called obamacare in your state?omebody who didn't have health insurance before but was able to get it because of this law. do you know anybody who got health insurance that way or anybody in your family got health insurance that way? did you get health insurance that way when you didn't have it before? odds are the answer to one of those questions is yes, because freaking 20 million americans got health insurance because of obamacare. 20 million americans who didn't have health insurance before got it because of the affordable care act. and the republicans, of course, have been making this out to be the worst thing in the world. americans getting health insurance! i'd rather die. right? that's the worst thing in the world. that's the end of america. but that was basically the deal. a whole lot of americans who didn't have health insurance would get health insurance, and health insurance policies would actually have to cover stuff that people need. they couldn't be cruddy policies. so, it wasn't a radical reconfigura

obamacare plan before the short-term planm was $144. the short-term plan and what they seek to overturn which was in existence at all during the obama administration in 1990s. why should we put up with that. the urban institute up to 1.7 million americans president trumps short-term plans. which was the same as the obama plan except under you may do for three years instead of one year. that is a lot of people. 83% of americans who buy obamacare at the subsidy to make them pay for it. they don't have the subsidy who are most likely to be help at this. they simply can't afford a $20,000 health insurance plan if they don't qualify for subsidy. this says we understand that. you can buy a different sort of plan if your state permits it. you can pay less with less coverage. at least he will have some insurance. our democratic friends they know, we don't want to do anything that would lower the cost of health insurance. mr. president, sometimes i think ev have elevated to the level of the status of the 67th book of the bible, the affordable ca

>> i want to get rid of obamacare. and i want to have the protections without obamacare. >> reporter: if you want to keep these protections, though, will you take your name off that lawsuit? >> no, because i want to get rid of obamacare. the lawsuits about -- >> reporter: even though obamacare keeps those protections. >> obamacare is, look, it is driving the cost of health insurance up. >> reporter: his opponent, claire mccaskill, is fighting to hold on to her seat. >> i would like everyone in the room to stand up who has a pre-existing condition or has someone that you love that has a pre-existing condition. stay standing for a minute. >> reporter: we asked the senator about her opponent. >> he insists he's going to protect people with pre-existing conditions. even if he stays as a supporter of this lawsuit. >> it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: is he lying? >> yeah. of course he is. there is no pre-existing conditions that is standalone, that will come in and save the day. >> mary, back from missouri, and presid

obamacare is virtually dead. can say it's in its final legs. >> part of what president trump said was a lie. we can fact check that for you by citing the trump administration's own lawyers who are currently suing to kill obamacare, because it is a lie. because it is still a law. so the first key point, obamacare is not a zombie. it doesn't rise up from legislative death to, i don't know, provide health care. it's not michael jackson, one of the most talented zombies out there. or jason, or evil ash or any other legislative zombies you might come up with. obamacare is mostly alive, a and the efforts to kill it would demolish some of the popular ingredients, like rules that prevent insurers thfrom discriminating against sick people. obamacare is now more popular than ever, which has republican candidates trying to pretend they are now down with obama's signature health care achievement. take josh holly in missouri. he's part of that conservative legal effort to gut obamacare in the courts that i just mentioned. but

they are getting rich off obamacare. they have open-ended payments obamacare gives them. that is your tax dollars. they make record profits. senator mccaskill takes more ody in congress from the insurance industry, except for one other label. we need to require them to cover pre-existing conditions and the government should guarantee that. much less costly than obamacare, but it would cover the folks that need the coverage. this is soill: frustrating. he has no plan. he has no plan that will work. the only plan he put out there was a press release planned that both editorial boards said, it was almost laughable, how unworkable it was. you don't go to court and get rid of important protections when there is no backup, when people will be in a freefall. you wait and you work with people and try to fix it and change it. that's why i have a record, i work across the aisle. i'm more than happy to work with anybody to make sure these protections stay in place, but i sure would not go to court with taxpayer money and get rid of it before the backup was in place. >> a question fr

repeal obamacare.>> we can protect pre-existing conditions and everyone agrees we're going to protect pre-existing conditions. >> everyone agrees with that, except for ted cruz from earlier this year, and most of his career. that's not all. in midterm ads running now, other republicans also defending that part of obamacare. >> i voted to protect people with pre-existing conditions. we cannot go back to where we were before obamacare. where people were one diagnosis away from going bankrupt. >> i'm taking on both parties and fighting for those with pre-existing conditions. >> those candidates voted to repeal obamacare, including those prekissing condition protections. what do these republican candidates know? are they following this chart that shows obamacare's rising coverage rates in america? or are they following this chart which shows, in the black line on the right, the political support for obamacare has now surged to be most of the country? you've got to wonder what obama officials are thinking.

that's obamacare. that's what obamacare did. that's why that exists. republicans in congress have voted at least 70 times to kill that. the top senate republican, mitch mcconnell, says, yeah, in the senate they'll do it again if republicans are able to hold onto the senate. 20 republican-led states are suing to kill obamacare, including specifically that part that makes insurance cover preexisting conditions. that lawsuit is supported overtly by the trump administration and to put the icing on all of it, the trump administration just this week -- just three days ago -- unilaterally changed the rules set by a obamacare so that now insurance companies will be allowed to turn you down if you have a preexisting condition. or they'll be allowed to charge you more because of it. literally just this week, the trump administration took that action so that people with preexisting conditions will no longer be protected. all of which is very, very unpopular with the american people. in an election year where the american people say health care is more important t

i would start with obamacare. obamacare will cost us $2 trillion over the next 10 years.t is costing missouri families higher premiums, higher deductibles, every single day. we can do better than that. we can protect people with pre-existing conditions and young people on their parents' insurance. but that is where i would start. >> ms. mccaskill, you have often said that you would work with president trump on things that benefit missourians. the president just signed a bill that i believe you were a cosponsor of that tells pharmacists there are cheaper options. but it is quite clear that you don't care for the president's style very much. mr. hawley, you have been a beneficiary of president trump during this campaign come with several visits here. you say that ms. mccaskill is ignoring the trump landslide in the state of missouri from 2016. he is going to expect loyalty. he values loyalty, the president does. he is going to expect your loyalty. is he going to have it, especially given how much he has been in the state for you? mr. hawley: i will tell you who will have my

obamacare is popular. 53% have a favorable opinion.ument better, they think and complicates things for republicans. obamacare's approval spiked in october 2017. back then it was low. plus 11 for obamacare heading into a mid-term election year in which the democrats want to talk about health care. look at the numbers among republican voters. older voters and independence. what's more important to you? preexisting continues or a government take over. preexisting conditions. that's a big concern for people, more so than the idea that gives the democrats power. another thing that democrats like to say when republicans say we are all for protecting you if you have preexisting conditions, all these states with republican governors are suing to get rid of obamacare. the president is mindful of the democratic arguments and said the democrats are lying. republicans will protect your health care. >> republicans want to protect medicare for our great seniors who have earned it and who have paid for it for a long time. and republicans will always

it was the most unpopular thing within obamacare. thanks to our actions today, all of us, everyone of us, for the first time since obamacare went into effect, average premiums on exchanges are coming down. through good management and lots of other things, we are keeping the premiums down. we are strongly protecting americans with pre-existing conditions. it is a very important thing to republicans pre-existing , conditions. we are protecting americans with pre-existing conditions. in less than two years, we have taken unprecedented action to make health care more affordable and to give patients more choice and more control. the american people deserve a health care system that works for them. advantage oftakes them. we are changing that rapidly, along with a very republican congress. i am delivering on my promise to lower drug prices. i believe democrats want to do that, too, very much. with 27 days before the midterm elections, our campaign coverage continues with debates today. in north carolina, dan debates mark harris. that start

it was the most unpopular thing within obamacare. here, for the first time since obamacare went into effect, average premiums on the exchanges are coming down. and lotsood management of other things, we are keeping premiums down. thing toery important republicans. pre-existing conditions. we are protecting americans with pre-existing conditions. in less than two years, we have taken unprecedented action to make health care more affordable and to give patients more choice and control. the american people deserve a health care system that works for them. not one that takes it vantage of them are that has been happening but we are changing that rapidly, along with a very republican congress i'm delivering on my promise to lower drug prices. i really do believe democrats want to do that. very much. you, theycan tell want to see it happen. i cannot put you in a position -- you want him to go down to go down we all do. if there is anything bipartisan, is lowering drug prices. lower premiums, we are making health care really affordable and

obamacare. to finding cancer two weeks later, so i went from run amok one surgery to the next and thanked god for obamacare, it was paid for, and i didn't lose my property. >> bret: that that is why for , health care is the most important issue this election. >> i know people that have jobs that their job doesn't offer insurance, and they can't afford it. or their deductible is so high, they can't pay it. so the whole insurance needs reform from one end to to the other. >> bret: democrats are jumping on that uncertainty about health care across the country. hitting the issue with ads. >> i support the affordable care act and voted against all of trump's attempts to repeal it. >> i did it let him stop from expanding expanding health care for 70,000 people. >> i think health care is a fundamental right to. >> the issue of pre-existing conditions is a centerpiece for democratic campaigns. there is some irony here, right? in 2010, republicans rode a wave of anti-obamacare forever to take control of

we thought what a disaster obamacare is. just the rollout of obamacare was a doctor. single-payer, how will we pay for that? there's no way we could possibly pay for that and tell american people the government will give you better healthcare than you can go out on a free market and allow competition to drive down the price that you decide what plan you want and you decide what doctor you want to go to. obamacare has been a disaster and is cost the american people a lot of money. moderator: >> i think there are two issues that most people talk to me about on the road. when we ask or when they asked me about healthcare. concerned about maintaining protections they have to and coverage they have. they also about cost so what we should do in the united state senate and i hope the house would do it as well the long series of hearings on a range of ideas. i support legislation already that would allow folks 55 and up to buy into medicare. that's a good idea. some ideas are used -- one bill in particular put medicaid on it on exchanges because of the strong healthcare for f

we will kill obamacare, eradicate obamacare the thing they most campaigned for most vociferously for years and dragged about doing sense they have been in congress for years. the thing the trump administration is not doing in general. they're doing it this week. that thing voters don't want it. it is the thing most important to voters this year so what do republicans do for that election season? what they've decided to do is just lie about it. they've decided they're just going to run as if they're the democrats on this issue. the president is doing it with tweets like this, republicans will totally protect people with pre-existing conditions, democratsle will not. what? he also says stuff like this at his rallies now. saying this literally in the same week his administration acted unilaterally to take away insurance companies for people with pre-existing conditions, he's campaigning saying, hey, vote republican. if you don't want that. it's happening at the national level. surprise, the president is lying about that thing. it's also happening in these individual republican campaigns

we're losing with obamacare which will be repealed and replaced. obamacare is a disaster. we're going to repeal it and replace it. my poll numbers are going through the roof. a big part of it is obamacare because we're going to repeal it and replace it. >> and now republican poll numbers are in trouble because of exactly that. once elected donald trump and republicans tried to repeal obamacare and failed and republicans did manage to find room in their giant deficit exploding tax cut for the rich to effectively repeal the individual mandate to buy health insurance and obamacare. and then the trump justice department joined republican state attorneys general in a lawsuit that seeks to repeal all of obamacare including the legal provision that requires health insurance to cover pre-existing conditions. donald trump and the republicans have done everything they possibly can to eliminate the guarantee of health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions. and now that they have discovered that is very unpopular thing to do, they have simply begun to lie about their posit

phil, repealing obamacare, we went through that a lot.s been a republican prior to forever but in this midterm environment, is that what mcconnell should talk about? >> democrats appreciate it and republicans in the house and senate who are running in races right now, even in the reddest sta of states don't appreciate it. democrats have been laser focused on health care and making pre-existing conditions synonymous with obamacare in general for the entirety of this cycle. millions of dollars of attack ads on republican incumbents regardless of whether the state is bright red or in the suburban purple, this has been what democrats have been focused on. mcconnell is in a damned if you do damned if you don't moment. obviously the republican base is still opposed to obamacare. but watching how this debate has turned, thing back to 2010 where obamacare was the driving force between entire delegations of democrats in some states being wiped out, now democrats running explicitly on this issue. mcconnell made an important caveat. he's saying if h

obamacare was the largest tax increase in history it came out to pay for obamacare. >> let's stay on this point a little bit more. the unemployment rate is 4.1%, the lowest it's been since 2000 but many have not seen their wages dutch and that is true for the lowest tenth of the wage earners. what is your plan to get more paychecks and also where do you stand on raising the minimum wage? >> it hasn't been raised at the national level since 2007. i think that is long overdue. second, with regards to the wages i think that it's probably the biggest challenge in the life of the middle-class families or folks trying to get to the middle class. we have to do something about that. i realize you can't pass one door to and automatically lift wages other than of course those that make the minimum wage here. what we should do is go back to the drawing board on this tax bill and finally say that this giveaway to the top 1% from 83% of the benefits will go to the top 1%. we should use that revenue and we are going to use that to get to the middle class were part of that revenue a substantial tax

replace obamacare. >> yes, i would.al. >> a republican who can actually fully repeal obamacare and replace it with something that puts patients and families not government back in charge of our health care decisions. >> with nine days left until the mid term elections republicans who have spent the last nine years vowing to repeal obamacare, to pull it uproot and branch as you just heard are suddenly changing their tune 100 degrees in fact. 180 degrees. not even just 100, 180 and essentially running as pro obamacare democrats. don't believe me? listen to this. >> we will always cover people like my wife with pre-existing medical conditions. don't believe the lies. don't believe the lies. >> i do protect folks with pre-existing conditions. that is just absurd to think that i wouldn't do that. >> i'm committed to protecting people with pre-existing conditions. >> i should mention that every single one of those republican candidates in the clip that you just saw has taken action, droekt action by either voting to kill the

when you get to obamacare out in a red state he is as tough on it as anyone.> now the threat is patrick morrisey's lawsuit to take away health care from people with pre-existing conditions. he is just dead wrong and that ain't going to happen. i'm joe manchin and i approve this message because for me it's all about west virginia. >> it's a good ad. >> no debate on it. >> even fox news' own poll shows obamacare or the affordable care act is an all-time high in terms of popularity. 54% of americans approve of obamacare. that is significantly more than approve of donald trump or of the republican party. in addition to that, democrats have a 24-point advantage on this issue. and if you look at certain key states like nevada and florida, you see numbers at 68%, 69% who want the pre-existing conditions protections to remain. >> right and so, bill, building on that when you talk about what's the most important issue, economy is big, taxes is something we've seen some republicans run away from, but look at this. 30% of voters right now, bill, say it's health care, abo

that's what obamacare did.uments about how effective it was in doing that. >> sure, we can. >> but when it comes to the pre-existing condition it's widely agreed that that was particularly effective in having its intended impact. >> but i actually respected the arguments. we have all three been involved in them. but when the debate to end obamacare was going on, andy, i had many of those arguments. stephanie and i had lots of people on, lots of republicans on, lots of health care experts, and we did argue. i respected people who didn't agree with my perspective. i'm canadian and i have a particular affinity for a single payer system. i know a lot of people don't. i'm not respecting people who suddenly change because they're able to read polls. take a look at support for medicare among republicans. 52% of republicans support medicare. 48% oppose. which is kind of a funny poll because lots of people depend on medicare. whether you support or oppose it is a different question than whether you're going to rely on i

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>> i think the real answer is obamacare repeal. as you may recall, the last two political cycles, republicans have run on this message they want to repail and replace obamacare. >> brangham: which would get rid of coverage. >> it would, that becaus important part of obamacare. it's not the only way to take care of these people, but ite 's y we do it now in our law. when republicans got serious about repealing affordable care act last year, i think that suddenly this law that had been very controversial and had beent unpopular, people started to suddenly look at it differently. we saw in the public opinione polls for rst time that more people supported the affordable care act than wanted it rpealed, and that's a shift that has persisted. we saw a lot of engagement by kind of democratic activists, by disease advocacy group, peopl lobbying on the hill, organizing at home, and it's become this really central issue for democrats to say, you know, we passed the affordable care act, we're suddenly proud of it, and we are going to protect

but the obamacare model has failed.e move forward with an approach that gives people tax credits and give them options to stop around -- shop around. more small business support. to have association health plans. or more opportunity for people to give to health savings accounts that still can provide affordable health insurance for them which is not working right now under obamacare. we have to protect it. at the federal level, there -- there heart gosh should be a part but it is best managed in the state where there is more options for them to be innovative because what works in california does not work in arizona. rep. sinema: i am so glad we are talking about health care because it is the number one issue i hear from folks both on the campaign trail as i travel the state and in my office in the united states congress. arizonans are very worried that they will lose coverage for those with pre-existing health conditions. nearly 3 million arizonans with -- live with pre-existing health conditions. one example is a woman

well, we did obamacare and we're going to do a huge government add-on to obamacare. where we already double down on government and somehow prices are going to go down. what she won't tell you is under obamacare which she favored in the past prices went up 150% in the last five years. those are the stone-cold facts. we don't live in utopia where you get to promise the prices are going to come down. under her experiment called obamacare, if along with her ads which are running today, she got four pinocchio's for the lies on my votes on preexisting conditions as well as obamacare got the lie of the year by politico fact when it came out. what is the lie on obamacare? you can keep your insurance company. you can keep your doctor and the price would go down. no. so she said well you'll get insurance. everyone will have health insurance. if you health insurance with a $5,000 to deductible and the $10,000average savings is i fail $400, to see how you're providing cost effective care. which we all want. prices went up 150%. the way to lower prices is to get rid of obamacare

you thought it was bad under obamacare? doctors being reimbursed with medicare rates. we will have fewer doctors, more patients in a system which means a decrease in quality care and that is going to make it rough for any patient, especially a cancer patient to receive the care they deserve. >> we are going to try to ask you to abide the time. we agreed upon 90 seconds. we will try to ask the audience to hold their response to any of the questions and responses. we will move on from health care. >> to immigration. that question will go to you ms. vukmir. you have tweeted "before we can discuss immigration reform, we must have control of the borders." would you secure a pathway of citizenship for dreamers if it included funding for a border wall? ms. vukmir: i am the daughter of greek immigrants, so my childhood was spent watching my aunts and uncles coming to this country and helping them learn to study for their citizenship tests. i watched them go through a process. they were excited to become americans. first and foremost, i have always said we must build that wall.

what with the line in obamacare? you can keep your insurance company, your doctor and the price would go down. so she says you get insurance, everyone will have health insurance but if you have health insurance with a five or $10,000 deductible, average savings is $400, i fail to see how you're providing cost-effective care which we all want. prices went up on 50 percent under obamacare, only to lower prices is get rid of obamacare and go back to markets. we don't do competition by doing the old government takeover of healthcare. you do competition with business and i loaded our answer, she mentioned everything except the economy and business. and providing jobs for the kids after we invest in education, the reason we're doing them jobs. >> miss spanberger, you've chosen to use a real part. >> my opponent has made my point for me. if you can't get cost-effective healthcare, you might as well not have it. i don't care that pre-existing conditions were in the bill, i care that pre-existing conditions were protected in

full out about obamacare,. >> enrollment period. we have got obamacare enrollment period right now. you say there is a lot of talk about how bad obamacare is. we have crickets from you guys. >> voters realize what a failure obamacare was and how it raised healthcare prices. it made it different for people to get healthcare. they may have health insurance but they don't have access to good healthcare. no democrat voted to repeal and replace obamacare. we look good in a majority of states to maintain the senate and potentially picking up seats. liz: when people go into the voting booths they close the curtains and say what are you going to do for me. the fear is the republicans' message on healthcare has been mud yesterday. so it's unclear what the republicans will do for the suburban women and people concerned about healthcare. >> republicans are making the case to voters, are you better off than you were two years ago. thing are going better across the country at every level. manufacturing jobs. taking on the opioid crisis. funding the military and taking care of our veterans. the d

and republicans with the plans that they have said is a better replacement for obamacare.en these protections. they say you can get access to care but you might not get coverage for your pre-existing condition. the republicans say it would keep people with pre-existing conditions getting care. they would get care but you might see a cancer patient who buys a plan. the only plan they can get doesn't cover cancer. >> if i was completely healthy, could i probably pay less for my insurance because it doesn't have to cover anything they know is already wrong with me. >> absolutely. >> all right. so sometimes president trump just says these things and lets it go. in this speech, he mentioned it a few times. he said on pre-existing conditions, a lot of people think it's not a very republican thing to do. it is now. what do you make of that? >> this is the richest claim of them all. when you have the justice department in texas. when you have republicans who have voted dozens of times to get rid of obamacare, when their legislation they propose weakens these protections, it's a re

obamacare is a failed experiment. it promised the moon and delivered higher premiums and difficulty for montana families. that is why we cannot double down on a failed approach. we need a new approach. rather than a single-payer system that will bankrupt the country, we need to move toward more options. you can get into a plan that makes sense for you. the straitjacket of obamacare does not allow individual plans. in our company in bozeman, we provided insurance for our employees. it was our obligation to do that. we had the flexibility under a self-insured plan to cater it to our employees. that is why, working with the administration on getting association health care plans in place, as well as prescription drug prices down, allows access to health care across state boundaries is part of a solution. john: ms. williams. ms. williams: so, we can issue platitudes. we can talk about proposals. but we need to talk about what congressman gianforte has favored. e supports the graham cassidy approach, which will make anyone

have noted over the past few years certainly leading into the twenty six thousand election when obamacare prices soared and how that might have impacted the electoral system and the electoral vote of course that has not been discussed because. you know we all know what has happened to cable news and the mainstream media here since the twenty sixteen election they've basically become days of our lives or general hospital or some sort of soap opera and it's nothing gets discussed but here joan power points out something quite interesting the fed's not backing off towels standouts and zingers at the press conference asked if fiscal policy the ballooning deficit after tax cuts and spending increases comes up a lot f. l. and c. meetings drone house said because he was asked about fiscal policy and he said it doesn't really come up it's not really our job we don't have responsibility for fiscal policy but in the longer run fiscal policy will have a significant impact on the economy it's no secret it's been true for a long time that with. our uniquely expensive health care delivery system and th

so he means it when he says he wants to repeal obamacare. don't believe the ad. >> it is really -- eddie, good lord. this is -- we talked about lying yesterday. as my grandma would say, i thought we had already given gracious plenty in the terms of examples. but when you have somebody like rick scott, you have other governors, you've got all of these people that have voted, you know, dean hiller, i'm from pre-existing conditions. no. it's just -- they're lying so bad. >> yeah, joe. >> i guess they think that donald trump can do this and get away with it. every one of these guys have voted against pre-existing conditions or are suing to stop insurance companies from having to deal with pre-existing conditions. ted cruz, lying ted is -- what did donald trump say? he holds the bible up high and then he brings it down and lies, lies, lies. there he is in the words of donald trump, lying ted. how many times has lying ted voted to repeal obamacare and strip america of the rights of pre-existing conditions? i'm sure it's in the dozens. >> it's amaz

that was the thing in obamacare that was just no good. were you paid a fortune for the privilege of not having to pay a fortune to have bad health care. they are paying thousands of dollars so they don't have to buy health care. we got rid of that, gone. that was a big one. thanks to our actions, i'm pleased to announce that for the first time since obamacare wasn't passed, premiums are not going to go up next year. we have done everything in the book and they will actually go down somewhat. and if we weren't here, if you had another administration, they were going up 122%, 150%, 70% and 80%. look at what you've done just through management of health care? it's not good stuff but we kept the premiums down to the lowest number they've been, so we are very happy with that. we are strongly protecting your medicare. we oppose efforts from democrats to raid medicare, and medicare belongs to the seniors who have earned it and paid into it for their entire lives. they want to take it away, the democrats. and we will always protect americans with

obamacare is going to be a major obamacare is going to be a major pivot points for the elections.licans will be using it as a reason to take a victory in the next four weeks. >> made a good point. they'reans are saying going to protect people with pre-existing conditions. they said that the whole time they were trying to repeal obamacare. they have not been specific about how they are going to do that. you will not find many republicans saying they want to save obamacare. a lot of them are saying they want to preserve key provisions. are people going to be responding to that? it seemed like it was the key issue in the last election. there has been confusion upon confusion upon confusion to the point that people don't know what exactly is going on except that their premiums went up massively this year and they will probably go down a little bit next year. been trying to figure out which party is going to get the blame for rising health care costs. like so many things in the country these days it's going to come along partisan lines. for repealing the individual mandate in their tax

is that a politically advantageous position in a district with so many obamacare recipients?n honest position. and i'm not willing to roleplay. i'm not willing to lie to people in order to get elected. >> reporter: when we sat down with four miami voters, obamacare was one of the less- contentious issues. >> i'm able to pay for my insurance, but i think that we need to expand something for the-- for the poor. >> reporter: wanda rufin is a lawyer who voted early for republicans. what do you think? devondra shaw is a democrat who works for the red cross. >> i'm not saying that obamacare is perfect, but i think that it gave us a pretty great framework to work with. >> glor: all right, so, nancy, also very interesting to note, florida is the only state the president is visiting twice in this closing week. why is that? >> reporter: it's because there's so much at stake in this one state. it's not just the governor's race, jeff. you've got a very contested senate race as well. it's extremely close, and several close house races as well. so, you've got president trump, who won narro