betsy mccaughey, what is health care freedom? guest: according to my column, i was explaining the purpose of last thursday's executive order byte president trump. the executive order, you can call it free at last, free at last, it enables millions of people who currently do not have insurance to buy much more affordable insurance. they are sent between a rock and a hard place. they do not get their insurance at work like most americans do. they cannot afford the hefty obama care premiums. last thursday, the executive orders that you have the freedom array ofwider policies, including the policies offering fewer benefits and lower cost. is opening the way for millions of people who are currently paying a penalty for not having obamacare compliant insurance or have gotten hardship exemptions between the two of those, 90 million peoples. many will be able to buy the short-term policies that cost about less than half of what obamacare's cheapest bronze plan costs. host: what will it cost federal government? guest: the changes on frida

you are on with betsy mccaughey.ler: my comment is that my husband and i are on aca and people think it is affordable, but our premiums are $1300 a month, combined and out of the rebels are $4500 a year, each. our out-of-pocket is about $26,000 a year and we pay it, but i don't consider that affordable. guest: i don't, either. it really isn't affordable and that is why i just explained these two or 3 million people are going to drop out this year. we will see an increase in the uninsured and a new class of uninsured. the uninsured middle-class. they can't afford it and that is why president trump made his executive order on thursday. you may want to look at these bare-bones plans. let me explain the principle behind this. it used to be that insurance was regulated state-by-state. many states give consumers a lot of flexibility about what insurance they want you to buy. then the obama administration passed this law, which says everyone must have the one-size-fits-all washington design benefits package. 10 essential be

lieutenant governor and president trump supporter betsy mccaughey. us, sean vitka, demand his ess to talk about group's efforts to limit surveillance under the surveillance act. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7 tuesday morning, join the discussion. >> attorney general jeff sessions testifies wednesday at hearing of the senate judiciary committee, live beginning at 10 a.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org, or listen on the radio app. >> earlier today, president trump and senate majority leader held a press l conference in the white house rose garden, answered questions reform, health care, the opioid crisis and u.s. soldiers in niger.illed this is 40 minutes. pres. trump: we just spent quite of time inside with the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, who has been a friend of mine for a long time, long politics. world of early into his world of politics, i think, but we've time.riends for a long we are probably now despite what think, probably now i at least as far as i'm concerned, closer tha

discuss we have hoover institute director, lonhee chen and former new york lieutenant governor betsy mccaugheys? this amounts to pouring more bad money, $8 billion a year down a rat hole, propping up obamacare health law, destined to fail and already in a death spiral. i don't think it's a good agreement. i'm not sure in republicans in congress will support it for that very reason. the executive orders that the president signed last thursday will enable many americans, millions of americans who don't get their health coverage at work and can't afford obamacare premiums, to buy more affordable insurance, insurance that may cost as little as half what the obamacare bronze plans currently cost but this deal being announced today, does not get at the heart of what pushed obamacare premiums so high and will not help these americans who can't afford obamacare. trish: lonni, it seems to me if they're there, as u.s. government, with a big giant check, in the way of federal subsidies, then you're not doing anything to actually encourage health insurers to provide more affordable care. why bother? the u

the affordable are act with former new york lieutenant governor and president trump supporter betsy mccaugheyus, sean vitka, demand his ess to talk about group's efforts to limit surveillance under the surveillance act. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7 tuesday morning, join the discussion. >> attorney general jeff sessions testifies wednesday at hearing of the senate judiciary committee, live beginning at 10 a.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org, or listen on the radio app. >> earlier today, president trump and senate majority leader held a press l conference in the white house rose garden, answered questions reform, health care, the opioid crisis and u.s. soldiers