McConnell Struggling To Gather Enough Trumpcare Votes?

OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE
OF THE REPUBLICAN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY OBAMA CARE, AS WE
PREVIEWED YESTERDAY THE NEW VERSION HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED.
IN THIS VIDEO WE WILL BREAK IT DOWN WITH WHAT CHANGES AND WHAT
IT KEEPS THE SAME.
WE WILL TRY TO GET AN IDEA OF THE LIKELIHOOD
THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY GET PASSED.
THOSE ARE TWO TAXES
ADDED BY THE ACA, THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE GOING TO BE
REMOVED, AND I WILL BE RETAINED.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT THEY
ARE DOING FEWER OF THE TAX CUTS THAN THEY WERE BEFORE, BUT MOST
OF THAT MONEY IS NOT THEN BEING PUT BACK INTO INCREASING
COVERAGE, LOWERING DEDUCTIBLES OR PREMIUMS OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS IT DOES DO, WE WILL GIVE CREDIT TO
THOSE.
SO THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THEN ñ THE ISSUE IS THAT
SO-CALLED MODERATE REPUBLICANS HAVE IS THAT IT STILL CUTS TOO
MUCH.
THE RETURN TO THE STATES ON MEDICAID IS GOING TO CONTINUE
TO DROP, EVENTUALLY KICKING PEOPLE OFF.
IF THE ISSUE WAS
THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE OLD
BILL, THIS DOES NOTHING TO FIX THAT.
DEVELOPMENTS TODAY DID MAKE ME QUESTION WHETHER THEY WILL
PASS IT.
CUTS TO MEDICAID CONTINUE TO BE DRACONIAN, $772
BILLION, AN ENORMOUS NUMBER TO COME FROM MEDICAID.
20 OF THE
SENATORS ARE IN STATES THAT HAVE RELIED ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
INCREASED MEDICAID FUNDING UNDER OBAMA CARE.
FOR EXAMPLE ROB
PORTMAN FROM OHIO, CAPITO ñ FROM WEST VIRGINIA, ALL THOSE
GOVERNORS TOOK THE MEDICAID EXPANSION.
I THINK THAT WE ARE
AT THE BONE HERE.
WHEN YOU HIT THE BONE, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AN
ISSUE.
MURKOWSKI FROM ALASKA SAID NO, IF THEY DON'T INCREASE
MEDICAID ñ SHE SAID IF YOU GOING TO WIND DOWN MEDICAID EXPANSION
THAT IS NOT INCREASING ACCESS.
SHE SAID THAT WAS AN
ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENT ON HER PART.
IF YOU LOST THOSE TO YOU
HAVE TOLD EVERY SINGLE OTHER PERSON ñ IT ALSO CUTS FUNDING TO
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND THEY ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.
AND YOU
HAVE CAPITO, HELLER, PORTMAN, HOVEN FROM NORTH DAKOTA ñ THEY
HAVE ALL SET ON THE RECORD THEY DON'T WANT MEDICAID CUT THIS
MUCH.
BY THE WAY THEY ARE NOT REALLY MODERATES.
THIS CUTS SO
MUCH FROM MEDICAID AND WOULD DEVASTATE PEOPLE IN THEIR STATES
THAT THEY ARE NOW WORRIED ñ WE HAVE A LIMIT TO HOW MUCH WE CAN
TREAT PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY DONORS GIVE US.
EXACTLY, THEY SEE THE POLES AND KNOW HOW UNPOPULAR THIS BILL
IS.
HEALTHCARE IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY OF AN ISSUE.
THOSE WHO
ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THE BILL, DURING THAT SENATE RECESS THEY
ARE NOT HOLDING TOWN HALLS.
SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE NO VOTES AT
THIS POINT, THEY DID ACTUALLY MEET UP WITH SOME CONSTITUENTS.
THERE WERE SOME ROUNDS OF APPLAUSE FOR THOSE WHO SAID THEY
WERE GOING TO HAVE A NO.
THEY WENT BACK, LISTEN TO THEIR
CONSTITUENTS, AND NOW THINK YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK I NOW CAN
SUPPORT THIS BILL.
THAT IS THE SIDE OF THE SO-CALLED MODERATES.
THERE WERE OTHERS WHO WERE NOT SUPPORTING THIS BILL, WHY DON'T
WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.
YOU WOULD HAVE ALL
SORTS OF PLANS THAT DON'T PROVIDE THE COVERAGE YOU
THINK YOU ARE GETTING BY PAYING FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.
THAT IS THE TED CRUZ, MIKE LEE THING.
WHAT WE CHECK IN WITH TED CRUZ AND SEE IF HE NOW SUPPORTS
THE BILL.
MY CENTRAL FOCUS FROM THE BEGINNING HAS BEEN ON LOWERING
PREMIUMS.
THE BIGGEST REASON SO MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE
UNHAPPY WITH OBAMA CARE IS THAT PREMIUMS ARE SKYHIGH.
I THINK
THE WAY WE UNITE OUR CONFERENCE AND BRING REPUBLICANS TOGETHER
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FOCUS FRONT AND CENTER ON LOWERING PREMIUMS.
THE BILL ANNOUNCED TODAY INCLUDES TWO CREDIBLE PROVISIONS
DESIGNED TO LOWER PREMIUMS.
THE FIRST IS A CONSUMER FREEDOM
AMENDMENT, AND AMENDMENT I INTRODUCED AND HAVE BEEN PUSHING
FOR.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE BIG DEALS AND AMENDMENTS I INTRODUCED SO I
AM ENCOURAGED THE BILL IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I THINK
WE HAVE MADE VERY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, EXPANDING CHOICES,
EXPANDING OPTIONS, EXPANDING COMPETITION AND REDUCING
PREMIUMS.
THAT IN MY VIEW WAS ALWAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
OF THIS PROCESS.
WHAT I HEAR FROM THAT IS THAT CONSERVATIVES WILL GO ALONG WITH
THIS WEATHER IT ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHES WHAT THEY WANTED OR
NOT.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GO WITH NEGOTIATIONS AND THEY WILL
VOTE WITH THE BILL.
THIS WAY HE GETS TO IMPLY HE WAS THE STRONG CONSERVATIVE THAT
MADE THE BILL MORE OF A PASTOR THAN IT ALREADY WAS.
WHILE ALSO
SETTING UP ITS EVENTUAL DESTRUCTION BECAUSE AS WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT FOR WEEKS, IF YOU DO IT TED CRUZ AND MIKE WE WANT
AND YOU SET UP THESE PLANS THAT DON'T PROVIDE THE HEALTH
INSURANCE BENEFITS TO THOSE PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, YOU ADD
THE CAPS AND ALL THAT, YOU'RE SETTING UP A SYSTEM WHERE THE
ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL NOW GO INTO THOSE MORE EXPENSIVE PLANS
ARE THOSE WHO ARE SICKER AND THAT WILL CREATE THE FACT OF
HIGH RISK POOLS AND THAT WILL CRUSH THE SYSTEM OVER TIME.
THEY
WILL PRODUCE THE OUTCOME THEY ARE SAYING THEY ALREADY HAVE ñ
THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS.
WE ALSO HAVE RAND PAUL.
UNFORTUNATELY THE NEW PLAN ACTUALLY DOESN'T REPEAL OBAMA
CARE, IT KEEPS ABOUT HALF OF THE OBAMA CARE TAXES, KEEPS MOST OF
THE OBAMA CARE REGULATIONS, KEEPS MOST OF THE OBAMA CARE
SUBSIDIES AND CREATES A GIANT INSURANCE BAILOUT SUPERFUND.
I
JUST CAN'T VOTE FOR A BILL THAT CREATES A $200 BILLION FUND THE
BAILOUT INSURANCE COMPANIES.
I'M JUST NOT FOR THAT.
I PROMISE TO
REPEAL OBAMA CARE, NOT CONTINUE IT.
RAND PAUL DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE WAS EVER GOING TO VOTE FOR
THIS.
I THINK COLLINS AND RAND PAUL ARE NOT GETTABLE.
THAT
MEANS THEY HAVE TO HOLD MURKOWSKI AND HELLER AND ALL THE
CONSERVATIVES.
JAYAR JACKSON, YOU WATCHED?
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
THEY ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.
IT IS ALL BASED ON WHAT
MCCONNELL HAS BEEN SAYING BEFORE, YOU GUYS BETTER HURRY UP
AND DO THIS WITH ME ñ THE FULL CONTEXT OF WHAT TED CRUZ IS
SAYING WAS I HAVE TWO THINGS I WANTED, THEY GAVE ME THOSE TWO
THINGS.
MYSELF AND SOMEONE ELSE, WE HAD A COMMISSION TO CHANGE
THESE THINGS AND HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION.
THEN MIKE LEE AND I
DID THIS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I DID?
IT WAS ME, AND I AND ME,
AND THEN ME AND THEN ME, AND THEN ME AGAIN.
IT WAS A CONSTANT
BARRAGE OF HIMSELF.
HE CARES ABOUT PROMOTING HIMSELF.
THE
THINGS HE SAID HE WANTED TO GET DONE IS NOT GOING TO GET DONE.
IN THE MEANTIME IT LOOKS LIKE IT SO HE CAN LOOK AT IT, GLOWING.
RAND PAUL INTO CRUISER STILL ANGLING FOR RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
RAND PAUL HAS DECIDED THE ATTACK HE IS GOINGTO TAKE IS
I DIDN'T VOTE FOR THAT BILL.
AND TED CRUZ IS ANGLING FOR
THE
DONORS.
REMEMBER WHEN I RUN FOR PRESIDENT MY SLOGAN WILL BE I AM
WITH HIM.
I, ME, ME, ME, REMEMBER THAT.
I DO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS BILL THAT BIG TAXES ARE
STILL IN THERE, WHICH I HAD TALKED ABOUT BEING A BAD PART OF
ANY BILL, A BAD PART OF OBAMA CARE.
DOES THAT MEAN IT IS A NO GO FOR YOU BECAUSE OF THOSE TAXES?
I AM TRYING TO WORK TO YES, TO WHERE WE CAN SALVAGE SOMETHING.
IT WILL BE EVERYTHING I WANTED, WHICH IS A STRAIGHT OUT REPEAL,
BUT IF WE CAN GET AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT WE HAVE NOW, THAT WILL
BE PROGRESS AND WE CAN FIGHT ANOTHER DAY, BUT WE'VE GOT TO
FIGHT NEXT WEEK TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.
IS THIS BILL STUNNED SEN.?
WHAT?
ARE YOU A GUESS THAT THIS BILL IS DONE?
YOU CAN COUNT ME AS A YES.
I KNOW IT IS A MOVING TARGET,
THINGS CHANGE.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A YES, IS BETTER THAN A NO
IN THE STATUS QUO WHICH IS HORRIBLE.
BOTTOM LINE IS CONSERVATIVES LOOK LIKE THEY ARE RALLYING TO A
YES BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FAILURE IS NOT A GOOD OPTION
FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
IF THEY SAY WE COULD NOT REPEAL OBAMA CARE,
FOR THEIR BASE AND FOR THEIR DONORS THAT IS A DOUBLE WHAMMY.
THE PROBLEM IS ONCE A REPEAL AND PUT THIS IN PLACE, THAT IS
ANOTHER KIND OF WHAMMY.
I THINK THEY ARE ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF
HUBRIS.
THEY HAVE BEEN SO DRACONIAN AND RUTHLESS FOR SO
LONG AND BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT BY FLOODING THE AIRWAVES
WITH DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING ñ AND DONALD TRUMP JUST ONE SO THEY
THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRICK THEM FOREVER.
LET'S PASS A BILL
THAT AMERICANS WILL HATE.
I AGREE WITH YOUR EVALUATION
OF SHELBY.
PRINCIPLES THEY ARE
IN SHELBY.
CONSERVATIVES HAVE TOLD THEMSELVES FOR YEARS
OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO GO, IT IS TERRIBLE.
BUT IF THEY PASS THIS
NEW BILL IT IS GOING TO BE THE MOST UNPOPULAR PIECE OF
LEGISLATION IN OUR LIFETIME.
THE THING IS, THE SITUATION IS NOT
STATIC.
PEOPLE'S EVALUATION OF THE ACA IS CHANGING.
IT IS MORE
POPULAR THAN IT HAS BEEN SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.
THAT
INCLUDES A LOT OF REPUBLICANS.
THE PENALTY THAT THEY WOULD FACE
AS A PARTY FOR NOT REPEALING IT IS OBJECTIVELY SMALLER THAN IT
WOULD'VE SEEMED A YEAR AGO.
I DON'T WANT THIS THING TO PASS BECAUSE ALL I CARE ABOUT IS
POLICY.
DEMOCRATS ARE OFTEN THE OPPOSITE.
AT THE END YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO PASS PROGRESSIVE POLICY POSITIONS.
CONSERVATIVES
WILL DO ANYTHING TO PASS CONSERVATIVE POSITIONS BECAUSE
THEY GET PAID FOR IT.
SO I DON'T WANT THEM TO PASS, I THINK IT
WILL DEVASTATE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
BUT IF IT PASSES, POLITICALLY I
THINK THERE COULD BE HELL TO PAY.
HELLER, AND PORTMAN AND ALL
THESE PEOPLE ñ CAPITO IN WEST VIRGINIA, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
THE DEVASTATION.
ONE THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA IS ON MEDICAID.
ONE THIRD OF THE ENTIRE STATES, NOT ON MEDICARE, ON MEDICAID.
BUT AFTER THIS BILL THEY WON'T BE.
AND YOU WANT TO SEE SOME ANGRY FOLKS ñ
LISTEN, RELEASE THE CRACK IN AND SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT FOR YOU.

McConnell Struggling To Gather Enough Trumpcare Votes?

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