by the way, exactly what ispened in tenncare happening here. medicaid was 53% more than they thought. are upsidies this year from $32 billion to $42 billion, up $10 billion. this bill is amendable. >> it is a false pretense that 11%acare has protected -- in north carolina still do not have insurance. even starting from that argument , it is fallible to begin with. this young lady to your right. >> this legislation is supposed to be repeal and replace. can you walk us through your repeal and delay approach, waiting to to three years. is this committee opposed to any plan that would simultaneously replace? >> i don't know we are opposed to anything. there are several options on the table. as speaker ryan has said, repeal is really. when you hear from the small businesses and individuals, the stories behind me of constituents contact them, there is something immediate that needs to be done. we need to put out the fire immediately. we have not put a timeline on the replacement. we need to understand the reconciliation aspect. any of us worked hard

a similar government-run program, called tenncare, failed in our state less than 15 years ago.nd at the time of its launch, the government made a lot of lofty promises, but for a decade we watched costs grow unsustainably to the point of nearly bankrupting our state. it was ultimately a democratic governor who dismantled the program, calling it a "disaster." ♪ like tenncare, obamacare is ripping apart at the seams, and things are only getting worse. so this week, congress took the first steps to repeal obamacare-but that doesn't mean a return to the status quo. as we work to replace obamacare with something better, there will be a stable transition period so that no one has the rug pulled out from underneath them. our goal is a system that lowers costs, and spurs free market competition, and ultimately empowers you, not bureaucrats in washington. we can do that by giving people more control of their health care, allowing insurance to be purchased across states lines, enacting common-sense medical liability reform to bring down costs, and maintaining protections for patients wit