the american medical the american nurses association, the american medical colleges, the american hospital association, the catholic hospital association, and the american health care association which represents thousands of nursing homes like the one that just nurses association, the american medical colleges, the american hospital cared for that gentleman we heard such kind words a moment ago from louisiana. again, incredibly the national association of medicaid drkt -- directors from all 50 states, republican states and democratic states, issued an extraordinary letter last week. again, these are folks who run the system. they are actually on the ground. they are in the real world. bubble.he the political bubble of washington and they have unanimously begged the senate to vote no and to stop this rush to undermining and creating a catastrophic damage to america's health care system. the rand corporation issued a report just a couple days ago that talked about the impact of this measure on america's veterans. 1.75 million american veterans use the medicaid program. many in nursing homes

the american people to take a hard look at it. the race will go up for senior citizens, that is why aarp is opposed. the reimbursement that hospitals will go down. that is why the american hospital association and the state chapters of those it. carell not provide quality that nurses and doctors note we need. this is a rally point. many people thought july this battle was over for this year. it is not. it will pick up and team and in importance. >> i am going to make a couple of additional points. my colleagues said it very well. the first point is right after graham-cassidy-heller passes, health-care markets will enter -- the reason that is the case, and i urge you to talk about state insurance commissioners about trump 2.0. you have a combination of no cost sharing plus a rollback in consumer protection so that you will have a particularly large number of people who are frail invulnerable. make no mistake -- frail and vulnerable. make no mistake with what will happen. the second point i want to mention is several of the republicans talk in the press conference -- talked in the press conference about how great their proposal will be for chip. a money0 uses chip as program. the reality is y

pediatric visits or the part with the american americal sociate the american college of physicians the american academy of pediatrics the american hospital association the american cancer society the americans diabetes association the american heart association lung association arthritis foundation cystic fibrosis ls the national multiple sclerosis society and the march of dimes among many others all vehemently oppose your bill which part of that mit non-understanding. for more on the backlash to the graham cassidy bill we're joined tonight former congressman alan grayson allen nice to have you with us always you were always a big fighter for single payer and making this subject paramount as you served in congress what kind of an impact can jimmy kimmel have i mean he's real he's speaking the truth there are very few if any people in the mainstream media that take the time to speak with the passion that he has been speaking with the last several nights what do you make of it i make the same thing i've made of you you've been an inspiration to many many people in talking about your wife's condition and how she suffered for having a preexisting condit

the reimbursement that hospitals will go down. that is why the american hospital association and all the state chapters oppose it. it will not provide quality care that nurses and doctors note we -- know that we all need. this is a rally point. many people thought july this battle was over for this year. it is not. the battle is going to pick up in steam and in importance for every family forward. >> senator schumer, i am just going to make a couple of additional points. my colleagues have said it very well. the first point is right after graham-cassidy-heller passes, health care markets are going to enter a freefall. the reason that is the case, i would urge you to talk about state insurance commissioners about trump 2.0. is you would have a combination no cost sharing plus a rollback in consumer protection so that you will have a particularly large number of people who are frail invulnerable. but make no mistake about what happens when graham-cassidy passes, freefall in the insurance market. the i want to mention is several second point of the republicans talked in the pres

the reimbursement for hospitals is going to go down. that's why the american hospital association all the state chapter suppose it and it's not going to provide a quality care health care professionals like nurse and doctors know all of us need. this is a route 1.. many thought the battle was over for this year lease at least. it's not. the battle is going to pick up steam and pickup importance of every family at this point. >> senator schumer i'm just going to make a couple of additional points. the first is right after graham cassidy heller passes health care markets are going to enter a freefall and the reason that is the case and i would urge you to talk the state insurance commissioner about tron 2.0. you would have a combination of no cost-sharing plus a rollback in consumer protections so that you will have a particularly large number of people who are frail and vulnerable. make no mistake about what happens if graham cassidy passes there will be a freefall and insurance market in the second i want to mention and i do it because of the press conference several republicans t

the question i have asked is this -- the american hospital association stands with us and stood with us when we beat back trumpcare last time. are they with us again this time? yes, they are. and the doctors across america .aid trumpcare is terrible are the doctors going to be with us again? nurses? health care clinics? haease advocacy groups -- a, can'trt -- heart, cancer, lung, all of that? and how about planned parenthood? [cheers] as soon as this week is over, we go into the final week under the senate rules for them to bring up this latest version of trumpcare. this much i can tell you about the latest version of trumpcare. it is worse than any version .ver brought before it is terrible. it is meaner. it cuts back on medicaid. we know what that means. half the children in illinois are brought into this world because of medicaid. .isabled people so many people count on one program to make sure they have quality health care, and that program is medicaid. when it comes to school by state, half of the school districts get assistance for children who need special education, counselors

the country that represent americans in health care. the american medical association which speaks for america's doctors. the american hospital association which speaks for our hospitals. america's health insurance plans. the american cancer society, and many other patient advocacy groups, and the aarp which advocates for seniors. all have weighed in about the challenges with this legislation. but rather than continuing to bear down on that point, i'd like to just quote a colleague and hero of mine. senator john mccain said on this floor we should not be content to pass health care legislation on a party-line basis. the issue is too important. too many lives are at risk for us to leave the american people guessing from one election to the next whether and how they will acquire health insurance. a bill of this impact requires a bipartisan approach. senator mccain also said i hope that in the months ahead, we can join with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to arrive at a compromise solution, acceptable to most of us, and that serves the interests of americans as best we can, end quote. madam president, senator mccain is rig

or the part where the american miracle association, the american college of physicians, the american academy of pediatrics, the american hospitalssociation, the american cancer society, the american diabetes association, the american heart association, lung association, arthritis foundation, cystic foundation, a.l.s., multiple sclerosis society, and march of dimes ong others all vehemently oppose your bill? which part of that am i not understanding? or could it be senator cassidy, the problem is that i do understand and you got caught with your g-o-penis out? is that possible? [ cheers and applause ] because it feels like it is. i don't want to turn this into a kanye and taylor swift type situation. [ laughter ] but when senator cassidy was on my show in may, he told me that he believed that every american family, regardless of income, should be able to get quality health care. and i believed he was sincere. sadly, the bill he unveiled last week with senator lindsey graham indicates that he was not sincere. it is, by many accounts, the worst health care bill yet. i have a clip that i hope will make what happened with senator ca

the american college of physicians, the american academy of pediatrics, the american hospital associationr society, americans diabetes association, the american heart association, lung association, arthritis foundation, cystic fibrosis, multiple scloes row sis and the march of dime among many others all vehemently oppose your bill. which part of that am i not understand kpg. >> remark that believe jimmy kimmel, his son was born with a congenital heart defect. he has felt this health care debate personally. rebecca, let me ask you what's your reaction to this? does this move republicans in any way when somebody like jimmy kimmel goes on late night television and does this or does it push, does it rally them? >> i'm not sure it would rally them, jim, but it certainly doesn't move republicans. i mean, this is no doubt about it an emotional argument that jimmy kimmel's making. obviously getting a lot of attention for it, but he is not speaking to republican voters. and that is who republicans on capitol hill and in the senate are hearing from, and that's why they restarted this debate in the

insurance market, the blue cross/blue shield association, and america's health insurance plans, said they oppose the bill. already the american medical association and the american hospitalssociation as well as a bipartisan group of 11 governors oppose this last ditch republican attempt to repeal the affordable care act. now, the bill undoes the medicaid expansion which is at the heart of obamacare, providing subsidies to help people afford insurance. under this new bill, states would have to formulate their own plan. also, despite assurances from the president and others that this bill maintains protections for those with pre- existing conditions, states could also apply for waivers allowing insurers to charge more to people with pre- existing conditions. now, he said there are three options before us, single payer plan, which bernie sanders proposed which is supported by senator kamala harris of california. second to do nothing. or third, the graham-cassidy bill. >> it allows the smaller states to do what they would like to do, mostly red states that don't want obamacare, and it allows the large states like california and new york to continue on their current path to s

among the groups that have rejected it are the american medical association, the aarp, the american hospital association, and a whole host of others. and now the health insurance industry itself has come out forcefully against it. saying the bill would increase costs, destabilize the market, and undermine safeguards for people with pre-existing conditions. keep in mind the american people, including much of the gop base as far as we can tell, are not fans of the gop repeal and replace effort either. every bill republicans have put forth has polled abysmally, even among republican voters. last month the majority of the public, 60%, said it was a good thing the senate did not pass the gop health care bill last time around. all of which raises the question, why are republican lawmakers trying so hard to pass this thing? we got a clue a few months ago when associated press reported a gop donor at a koch brothers retreat republican lawmakers that his "dallas piggy bank" was closed until obamacare was repealed and he got his tax cut. june nevada republican dean heller denounced a gop health care b

the ama. it's opposed by the hospitals in the american hospital association. by the american cancer society. it's opposed by virtually every organization concerns about the well-being of their patients. so our job right now short term is to defeat this proposal and with a little bit of luck that's what we'll do. but that is not good enough. our job now is to come together to craft serious short-term solutions that addresses the real problems that exist, high dublt i believe so, high copayments, high cost of prescription drugs. but longer term we have gt to come together and finally conclude that as a nation we cannot be the only nation, major nation on earth not to see health care as a right. thank you very much. >> senator graham. >> we end where we began. obamacare is failing and i don't see a solution other than just throwing more money at insurance companies. i'm not going to do that. do you get that? i'm want going to do it. 45% of the counties in this country have one provider. 45 counties have no choice. it gets worse overtime, not better. here is the id

the american health care system. already the american medical association and the american hospital association have come out saying theyose this further destabilizing of america's health care system. the graham/cassidy bill would indicate chaos in the individual markets right as insurance companies are supposed to be making decisions next week about whether they will continue to provide health insurance. think about how much this would destabilize both health insurance and health care across the country. >> senator i want to get your reaction to the president to the at the u.n. talking about attacking north korea if necessary. what did you think when he said those words? >> well, katy, there were some strong parts of the speech and there were some very concerning parts of the speech. he is right to stand up in the world forum like the u.n. and call iran on its violations of human rights and its ballistic missile program and to say that north korea should be resisted by the world community when it threatens south korea, japan, and the united states. so i will applaud president trump for his continued forceful leadership

the point, every major health organization in this country, whether it is the american medical association, the american hospital association, the american cancer society, the alzheimer's society, every single major medical organization in this country thinks that their proposal is a disaster. so our job now is to defeat this disastrous proposal, get back to the drawing board, see if we can work together for some short term fixes, long term in my view. this country has got to join the rest of the industrialized world, health care for all. >> senator cassidy? >> it will take longer. >> i worked in the public system of louisiana trying to bring health care to those who did not have. and i learned in those 25 years that when the patient has the power, the system lines up to serve her. and when the bureaucrat that see power, it serves the bureaucrat. who has the power, you the patient or or the federal government. the narrative on the other side is you don't have the capability to care for yourself, that your governs are scheming to take your protections if you have a preexisting condition, and they think the federa

a unified opposition from the american hospital association and the insurance industry and the aarp saidsive increases in premiums for older adults, and it's not jimmy kimmel saying it would undermine people with pre-existing conditions that would be out, and it's provisions in the bill that would make it difficult, and you would see the states undermine those provisions. the exist is that it goes further than the earlier attempts in shifting dollars away from blue states that by and large expanded medicaid and reduced their uninsurance rates towards red states that did not. whenever you think of state flexibility, it provides massively less federal resources and that will translate into people with fewer insurances. it reminds me of the old saying, the rich and poor are equally free to sleep under the bridge. they are like -- >> hold on, matt. we have to leave it there. you can come back tomorrow if you would like and we will continue to debate this. in this hour we will have a senator from the state of kentucky at the heart of all this, and they expanded medicaid under obamacare. what

the group says they specifically targeted mcdonalds as well as the american hospital association. and in boston workers brought their families push baby trollers and carried signs. they too marched for better wages, union rights and for the passage of a medical bill. >>> ahead of an expected decision tomorrow on the dreamers program otherwise known as daca. the program was put in place by former president obama. the white house says a final decision hasn't been made but many people believe that the president tomorrow will call for ending the program with a six month delay which would give congress time to come up with an alternative. the texas state attorney general and others have pushed to terminate the program but the president and members of his staff are reportedly getting calls from republicans who are warning him that any effort to end daca could be politically unpopular. >>> many people around the bay area are uniting in their opposition to any plans that could rescind daca. california alone has 120,000 undocumented immigrants who have received work permits or protection fr

long way to go in virtually every major healthcare provider and plan association in consumer group from the ama and american hospitalssociation and the american cancer society and the american academy of pediatricians, those are just some in the a category have voiced opposition to this bill. none of these groups however would say there isn't a need for ongoing reforms and improvements in our healthcare system. graham cassidy however would inevitably take a step back in a reckless and dangerous matter. it would create chaos and uncertainty, new levels of marketplace instability, higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs for many and increase instability throughout our system. sorry, my notes are off. it would also and probably most significantly take away the financthefinancial resources and certainty about those resources that are critical for states to maintain coverage. it would continue to move forward and as a group of ten governors, both propaganda and democrats wrote earlier this month graham cassidy is not the answer. instead we need bipartisan efforts to make healthcare more available and affordable for all p

the american people to take a hard look at it. the race will go up for senior citizens, that is why aarp is opposed. the reimbursement that hospitals will go down. that is why the american hospital association and the state chapters of those it. carell not provide quality that nurses and doctors note we need. this is a rally point. many people thought july this battle was over for this year. it is not. it will pick up and team and in importance. >> i am going to make a couple of additional points. my colleagues said it very well. the first point is right after graham-cassidy-heller passes, health-care markets will enter -- the reason that is the case, and i urge you to talk about state insurance commissioners about trump 2.0. you have a combination of no cost sharing plus a rollback in consumer protection so that you will have a particularly large number of people who are frail invulnerable. make no mistake -- frail and vulnerable. make no mistake with what will happen. the second point i want to mention is several of the republicans talk in the press conference -- talked in the press conference about how great their proposal will be for chip. a money0 uses chip as program. the reality is y

but they are all the groups you'd think of and then what's not on here, this is the american hospital associationnageses, academy of family physicians, and then all the health groups. diabetes association, cancer society, aarp. what am i missing here? everybody who seems to have something to do with health care thinks this is a really bad idea. >> yeah, it's a first time that you've seen such a unanimous multistake holder front. everybody is against this. but here's what's happening. we've got a september 30th deadline and this is the hail mary on the football field to try to do something. let's talk about what's really on the table here. there's dollars that would be cut out of health care that could help offset some of the tax cuts that not just the administration but that the republicans want to do. remember, this is not just about doing what's right in health care by itself. >> it never was. it was always about tax reform. you cannot get the tax reform you fpt ywant if you don't get cuts in health care. any effort to repeal obamacare after that is going to need 60 votes, not 50 and that's not

america's doctors, through "the american medical association," america's hospitals through the americanl association, the aarp which advocates for america's seniors are opposed to this bill because they see it ending medicaid as we know it, putting a cap on how much the federal government will spend on any individual with medicaid going forward. they see it as creating chaos in the individual markets. brett, i was encouraged over the last month by bipartisan progress being made by senator lamar alexander, republican from sanity, and senator patty murray who had a dozen hearings together to hear from governors, insurance commissioners, health care leaders across the country. i felt like we were making steady progress to addressing challenges and problems with the affordable care act. instead, there's been an abrupt halt to that effort by the republican leader of that effort, and now we're going to have a vote coming on this bill. we have a lot of concerns about how it will affect delaware and how it will affect the country. i plan to vote against it. >> bret: when they say this that stat

aarp, the american hospital association, the american medical association, the american academy of peed as -- pediatrics, nurses, disabilities groups, the american, heart, lung, diabetes, alzheimer's -- the list goes on and on. but guess who else came out in opposition to bill? insurance commissioners and medicaid directors. these are the officials who would actually are have to implement these cuts. they agree with the congressional budget office saying you can't slash the health care bill by 20%, 30% and expect states with, quote, flexibility, close quote, to make up the difference. the commission made up every commission in the country. every one stated that medicaid cuts would, quote, constitute the largest transfer of financial risk from the federal government to the states in our country's history. show me a state that can cover as many people with the same benefits if a third of the money is taken away? that's what the republican bill does. here's what governor sandoval, a republican governor in nevada, said. and i quote, flexibility with reduced funding is a false choice. i will

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we see the american hospital association, but we also see patient groups aarp, the american cancer society association. so i think all stake holders that are focussed on our nation's health are together on this >> i'm wondering if nothing were to happen and we leave obamacare intact the way that it is, not knowing of course what may happen with csr payments going forward and that sort of thing i mean, how does it look what are the prospects for physicians in the years ahead under the current law? >> well, our hope would be there would be bipartisan conversations that would incrementally and repeatedly improve the current state. you know, stabling the individual market, for example there are lots of improvements that can be made what we have to realize that we're dealing with about a sixth of the economy, the health economy would be the largest, the fifth largest nation if it were a nation on the face of the earth, and to shift everything really radically rather than incrementally, thoughtfully, and most importantly, bipartisanly is probably a big mistake. >> i think we have learned that. t

and then you have powerhouse groups like the american hospital association. aycare providers they say that this could put coverage at risk for tens of millions of americans. how to push howdy push back on all of the powerhouse groups. other groups like aarp all sane and this is not the bill. let's keep in mind that when obama care past you created an individual mandate by law requiring every american to buy insurance and you force an employer mandate to provide insurance. the insurance companies love that. because by lot you are creating an artificial demand. they're forcing you to carry insurance. it's no surprise if you're looking at that repeal that they don't want the americans to have the plan. and further on the dollars what they're looking for is they are looking for the massive payout from the federal government. they are looking for the government to guarantee payment of the csr payments. to basically subsidize many of the plants. as a route that they are looking to go. we think what we're doing is providing a better plan for the american people. this

the question i have asked is this -- the american hospital association stands with us and stood with us when we beat back trumpcare last time. are they with us again this time? yes, they are. and the doctors across america .aid trumpcare is terrible are the doctors going to be with us again? nurses? health care clinics? haease advocacy groups -- a, can'trt -- heart, cancer, lung, all of that? and how about planned parenthood? [cheers] as soon as this week is over, we go into the final week under the senate rules for them to bring up this latest version of trumpcare. this much i can tell you about the latest version of trumpcare. it is worse than any version .ver brought before it is terrible. it is meaner. it cuts back on medicaid. we know what that means. half the children in illinois are brought into this world because of medicaid. .isabled people so many people count on one program to make sure they have quality health care, and that program is medicaid. when it comes to school by state, half of the school districts get assistance for children who need special education, counselors

for the american hospital association, the american middle association, the -- the american medical association, and aarp endorsed obamacare. can you say they have a financial interest that does not take into account individuals in iowa? >> if you look at the stock prices of insurance and pharmaceutical companies since obamacare passed, they have done extremely well. premiums have risen for those who do not get subsidies, and tax outlays have risen for the american citizen. there is a direction -- a direct relationship between the two. they have done very well under the affordable care act. >> i hope i can have short answers. i want to ask mr. smith, is medicaid sustainable as current inflation rate? >> whether you look at government accountability office or the national association of state budget officers, the answer would be no. medicaidann. is sustainable at its current inflation rate? >> states are working very hard right now and have been to be able to improve their programs, andetter delivery of care, different payment mechanisms that reward value rather than volume. taking away the foun

a statement by a wide variety of health care providers, family physicians, the american medical association, the hospital association, ahip represented here in washington, blue cross blue shield, the insurance association and hospitals, again, here in washington, putting out a statement saying too many people would stand to lose pre-existing conditions. too many people would be pushed off medicaid. they don't like the block grant formula proposed in this bill to give states money to do with as they will to keep those expanded medicaid programs going under the aaffordable care act. republican leaders seem to be willing to push ahead. the question, will they put this bill on the floor and roll the dice even though it appears they won't be successful at this point. that decision has to come this week. alex? >> sure looks like senators collins and murkowski will have their e-mail box flooded, for sure, this week to see if they can budge on that. thanks so much, mike viqueira. >>> a startling warning from north korea's foreign minister at a speech at the united nations last night. >> translator: he tried to i

the american cancer society. the american diabetes association. american heart association. american lung association. the arthritis foundation. >> i cystic fibrosis. multiple sclerosis society. children's hospitalany group you've given money to thinks this is a bad idea. do you trust them, or do you trust him? if this bill isn't good enough for you, call your congress person. that's the number. it will go to your congress person, whoever he or she is. you have to do this. you can't just click like on this video. tell them this bill doesn't pass your test. senator cassidy, you were on my show, you seemed like a decent guy. here's the thing. nobody outside of your buddies in congress wants this bill. only 12% of americans supported the last one and this one is worse. right now there's a bipartisan group of senators working to improve the health care system we have. we want quality affordable health care. dozens of other countries figured it out. [ applause ] instead of jamming this horrible bill down our throats, pitch in and be a part of that. i'm sure they could use a guy with your medical background. if not, stop using my name, okay? because i don't want my name on it. there's a new jimmy kimm

being opposed by a slew of patient groups, provider groups, the american medical association, the american heart association, the aarp, some hospitalups, late-night talk show jimmy kimmel who became a voice in all of this debate in may when he talked about his son born with a congenital heart defect. last night he joined the criticism. >> if the bill passes, individual states can let insurance companies charge you more if you have a pre-existing condition. you will find that little loophole later in the document after it says they can't. they can and will. but will it lower premiums? in fact, for lots of people, the bill will result in higher premiums, and as far as no lifetime caps go, the states can decide on that, too, which means there will be lifetime caps in many states. not only did he fail the jimmy kimmel test, bill cassidy failed his own test. >> yang: you have governors and all these groups coming out against this. what are the chances of it passing. >> there are governors who came out in favor of it, republican governors. i think the chances are long, because it comes down to four key republicans. we already know the se

the american cancer society. the american diabetes association. american heart association american lung association. the arthritis foundation cystic fibrosis. a.l.s. association march of dimes children's hospital of l.a basically any group you have given money to thinks this is a bad idea do you trust them or do you trust him? stop using my name, okay i don't want my name on it there's a new jimmal test for you. it's called the lie detector test you're welcome to stop by the studio and take it any time. >> this is a personal issue close to his heart with his son. but switching gears, taylor swift back in the news, she's being hit with a lawsuit over her megahit "shake it off. two song writers filing a suit against the pop star over a leer wick similarity. the pair claim the song lifts heavily off the song "players going to play. they claim 20% of salt lake it off is their work and they are entitled to the profits. swift's representatives have said this is ridiculous and nothing more than a money grab they do not have a case. >> i have to say, if this was from a song in 2001, it's taken them some time to notice the overlap. 20% as well? listen, i have not read all the lyr lyrics >> this is a ph

the organizations that oppose this graham/cassidy bill. american cancer society, the american diabetes association, american heart association, american lung association, the 5r9 rights fungs, cystic fibrosis, als association, march of dimes, ms society, children's hospitalla. basically any group you've ever given money to thinks this is a bad idea. do you trust them or do you. >> you heard him. quis cuomo asked senator cassidy about jimmy's criticism. here's his response. >> i'm sorry he does not understand. under graham/cassidy, more people will have coverage. we protect those with pre-existing conditions. >> our bill gives the governor responsibility which she or he may not want. that's the best way to get people covered. >> at the same time, there's this from the president of the united states. he's going after kentucky republican senator rand paul who is on the record against the new effort by senate republicans to repeal obamacare. so today, president trump went on the record against senator paul tweeting this, rand paul is a friend of mine but is he such a negative force when it comes to fixing health care. graham/cassidy bill is great. ends obamacare. senator rapid paul joins us now live from capitol hill. so let me get your response, senator, to

the american cancer society to the american heart association, the american diabetes association. we've seen that very long list. and all the legislative session providers from the nurses to the doctors to the hospitals, hospitals in rural, suburban and rural areas all said that that health care bill that did not go through the regular process, the regular order that it was deeply flawed and would hurt america. so we should learn a lesson transparent that. and the lesson we should learn is that when it comes to tax reform, which also has an incredibly wide-reaching impact on our economy and our country, should go through the regular order of debate. and it's very alarming, mr. president, to see that as of now it appears that that tax reform process is going to go through the same shortcircuited effort as we saw with respect to health care because what we've seen is that the senate budget committee -- and i'm proud to serve on the senate budget committee -- we've heard that the senate budget committee will soon, maybe as early as next week, be taking up a budget bill that will include what are known as budget reconciliation instructions that would provide for a tax cut that would be deficit financed.

the children's hospital association. those are the hospitals caring every day for kids throughout this country. they are not alone in already opposing this legislation. the american academy of family physicians, the american academy of pediatrics, the american college of physicians, the nurses association. in short, all of those organization representing all those people out there who are providing health care to our fellow americans, to our constituents, they are opposed to this bill. aarp, which, of course, represents millions -- in fact tens of millions of older americans -- is strongly opposed to this bill because once again it opens the door towards aim discrimination and -- age discrimination and the amount that is charged. older americans, elderly americans will see their premiums go through the roof with this legislation and that's why aarp is strongly opposed. madam president, just when we thought we were at a point where we thought we were going to focus on improving the health care system, which has a whole lot of room for improvement, just when we began to see bipartisan hearings and legislation possibly emerge from the help committee, we now see this

the medical community oppose this bill. here's just a beginning list -- aarp, school superintendent's association, america's health care plans, alcs association, america's hospitals, america pediatric dentists, the american academy of family physicians, the american cancer society, the american dental association, the american college of physicians, american congress of obstetricians, the american diabetes association, the american federation of teachers, american heartation, -- association, the american osteopathic association, the american public health association, the american psychiatric association, the american psychological association, the arthritis foundation, the big city's health coalition, bluecross blueshield, the center for medicare advocacy, the endo krin society, the h.i.v. medicine association, human rights campaign, leukemia society, main street alliance, march of dimes, medicare rights association, the national association of county and health officials, nation association of school nurses, the national coalition for cancer survivorship. the national health council, the national multiple sclerosis society, the national for rare diseases, planned parenthood society, trust for america's

hospitalized. there is no word on the cause. >>> the mystery into the noise attacks against american diplomats in cuba is getting more bizarre. the associated press says the incidents were confined to specific rooms or parts of those rooms laser like accuracy. one heard a noise in his bed but not a few feet away. at least 21 americans were attacked and some have permanent speech problems. >>> a man at mcdonald's has been fired after a simple question from a customer led to a tirade raced with racism. >> she asked for extra catchup and started to record when the worker gave her a rude gesture. >> can you spell -- >> you need to get the [ bleep ] -- that is what you need to do. >> rios wanted to prove how offensive the worker was and the owner of mcdonald's called rios to talk about the incident if person. >>> and now they will allow labels on food to contain crushed peanuts appropriate for infants to eat. they say that eating peanuts between 7 and 7 months of age -- there is no word yet when the labels will begin appearing. >>> more ahead on "action news" at noon. skyrocketing gas prices of the past few weeks are starting to ease off. >> and

head of the national governors association saying this is not good and health care organizations like aarp and hospital organizations who said this is not good for every day middle-class americanamilies. train to patrice coming to patrice coming here is where i think the gop will have a problem with the preexisting conditions. a hot button topic. jimmy kimmel has been on television for the last two nights. this is key. this bill would give states a chance to apply for a waiver. the waiver would let insurance companies basically charge very incredibly high premiums for those with preexisting conditions. that's what could be the problem. >> it is a challenge with this bill. to clarify the bill doesn't catch preexisting conditions. states can apply for a waiver. that's an opportunity for some private dirt innovation and insured people of preexisting conditions can find something that works for them. it's not just saying people with these conditions will have no health care options. figure out how they can get something within their budget and frankly obamacare for many people it still not within their budget. cheryl: so much to figure out. we are out of time. great to have you on

the question i have to ask is this, the american hospital association stands with us. the doctors across america, all of them say that trumpcare was terrible. other doctors going to be with us again? yes. nurses? yes. community health care critics -- clinics? yes. what about planned parenthood? yes. we need to get our team back on the field and fight -- we have a game coming up right away. as soon as this week is over, we are going into the final week under the senate rules for them to bring up this latest version of trumpcare. this must i can tell you about the latest version of trumpcare, it is worse than any version there has ever been before. it is terrible, it is meaner, it cuts back on medicaid. half of the children born in the state of illinois, their mothers are cared for and brought into this world because of medicaid. this able people, across the united states, -- disabled people across united states -- so many people that she represents count on one program to make sure they have quality health care. medicaid. when it comes to school districts across my state

the same message from senior groups and the children's hospital association, which are strongly opposed to this bill. i have heard the same message from the american heart association and the american diabetes association and the american cancer society, and several other patient groups who have said that this, quote, proposal just repackages the problematic provisions, end quote, of the bills that were voted down earlier this summer. but this bill, the graham-cassidy bill, is not the only option. instead of making these kinds of cuts and moving backward, senator alexander and senator murray have invited all senators, as i noted, to participate in their process. they have had dozens of senators show up at early morning breakfasts or as senator alexander calls them, coffees, 30, 40 senators showing up. i know because i was there. why did they show up? because they know that we must make changes to the affordable care act. and they also know, based on the work we've seen in minnesota and other places, that these changes can be made across the aisle. in these hearings and discussions on bipartisan solutions, we talked about the state-based reinsuranc