GOP Healthcare Plan Takes Major Hit

THIS IS "KCAL 9 NEWS" AT 9.
JEFF: THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M
JEFF VAUGHN.
ELSA: AND I'M ELSA RAMON AND I'M
ELSA RAMON TO THE PUBLIC AND I'M
ELSA RAMON THE REPUBLICAN PLAN
TO REPLACE THE PORTABLE CARE X.
TOOK A MAJOR HIT EVEN BEFORE THE
SENATE COULD VOTE ON IT.
JEFF: THE BUDGET OFFICE HAS
RELEASED ITS REPORT.
22 MILLION AMERICANS WOULD LOSE
HEALTH INSURANCE AT THAT BILL
BECOMES LAW.
ELSA: POLITICAL REPORTER DAVE
RYAN HAS REACTION FROM TOP
REPUBLICANS SENATORS AND CRITICS
OF THE PLAN TONIGHT.
JEFF: COULD THE TIMING ON THIS
BE ANY WORSE FOR THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND BILL
SUPPORTERS?
I DON'T THINK SO.
TONIGHT A SCATHING CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET REPORT ON THE ESTIMATED
FALLOUT FROM THE SUN HEALTH CARE
PLAN HAS CREATED CONFUSION AND
HESITATION ON CAPITOL HILL
JEOPARDIZING THE PUSH TO PASS
THE PLAN THIS WEEK AND WITH
MIDTERMS COMING UP IN A YEAR THE
LAST THING A LOT OF SENATORS
WANT IS TV NEWS REPORTS ABOUT
ANGRY CONSTITUENTS SCREAMING AT
THEM INTENSE MEETINGS BACK HOME.
OBVIOUSLY NOT GOOD NEWS.
SENATOR JOHN McCAIN WHO SAYS
HE'S FROM A MEDICAID EXPANSION
STATE NOW ON THE FENCE AFTER THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE SENATE
HEALTH CARE BILL.
STAGGERING NUMBERS 22 MILLION
MORE AMERICANS WOULD BE WITHOUT
HEALTH COVERAGE BY 2026.
ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THE
HOUSE BILL FOR THE PREDICTION
WAS 23 MILLION WOULD GO WITHOUT
COVERAGE AND THE PRESIDENT
DECLARED THAT TO MEAN.
THAT WAS MY TURN BECAUSE I
WANT TO SEE, AND I SPEAK FROM
THE HEART.
I WANT TO SEE IT FOR PART OF THE
CBO REPORT SAYS NEXT YEAR WOULD
BE THE WORST WHEN 50 MILLION
MORE PEOPLE WOULD GET INSURED
PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE PENALTY
FOR NOT HAVING INSURANCE WOULD
BE ELIMINATED AND IT GOES ON TO
SAY THE NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO
FALL IN LATER YEARS BECAUSE OF
LOWER SPENDING ON MEDICAID AND
SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER AVERAGE
SUBSIDIES FOR COVERAGE.
IS HARD TO QUANTIFY HOW BIG A
DEAL THIS IS.
THIS IS HEALTH CARE ARMAGEDDON.
REPORTER: ANTHONY WRIGHT IS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH
CARE ACCESS --.
THIS IS NOT JUST ROLLING BACK
COVERAGE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS
UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
THIS ROLES IS BACK 50 YEARS
UNDOING THE 50 YEAR COMMITMENT
OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM THAT
SERVES ONE THIRD OF THE STATES
CALIFORNIANS, A CUT OF THE ACA
IN DISMANTLING OF THE MEDICAID
PROGRAM.
CALIFORNIA SENATOR DIANNE
FEINSTEIN HAD THIS REACTION.
THE CBO NOTES DESPITE THE
ELIGIBLE FOR PREMIUM TAX CREDITS
FEW LOW-INCOME PEOPLE WOULD
PURCHASE ANY PLAN BECAUSE THOSE
PLANS WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE JUNK.
THIS IS SIMPLY INDEFENSIBLE AND
I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE COULD
VOTE FOR THIS BILL.
MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN
SENATOR ROGER WICKER AND MOST OF
HIS G.O.P. COLLEAGUES SAY THEIR
MARKET-BASED APPROACH WILL HAVE
CONSUMERS MORE CHOICES AT LOWER
COST WITH THE CBO REPORT
PROJECTS MOST PEOPLE PURCHASING
INSURANCE ON THE INDIVIDUAL
MARKET WOULD HAVE HIGHER
OUT-OF-POCKET SPENDING ON HEALTH
CARE.
DESPITE THE NEGATIVE REPORT IN
THE HARD FEELINGS REPUBLICAN
LEADERS ARE VOWING TO FORCE A
VOTE ON THE SENATE BILL THIS
WEEK WITH G.O.P. HOLDOUTS CAVING
IN.
THE CHOICE IS YOU WANT TO GO
BACK HOME AND SAY WE CHOSE
OBAMACARE WERE THE REPUBLICAN
PLAN.
REPORTER: WINNING OVER
REPUBLICANS LIKE NEVADA SENATOR
DEAN HELLER WON'T BE EASY.
THIS BILL IS SIMPLY NOT THE
ANSWER.
I'M ANNOUNCING TODAY I WILL NOT
SUPPORTED.
REPORTER: ANOTHER REPUBLICAN IS
WARNING THE LEADERSHIP ABOUT
BUYING SENATORS VOTES.
AT DEARBORN TO
TO GET VOTES I'M NOT GOING TO DO
THE
LOUISIANA PURCHASE SO THE BEST
WAY TO LOSE ME ON THIS BILL IS
TO START BUYING PEOPLE OFF.
REPORTER: THE "WASHINGTON POST"
REPORTING TONIGHT THAT BY THE
END OF THE DAY AT LEAST FOUR
REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE SAYING
THEY WOULD VOTE AGAINST EVEN
STARTING THE DEBATE ON THE
SENATE HEALTH CARE BILL CREATING
AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT
CHALLENGE FOR SENATE MAJORITY
LEADER MITCH McCONNELL BUT
THINGS COULD CHANGE REAL QUICKLY
IN WASHINGTON SO STAY TUNED.
JEFF: WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE
DOING TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THE
CBO NUMBERS?
FOR WORK THAT THEY ARE PUTTING
OUT THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY IN
THIS SO THEY OFTEN DO THE WHITE
HOUSE AND THE PRESIDENT ARE
USING ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE
WEAPONS TO FIGHT BACK, TWITTER.
THEY ARE ATTACKING THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
WHICH RELEASED TODAY'S REPORT
POINTING OUT THAT WHEN THE CBO
OF SAM AND THE OBAMACARE PLAN
THE ESTIMATED 23 MILLION PEOPLE
WOULD BE COVERED BY 2017.
WELL, THEY WERE OFF BY 100%.
IT'S ONLY 10.3 MILLION PEOPLE
ARE COVERED AS OF THIS YEAR.
ON TOP OF THAT "CNN" MONEY
REPORT THIS MONTH THAT NUMBER IS
DOWN NEARLY 1 MILLION FROM LAST
YEAR DUE IN PART THEY SAY TO
ATTACKS FROM THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING
CANCELING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
ADVERTISING DURING THE OPEN

GOP Healthcare Plan Takes Major Hit

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