THIS WAS A LAUGHING
STOCK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP LETTER ROSE
GARDEN CELEBRATION WITH A LARGE
CROWD OF CONGRESS MEMBERS
CHEERING HIM ON.
IT IS STILL A LONG ROAD TO THE
FINISH LINE BUT THIS IS A PRETTY
GOOD START THE SURPRISED A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE A FIST
WAVING SALUTE IN THE ROSE GARDEN
AS REPUBLICANS CELEBRATED THEIR
GOP HEALTH CARE BILL.
IT CHANGES SOME OF THE
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF
OBAMACARE.
WHAT PROTECTION IS OBAMACARE
IF THERE IS NO HEALTHCARE PLAN
TO PURCHASE IN YOUR STATE.
REPORTER: THE BILL WOULD PROVIDE
TAX CREDITS TO HELP PEOPLE BUY
INSURANCE, BUT MANY LOW INCOME
AND OLDER AMERICANS WOULD GET
LESS THAN OBAMACARE PROVIDES.
INSURERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO
CHARGE OLDER CUSTOMERS FIVE
TIMES MORE THAN YOUNGER
CUSTOMERS.
UNDER OBAMACARE IT'S CAPPED
3 - 1.
THEY CAN ALSO ROLLBACK THE
REQUIREMENT THAT ALL INSURANCE
COVER BASIC SET OF COVERAGE LIKE
A MATERNITY CARE AND EMERGENCY
SERVICES.
THAT FLEXIBILITY WILL LOWER
PRICES.
THIS WILL BRING DOWN PREMIUMS
AND GET THINGS ON TRACK.
REPORTER: REPUBLICANS DIDN'T
WAIT FOR THE BY J BUDGET OFFICE TO
ANALYZE THE COST AND IMPACT OF
THE BILL.
AN
VERSION PROJECTED IT WOULD LEAVE
24 MILLION MORE AMERICANS
WITHOUT HEALTH COVERAGE.
14 MILLION, BECAUSE OF CUTS IN
MEDICAID FUNDING.
ANTHONY WRIGHT IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH ACCESS
CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS A MASSIVE CUT TO THE
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
THERE IS NO WAY THIS IS IN THE
INTEREST OF CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA WAS THE STATE THAT
TOOK ADVANTAGE THE MOST OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT BENEFITS SO
WE HAVE THE MOST TO LOSE.
REPORTER: THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA
REPUBLICAN DELEGATION VOTED YES
ON THE BILL, ONE DAY AFTER
NEARLY HALF THE GOP CONGRESSMEN
WERE LISTED AS UNDECIDED OR NO.
SOME LIKE ORANGE COUNTY
CONGRESSMEN MAY HAVE DONE SO AT
THEIR OWN RISK.
REPORTER: A GROUP OF
DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED OUTSIDE
HIS OFFICE INVESTOR TO PROTEST
HIS VOTE.
WE WANT HIM TO FIGHT FOR
HEALTH CARE FOR EVERYONE WHO
LIVES IN HIS DISTRICT BECAUSE IT
IS PEOPLE'S LIVES.
REPORTER: JOEL FOX IS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS
ACCESS COMMITTEE AND A PROFESSOR
AT PEPPERDINE.
HE SAID IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR
SOME TO OVERCOME.
REPUBLICANS HAVE TO FIGHT AND
CLAW AND ARGUE FOR EVERY INCH
AND VOTE COME ELECTION TIME.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ELECTIONS
THEY WILL HAVE TO ARGUE WITH A
CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC.
THEY MAY DO SO SUCCESSFULLY.
I MEAN I THINK IT'S PREMATURE TO
SAY GOODBYE.
REPORTER: THIS IS A VERY BIG WIN
FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
REPUBLICANS TO PASS A
CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT MANY
THOUGHT WAS DOA A LONG TIME AGO.
THEY TURNED IT AROUND.
LEYNA: THEY DID.
WHAT DO WE EXPECT IN THE SENATE.
REPORTER: THAT'S THE
64000-DOLLAR QUESTION.
IT FACES AND ON CERTAIN FUTURE
IN THE SENATE.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A SMALL
ADVANTAGE IN THE SENATE.
MUCH SMALLER THAN THE HOUSE
WHICH THEY DOMINATE AND THERE
ARE SEVERAL MODERATE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS WHO MAY HAVE A PROBLEM
WITH SOME PIECES OF THE HOUSE
BILL.
EVEN IF THEY PASS THE PACKAGE,
IT WILL LIKELY ATTACH SEVERAL
AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES WHICH
WOULD HAVE TO BE RECONCILED WITH
THE HOUSE BILL BEFORE BECOMES
LAW.
AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT CLEAR
WHETHER IT WILL BE APPROVED BY
THE SENATE WHICH IT COULD TAKE
UP AS SOON AS NEXT MONTH.
WE WILL FOUND OUT.
JEFF: DOWN THE ROAD WE KNOW THE
PRESIDENT WANTS TO TACKLE TAX
REFORM AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
WILL THIS GIVE HIM SOME
MOMENTUM.
REPORTER: I THINK SO.
THE FACT IS, UNTIL NOW HE REALLY
HAD NO ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE
LEGISLATIVE ARENA IN TERMS OF
DEALING WITH THE SENATE IN THE
HOUSE.
NOW HE HAS SOMETHING TO HANG
ONTO.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY
HELD THE CELEBRATION.
YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE A
PRESIDENT CELEBRATING IN THE
ROSE GARDEN BECAUSE THE BILL
PASSES ONE HOUSE OF THE CONG
CONGRESS.

House Passes Bill To Repeal Obamacare

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