when you look at what the stakeholders that deliver health care in america, the american nurses association, the american hospital association, the aarp and finally the american medical association have looked at this bill over the last two weeks and they have universally pleaded with the congress to block this measure, to slow down the rush to judgment which is going to deprive people of one of the most elemently basic needs that all of us share. we're not immortal. we're not immune to getting illness and disease. it is something that affects every single american. and to pass a bill which will wreak that kind of havoc, again, is irresponsible and takes this country in the absolute wrong direction. so, again, i would plead with my members and i would ask anybody watching this speech, go to the kaiser foundation website. find where you live. think about your uncle or your children or people that you know in your neighborhood and really plug in that data and information and thin akout what in fact we're being told is in fact a wonderful health care bill and something that won't hurt people and won't make them wors

the american public, are very concerned. the gentleman further knows, i'm sure, because i'm sure he's seen the letters, the american medical association, the american hospital association, the american nurses association, even the consumer union and hundreds of other groups representing providers, patients, even insurance companies, have expressed deep, deep concern about the adverse consequences of the passage of the american health care act that was marked up in the dead of night. we were criticized -- the gentleman can -- apparently doesn't agree with that, but the facts are the facts. they are not alternative facts. you started marking them up on wednesday morning. there was some delay during the day as you know because we were very concerned about how fast you were moving that. less than 48 hours after it was introduced. it was marked up. no hearings. no witnesses. no ability to read the bill. s a matter of fact, shockingly mr. brady voted against an amendment which said, read the bill. what was shocking about that is that that was mr. brady's amendment that he offered back in 2010. he voted against the amendment that said read the bill. i don't think

the groups include the american medical association and the american hospital association. in washington, the white house said president donald trump is in sell mode, trying to convince members of congress that the plan is a good one. >> reporter: the american healthcare act, put together by gop house leaders to repeal and replace obamacare is making it's way there a pair of economies in the lower chamber of congress. the first has congress men asking why the bill was not scored by the congressional budget office. >> it's important to get it scored before we take up the legislation. >> reporter: democrats fear that the bill gives too much power to the insurance industry, which could lead to higher premiums, the conservative caucus argue that the new legislation is too similar to obamacare. >> this is smoke and mirrors when we suggest that we are going to type the american people. we are going to do the bill behind close doors and then roll it out. >> reporter: president donald trump called out senator rand paul in a tweet. he is reach out to lawmakers to make the american h

the american medical association, the doctors, and all the different subgroups of doctors, have written letters saying no to this repeal and replace. the american hospital association, not only urban hospitals and hospitals in medically underserved areas, rural hospitals could go under. we're -- the aarp, 35 million members strong, is absolutely dead set. they are running ads, some people may have seen them on television, against this legislation. the american nurses association conservative think tanks are against it. and many members of congress are against it. and for good reason. one of our republican senators said, to house republicans, don't walk the plank. and i would suggest they take that advice and vote no. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from illinois yields back the balance of her time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. gates, for five minutes. mr. gates: thank you, mr. speaker. the repeal and replacement of obamacare is about keeping promises. and being worthy of the american people's trust. we, for the third time, in american history, have unified republican-control of the government. a republican

the senate. >> no one likes this bill. hospitals, doctors, governors, conservatives or liberals. >> reporter: republican center, -- tom cotton tweeted that they start over. craig boswell, capitol hill. >> aarp, the medical association and the american hospital association are among groups of lobbying organizations that have sent letters to congress opposing the new american healthcare act. >>> they said they would do it and they did. latest -- late last night -- late last night hawaii became the t lawsuit on the travel ban. >>> the revised executive order bars people from six predominantly muslim countries and temporarily shuts down the u.s. refugee program. hawaii's lawsuit claims the order will spawn tourism and foreign students. >>> congressional leaders are waiting on evidence from the justice department that might support president donald trump's claim that his predecessor ordered phone caps on trump tower. lindsey graham and democratic senator sheldon whitehouse have asked the fbi director, james comey, to hand over warrant applications in court orders related to wiretaps of president donald trump, the campaign or trump tower. >> if there is no warrant, there's something we need to know. if there was a warrant, we need to und

the american public, are very concerned. the gentleman further knows, i'm sure, because i'm sure he's seen the letters, the american medical association, the american hospital association, the american nurses association, even the consumer union and hundreds of other groups representing providers, patients, even insurance companies, have expressed deep, deep concern about the adverse consequences of the passage of the american health care act that was marked up in the dead of night. we were criticized -- the gentleman can -- apparently doesn't agree with that, but the facts are the facts. they are not alternative facts. you started marking them up on wednesday morning. there was some delay during the day as you know because we were very concerned about how fast you were moving that. less than 48 hours after it was introduced. it was marked up. no hearings. no witnesses. no ability to read the bill. s a matter of fact, shockingly mr. brady voted against an amendment which said, read the bill. what was shocking about that is that that was mr. brady's amendment that he offered back in 2010. he voted against the amendment that said read the bill. i don't think

choose the healthcare they need and designate medicaid which is why the american medical association, the ama and the american hospital association are opposing it, in addition to the aarp. this is a disgrace and by the way they are so cowardly that they want to go forward before the cbo even gives an estimate as to how much it will cost and ho how many pee will lose their insurance. >> dickerson: the sbo will be given the accountant, their score on monday, so it will, they will be able to to be a part of the debate. but let me ask you this question about how many people will lose coverage. what speaker ryan says it is an unfair comparison because the people that have coverage now have coverage in a rickety system that is getting worse, premiums are going up, insurance companies are dropping out of the system. so it is unfair to compare the people who have it now, because the system is falling apart. >> oh, really? well, five to 10 million people are going to have more health insurance, no health insurance at all. nobody has suggested the affordable care act, obamacare was perfect, but it did put 20 million people int

they're going to decimate medicaid, which is why the american medical association, the ama, and the american hospital association oppose it, in addition to the aarp. this is a >> what speaker ryan says it's an unfair comparison, because the people who have coverage now have coverage in a rick etty system that is getting worse, insurance companies are dropping out of the system. so it's unfair to compare the people that have it now because the system is falling apart. >> oh, really? 5 million to 10 million are going to have no health insurance at all. nobody has ever suggested that the affordable care act, obamacare, was perfect. but it did put 20 million people into the ranks of the insured. in my view, and what the american people want, is an improvement on obamacare, not the decimation of obamacare and throwing so many people off of health insurance and raising premiums substantially. it is very hard for ryan or anybody else not to deny that what they are bringing forth is far, far, far worse obamacare, and that its primary purpose is massive tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country. hey

care that they need, they're gonna decimate medicaid, which is why the american medical association-- the ama-- and the american hospital association are opposed in addition to the aarp. this is a disgrace. >> sreenivasan: senate armed services committee chairman john mccain called on president trump today to provide proof of his unsubstantiated twitter claim that former president obama bugged trump tower last year. >> president trump has to provide not just the intelligence committee but the american people with evidence that his predecessor former president of the united states was guilty of breaking the law because our director of national intelligence general clapper testified that there was absolutely no truth to that allegation. so i think the president has one of two choices either retract or to provide the information that the american people deserve. >> sreenivasan: the house intelligence committee has asked the white house to provide any evidence of the allegations by tomorrow. american-backed iraqi forces have completely surrounded mosul, iraq's second-largest city, according to a special u-s envoy for the gl

. >> the aarp, american medical association and the american hospital association are among the lobbying groups that have sent letters to congress opposing the new american healthcare act. >>> the founder of wikileaks has a plan to fight hacking from the cia. julian assange says his group will allow tech companies access to more detailed information about cia hacking techniques so they can develop fixes before the information is widely published. his announcement comes after secret cia documents were made public by wikileaks on tuesday. assange said the group would work with apple, google and other tech giants. >>> powerful winds caused major damage in parts of the country. 80-mile-an-hour winds toppled trees in upstate new york. in the midwest, more than 60- mile-an-hour gusts made a mess. cbs reporter michelle miller has the latest from detroit. >> reporter: winds whipped the midwest wednesday. 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts swept through the detroit area knocking out more than 3,000 power lines demolishing storefronts and uprooting trees. this one even lifted the back of a car into the a

the aarp, the american hospital association, the american medical association, the american nurses association have all come out against the bill. not any surprise to me. i don't think these groups think that health care and health care legislation is primarily about ladling out big tax breaks for the fortunate few, but that's what this so-called health care bill does, and it's financed by raiding medicare, by gutting medicaid and by hurting older and sicker and lower income americans. there has been a lot of happy talk about why you ought to support this bill, but what i have tried to do is lay out this afternoon the broken promises. this weekend, for example, the new secretary of health and human services said, and i quote, i firmly believe that nobody will be worse off financially in the process that we're going through, understanding that they will have choices that they can select the kind of coverage they want for themselves and for their families. that statement from the secretary of health and human services is just disconnected from the facts. the simple math shows that trumpcare forc

but the other point he raised that i thought was very interesting was about the hospitals. i went to a forum last week with representatives of the american hospital association and they are very concerned about the medicaid changes in particular. about this idea of limiting how much money the federal government spends, capping that amount, what happens to services they can offer to individuals, what happens to state funding, the funding they receive. or is a federal law that requires them to treat everyone that comes into the emergency room. if you submit a care payment, you've got to treat these folks with the afford will care act, many of these individuals have been able to get coverage and be covered. they are very worried about that interaction. will people lose their coverage? will the hospitals lose money to help people? hospitals are truly concerned about this, as our physicians and other provider groups. host: paul ryan and his wall street journal update this equips says this bill state insurance markets to take care of people with pre-existing conditions without driving up costs for everyone else he talks about. he talks about states to faithfully s

democrats are united.io the aarp, the american hospitals association. have all come out against the bill. not any surprise to me. the health care legislation is x primarily about labeling of big tax breaks for the fortunate few. that's what this so-called health care bill does. and is financed by raiding medicare, cutting medicaid and hurting older and sicker and lower income americans.ut a lot of happy talk about why you want to support this bill. when i tried to do a layout the broken promises. this weekend, for example,ices nobody will be off finished in the process we are going through, understanding choices they can reflect the kind of coverage they want for themselves and for their family. that state and for the health and human services is disconnected from the feds. the simple math is trump care forces millions of people come out are people, affluent peoplee to pay thousands of dollars more for their health insurance. the omb director, budget director vic maldini was pressed on why and the response was trump cares about access and tht bill helps

say it will leave millions without insurance, and today executives with the american medical association and the american hospitaliation voiced similar concerns. >>> sources say that the alleged documents posted by wikileaks were likely provided by private cia contractors. the fbi has opened a criminal investigation after wikileaks posted thousands of documents that detail the agency's hacking methods including televisions, and today the cia issued a statement they do not conduct surveillance inside of the united states. >> tonight a key u.s. senator is demanding proof behind president trump's claim about obama-ordered wiretaps. >> president trump has alleged that the obama campaign wiretapped trump tower and was involved in his campaign. he is challenging congress to do something about it. i accept that challenge. >> republican lindsey graham is heading an inquiry into russia's efforts to sway the election. he's asking the fbi and justice department for any warrants and court ordered to point to a wiretap. president trump cited no evidence, and a spokesperson for mr. obama strongly denied it. join wusa 9 tomorro

the american medical association and the american hospital association have both come out against it. one analysis projects up to 10 million fewer americans would have health insurance. and some prominent conservatives are lining up against it too, including obamacare critic senator tom cotton, who tweeted this morning, to my friends in house, pause. start over. get it right, don't get it fast. [ chanting ] >> reporter: it comes after senator kocotton heard from his own constituents losing their coverage. could this make it worse? >> i'm afraid it could make it worse, and americans would have less control and less choice over their health care system. >> reporter: how does the white house respond to senator cotton? >> he believes this bill might actually make things worse in the current obamacare. what do you say to senator cotton? >> i respectfully disagree. i think that -- i hope we have an opportunity for the team to continue to not only talk to him about what we're trying to do and how we're trying to do it, but that we would love the hear his ideas. this isn't, as i mentioned, we

, american hospital association, american nurses association, and the list goes on, bill crystal. >>hat's exactly right. i think the bill is going to fail and they're not going to get the votes even in the house let alone the senate. probably all these groups will come out against it. it is hard if you're a republican congressman. you go home, the hospitals are gents it, the doctors are against it, half your conservative constituents are against it. why exactly are you going to go -- and the senate is not going to adopt it anyway. think about obamacare. i don't like obamacare. i wish it hadn't been passed, et cetera. how did it get passed? president obama spent six months schlepping the country for it. rahm emanuel, chief of staff and others, called in the insurance companies, the hospitals, the doctors, a lot of liberals didn't like it but they basically had deals with a lot of these people. they had to knock heads and say, i'm sorry, you can't have single pair payer, you can't have medicare nor all. they finally got a bill that could hold democrats together. what has the white hous

this comes amid an outpouring of criticism against the plan from groups like the american medical association, the american hospital association, the american nurses association and the aarp. the white house is not giving in. president trump is holding a campaign rally next week to fire up the base in tennessee. vice president pence is going to deep-red kentucky to pitch the health care bill. republican leadership is not fwi giving in either. today paul ryan had a conservative message for critics who want to go back to the drawing board. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. the time is here, the time is now. this is the moment, and this is the closest this will ever happen. we told people in 2016 what it would look like when we had the chance to replace obamacare. that was our better-way plan. that's what this is. >> the last 24 hours we have seen supporters of the trump-backed plan change their pitch to wary conservatives. their argument is that this bill is just the beginning. in other words, support this bill now and we will fix it later. >> are you confident this can get

the american medical association, the american hospital association and the american association of clinical positions as well as many other healthcare groups have expressed their opposition to the current republican affordable health care bill. does pfizer also oppose this bill? and if so, why? if not, why not? >> we are in a democracy. anyone can express their own opinion. pfizer has not expressed a formal opinion on the present bill in front of congress. we support principles that would like to see enacted like ability to access medicines, reasonable co-pays, fairness in the system, choice in the system. we support those elements of any plan. >> what specific regulatory forms would you like to see at the food and drug administration? >> i'd like to see a message from society to the food and drug association. they want the association at the fda to move more towards a better balance between risk and benefit i think the fda is set up and expend the conditioned by society, condition by congress to be extremely conservative and not willing to take the appropriate risks to benefit view on the

the american medical association, the american hospital association and the american association of clinical physicians, as well as other healthcare groups have expressed their opposition to the current republican affordable healthcare bill. does pfizer also oppose this bill. if so why, if not why not? we are in a democracy. everybody can express their own opinion. pfizer has not expressed a formal opinion on the bill in front of congress. we support principles that we like to see enacted, like ability to access medicines, reasonable co-pays, fairness in the system, choice in the syst system. we support elements of those plans. : the appropriate risk to benefit the deal on development of drugs. >> speaking of which come out what you think the president drowned ahead of the fda? like him, don't like him? >> i've met him in business situations. i think he is a respected position. he knows the fda. i think he went there as a deputy at one point in so you know, we look forward to working with him and the administration to ensure our drugs get to patients as quickly as possible. >> what if guys a

hospital groups and dr. groups come out -- doctor groups come out today saying they have deep concerns. this is the american medical association, the american hospital association. these are big groups with large memberships. that is adding to the fact that conservatives have also had some concerns and have said that this is not a bill they think they can support even though it is their own party that has put it out. david: let me ask you about the american medical association. they backed tom price to become the direct of health and human services. what did their concerns center on? anna: they are trying to make true that people are going to still maintain that coverage that they were a ported under obamacare -- afforded under obamacare appeare. they are concerned with differences in how insurance companies have to operate. there's the possibility people won't have coverage that they had before. that they were able to enjoy to make it to the doctor come essentially -- doctor, essentially. david: what we know about what they would have to show under this legislation? anna: there are two things. medicaid is a shared state and f

that's from the american hospital association. they estimate in our state of illinois that we could lose up to 90,000 jobs by repealing the affordable care act without a suitable substitute. 90,000 jobs in my state. president trump made a lot of news when he went to visit one of the manufacturing companies after he was first sworn in and saved a couple hundred jobs. i'm glad he saved those jobs and hope he saves a lot more. but if he's going to eliminate 90,000 jobs in my state, people who work in hospitals, some of the best-paying jobs in communities, and for goodness sakes that isn't hiring americans, that isn't focusing on creating jobs in this country. it's the oppose. the american -- it's the opposite. the american nurses association says the bill threatens health care system advocate, access and delivery across the nation. the bill changes medicaid to a per capita funding model, eliminates the prevention fund, restricts millions of women from access to critical health services, repeals income-based subsidies that millions of

even the american hospital association today announced it's not happy with it and hopes for some sort of a change or some sort of a compromise in there. let's get to tom fitzgerald. he is live on capital hill withh reaction from this new healthcare plan.he >>reporter: jim, you're right, it is a lot to read. i'll tell you back in 2008 they8 had to bring the democraticrati version of the first version of obamacare into a lot of those press conferences literally in a wheelbarrow. there were thousands of pages to go and democrats were free to admit that they had not read all of this. the bill that was presentedsent today, what is now called the american healthcare act roughly comes in only at about 100 pages. preserves some of the more popular parts of obamacare. yes, the individual mandate on employees and individuals isis gone. that penalty, that tax penalty you'd have to pay the not having insurance, that is gone. but preexisting conditions that survived. the ability to have a 26 year old adult child on your insurance, that survived. all of this today is being viewed as a first version

in a letter to congress, the american hospital association said it is concerned about the plan's efforts we cannot support the american health care act in its current form." >> dr. steven corwin is the president and ceo of new york presbyterian. also a member of the american hospital association. new york presbyterian, by the way is one of the nation's biggest health care providers. it's fifth place on "u.s. news and world report" on the best hospitals list. dr. corwin joins us at the table. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> so your group says you cannot support it in its current form, what concerns you the most? >>ed medicaid expansion is going to create a problem. >> how much percentage of your patients are on medicaid? >> about 40. of our patients. we've got a lot of people on medicaid in republican states as well. so this is a big deal, $800 billion is going to come out of the medicaid program and that contributes to that reduction that you talked about gayle, and that's a big issue because a lot of people are not going to be insured. >> the budget office says now

yesterday,w polls only 17% of the american people thought this was a good idea. and then you had the american hospital association, the american medical association, virtually, the aarp, every health care advocacy group saying it was a bad idea, it was hard to see where there was enough momentum behind this ill-advised legislation. >> congressman, margaret talev here. talk about how concerned you are about what happens next. president trump seems to be indicating he wants to sit back and let what is left back of the affordable care act implode. at the same time, saying democrats want to get civilized. are you concerned about people's health care coverage in the months to come as part of the strategy? >> first of all, let me say president trump's last comment that i heard that people did not know how good this bill was, i would remind him he just said people did not know that lincoln was a republican. assessmentstion his of what the american people know and do not know. there are clearly problems with the affordable care act. we all admit that. they largely exist in the individual insurance market place which is 5

the american medical association and the american hospital association have both come out against it, one analysis projects up to 10 million fewer americans would have health insurance. in some prominent conservatives are lining up against it, too, including obamacare critic senator tom cotton who tweeted this morning to my friends in the house, pause. start over. get it right. don't get it fast. it comes after senator cotton heard from his constituents, worried about losing their coverage. >> is there a risk with this bill as it stands now could make it worse? >> i'm afraid it could make it worse, insurance rates would continue to go up and americans would have less control and choice over the health care system. >> how does the white house respond to senator cotton? >> he believes this bill might actually make things worse than the current obamacare. what do you say to senator cotton? >> i respectfully disagree and i think we -- i hope we have an opportunity for the team to continue to not only talk to him about what we're trying to do and how we're trying to do it but we love to he

including the american medical association, the american hospital association, and the latest, amongst these, is the american nurses association, which represents more than 3.6 million nurses. joining me is pamela sip rereon, she's the president of the nurses association. thank you for being with us. back in '09, the former president of your erorganizatio becky patton, stood with president obama, the rose garden of the white house, as he announced health care reform. >> we are going to get this done. becky and i were talking in the oval office. becky pointed out we need to buck up people a little bit here. that's what nurses do all the time. they buck up patients. sometimes they buck up some young resident who doesn't quite know what they're doing. you look at becky, you can tell she knows what she's doing. what she's saying is it's time for us to buck up. >> all right, pamela. this week, you sent a letter to lawmakers se s telling them, th american health care act threatens affordability, access and delivery, end quote, for people across the nation. tell me why you said that. >> ali,

you have the american hospital association, the american medical association saying that this will be a disaster for the american people. you have the aarp saying -- listen to this. if you have 64 years of age and you are making $25,000 a year, your premiums are going to go up about $7,000. this is a robin hood proposal in reverse, we're thoughing five to ten million people out of insurance. raising premiums for lower and working class people. redefining planned parenthood. denying women to get healthcare where they want. but the good news, if you're in the top 2%, republicans are for you, a very significant tax break. >> you know the president told some conservative tea party groups that if the house healthcare bill that paul ryan is pushing right now does not pass he can simply say let obamacare fail and pin the blame on you and your fellow democrats. i want your reaction, senator to that plan if that were, in fact, to be his plan. >> well, i think that is incredibly cynical. i think politically it will not work. the american people understand that we have a republican house, republ

the bill. it will result in over $1 billion in cuts this year. the american association of retired people, the american medical association, the american hospital association and a growing list of republican and democratic governors throughout the nation oppose this plan. instead of pushing thru a bill we know will result in rising premiums, throw people off their health care, just come together and find a solution that makes sense for all americans. thank you and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom illinois seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in strong opposition to repeal and replace bill offered by my republican colleagues. i've never believed obamacare was perfect but it was a step in the right direction. mr. schneider: we will only move our health care policy forward by working together to build on very real successes of a.c.a. and fix the actual problems with the law. but this legislation as proposed does none of that and in fact takes us in the opposite direction. under the proposed legislation, 10 million americans would lose

this is a bill opposed not just by aarp, but the american hospital association, the american medical association and anybody that knows about health care said it was terrible. not only was it bad, but broke all their promises. it broke donald trump's promise to give everybody health care. this is not what anybody wanted. even if trump had known more about it, that would have made him uncomfortable with the fact this didn't go with anything he said on health care. >> ezra, that is such an important point to focus on what was in the bill. it was a disaster on its face. i would add that to the issue of competence. the pushing a terrible bill is one of the signs of incompetence. >> you know, if you are a conservative, this bill looked -- if you are a fiscal conservative, this is a disaster. if you are a market conservative, wow, we reconfigured the industry to pharma. we are not reducing the premiums or deductibles or burdens imposed on people by obamacare. it doesn't fix anything and it also, just from the look and feel of the thing, it's a disaster. it gives you every hook. if you are

we have now seen the association for the advancement of retired persons, aarp, come out against this bill. the american medical association is opposed to this bill. the american hospital association is opposed to this bill. and now the american nurses association is also opposed to this bill. these are nonpartisan organizations that work day in and day out in the health care system and they have summarily said that the bill forces people to pay more for less health care coverage, for less health care benefits, and for less peace of mind. now, those groups that i just mentioned aren't the only ones who think that this bill is a hot mess. i would like to just let folks know about some of the republican members who are not enamored of this bill, either. representative brooks said right now the speaker of the house does not have the votes to pass this bill unless it's got substantial democrat support and i am not seeing that democrat support materialize. senator rand paul said quote, it won't work, it will not pass, conservatives are not going to take it. senator mike lee said quote, this is not the obamacare repeal we have been waiting for. it's a missed opportunity and

the american people expect to us do it. >> the american medical association and the american hospital association are both against the plan. it's also facing opposition from some conservative republicans. >>> bart will meet about fare increases. anne makovec reports from san francisco. >> reporter: bart needs more money because of a decrease in ridership during off-peak hours. bart is seeing less sales tax and less from the state. disappointing ridership numbers on bart's driverless tram to oakland international airport. it's a drain on a system than a boost to the bottom line. >> this was built during the recession and it was an important part of putting people back to work. the obama administration was firmly behind it. and that's one of the reasons that it was built. >> reporter: and now, the board needs to figure out how to acquire about $30 million more to cover its cost in become in the coming financial year. among the possibilities, increasing minimum fares charging more for riders using paper tickets instead of a clipper card. or reducing discounts for youth, seniors and disabled people. it's all going to be on th

there is a reason why the american hospital association is opposed to this bill. aarp is opposed. the ama is opposed. the family physicians are opposed. federation of american hospitals, the consumers union, they don't willy-nilly opposed to me they oppose it for the same reason many of us do. we feel ultimately it is not sustainable. yes, there are problems with obamacare. let's fix them, not make them worse. this bill makes them worse. let me read what some of the organizations are saying. the american hospital association, we cannot support the american health care act in its current form. any ability to evaluate the act is hampered by a lack of cost estimates from the cbo. we urge congress wait until an estimate is available before proceeding. that is not anything radical. we write to express our opposition to the american health care act. it would dramatically increase health care costs for americans aged 50-64. the american medical association, we cannot support this bill as drafted because of the expected decline in insurance coverage and the potential harm it would cause to

acronyms to go with cbo, and they include aarp, which is against the plan, and aha, the american hospitals associationor the score. they are the people who are the system. they are within the system and they know the impact this is going to have on patients and hospitals and retirees, and that's who they are going to have to fight against. the cbo was a relatively simple target, and i expect them to line up with all the other organizations and say this is going to throw millions of people out of the health care system, and there's no getting around that. you can't take away the mandates and money and expect to cover as many or more people, and it just doesn't work that way. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> two powerful leaders in congress join jake tapper on "state of the union" today, and john mccain sharing his next step to take on the president over russia, and booker challenging the new health care proposal, and that's "state of the union" with jake tapper right here on cnn. >>> wthe former president of south korea left the presidential complex for the final time today, and the court upheld

so there is a reason why the american medical association opposes it, why the american hospit association oppose it is, why aarp and many groups, many other organizations oppose them, because it does the things that judy talked about. it's going to result in people dying because you don't have health insurance, you get sick and you don't go to the doctor. they don't want to discuss it because it's really, again, is not a health care bill. it is a bill. and morally, we should be talking about, what does it mean to bring millions of people off of health care to give huge tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country? that is not a moral decision. it's not what this country should be about. [ applause ] >> it's easy to say, let's rip apart the affordable care act. it's not a perfect piece of legislation. we can all agree on that. deductions have gone up too high, premiums have gone up too high. the goal should be to improve it, not simply throw it out. [ applause ] >> now, there is a specific health care issue in this country and throughout west virginia that you folks are dealing with

the industry doctors, hospitals, insurers on board. now insurers support the deal, but the backlash has been widespread. take a look who doesn't support it. the american medical association, aarp, the american hospital association, the academy of ped at tricks and then several other organizations have also come out even the chief medical officer for medicaid broke with the department of health and human services and tweeted his criticism despite what he said political messaging. in the meantime other areas of the industry are split. they say there are things they don't like in the bill but there are also things that they can suggest otherwise. they want a very long wish list. they want more people to be insured. they don't want to be on the hook for anybody that lose insurance. they want young people on the plans, flexibility on medicaid and they don't want to see employer plans get weakened. that is a tall order for congress to tackle because the bulk of the bill is already written. goldman sachs says depending on how beholden congress is to campaign promises, they don't get this done by may or june, they could just leave it all together and move on to tax reform. senat

the american medical association and the american hospital association are against it. one analysis projects up to 10 million fewer americans would have health insurance. while white house officials and some top republicans are fully committed and convinced it's the best option. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. >> reporter: one of the major points of contention is just how quickly the medicaid expansion under obama, that's the state state and federal insurance plan for the needy, will be phased out. delays on the overall bill could be problemic. the president has a lot riding on this, dan, paula. >> he does. gloria, thank you. >>> so much news to discuss this morning. let's bring in abc news political analyst kristen soltis-anderson who is also in washington this morning. kristen, good morning. >> good morning. >>> president trump is predicting a fast passage of his health care bill. do you think he's on target? >> i think that congress works a lot more slowly than businesses or anything else donald trump has had experience r