that's the definition of unafford be about. and i think president trump -- unaffordability. and i think president trump ran on that issue. and we have to have an answer to that issue for the american public. this slide just summarizes, gives you three numbers to put the unaffordability in context. the first number is the heed january household income -- median household income. let me remind you what that means in case you forgot your statistics. half the american households make less than this amount, half the american households make more. you know? we in this room are very privileges in american society, very privileged. i don't know your incomes, but i don't have to know your incomes. you're this health care, you're at the top of the health care heap, and you're wearing very nice clothes. [laughter] okay? we don't realize that the median in america is $56,000 for a household. not an individual. okay? now, the average employer-sponsored insurance premium, when pepperdine provides its professors or its administrators employer-sponsored insurance, across the country, 2016,

for people. >> forget about unaffordable, what is unaffordable is obamacare. >> dickerson: i am notearing you say there is not a guarantee of preexisting conditions. >> we actually have a clause that guarantees it. >> dickerson: okay, excellent. let me ask you about your tax plan. >> go ahead. out this week, it has got big deficit numbers you say that will be made up by growth. >> well not only growth, it will be made up by better trade deals. it is going to be made up by many different reciprocal tax. as an example, we have countries where if we make a product and we send it to that country, they charged us 100 percent tax if they make the same product and send it to us, we charge them nothing. do you think that is smart? it is not. we are going to come up with reciprocal taxes and lots of other things on those countries but i view that more on trade. we are also going to fix all of our trade deals. we are going to have a very wealthy man country again. >> dickerson: let me ask you this, mr. president. congress may not go along with -- they are going to try to find some spending --

for people. >> forget about what's unaffordable.unaffordable is obamacare, john. >> i'm not hearing you say there is a guarantee of pre-existing conditions. ? we actually have a clause that guarantees. >> tammy, what can be expected in this new bill? >> well, there are certainly going to be some problems probably if this bill passed for those with pre-existing conditions. obamacare several protections written in. those with pre-existing conditions have to get coverage. insurers have to provide them coverage and they have to provide them at the same right as for everybody else. they can't charge them more like they used to in the past. also they have to provide comprehensive benefits. so a lot of things have to be covered. while the new bill does say that insurers still have to cover those with pre-existing conditions, that is true, they do allow the states to make changes to the other benefits. so insurers could charge people more in some circumstances, and they may not cover everything anymore. they may provide skimpy policies so p

is that unaffordable to you? seems outrageous to me. you can see entire day with dr. izzy yield tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. -- you can see that in its entirety with dr. izzy keele emanuel tonight. >> this morning, "washington journal" had a discussion about tax policy with the author of "read my lips. -- we are going to show you as much of this as we can before president trump speaks. williamson at the brookings institution and author of this new and timely book entitled read my lips: why americans are proud to pay taxes. why do you say proud to pay taxes and define why it's different from happy. being americans seemed taxpayer as an important civic responsibility. moreactually a view held strongly by republicans than democrats. very worried about other people not necessarily paying their share. being a taxpayer. it's always a way of identifying yourself as somebody who deserves to be heard. host: we asked viewers about suggestions they made to change .he tax system a very engaged audience. taxes seem very personal to people. guest: that's right. ask borin

i do not know, is that unaffordable to you? seems outrageous to me. and as was mentioned, we are now at a per capita health-care spending of $10,000, the number to keep in your head if you want to be precise. $9,990.sand and $90 -- health-care spending is not like peanut butter. it is not evenly spread. it is lumpy, bumpy. spend more, will younger people will spend less, and half the population will spend virtually nothing, but the average is $10,000. this is the definition of an affordability -- unaffordability. 18%, thatn 17.5%, is what the country can afford in health car, not a dime more. we have to get it down to gdp plus zero. that is our goal. i think we can get there. what is the way forward? last i have spent the three or four years going around to look at places that are doing really well. they are delivering high-value care. they have high-quality, relatively low-cost, and good patient experienced. -- good patient experience. i will be perfectly honest with you, probably be an embarrassment to my colleagues, i was not systematic about this.

i don't know, is that unaffordable to you? it seems outrageous to me. and as was mentioned, we are now at a per capita health-care spending of $10,000 is number to keep in your head if you want to be precise. $9990. that's on a per capita basis. as i like to tell my students at wharton, health care spending is not like peter butter. it's not evenly spread. it's lumpy bumpy. older people will spend more, younger people will spend less. half the population will spend virtually nothing, but the average is $10,000. this is the definition of unaffordability, and it has come and i believe, will be solved. one of the things that seen over the last eight to ten years is 17.5, 18%, that's what the country can afford in healthcare, not a dimorphic therefore we have to get healthcare spending down to gdp, plus zero. that's our goal. i think we can get there. what's the way forward? well, i've spent the last three or four years going around to look at places that are doing really, really well. they are delivering high-value care. they are high quality, relatively l

looking at the property market all over asia, and we begin today in china, where housing has become unaffordableults. stephen mcdonnell sent this report from beijing. it starts off the evening, rush—hour in beijing and the young workers are pouring out into the massive subway are low. they willjoin the commute to the outer suburbs. there is no way most people young people here can way most people young people here ca n afford way most people young people here can afford to buy a flat downtown in fa ct can afford to buy a flat downtown in fact it is hard to imagine how most of them could afford to buy a property anywhere in the city. it is true, there are plenty of cities in the world where property is expensive, is it me, paris, singapore, you name it. here people ‘s salaries could be half or even less. . so who is buying property here? investors. the government is trying to rein in this explosion by limiting access to credit in the hope that china is young workers may one day be able to buy a place of their own.. it has been a record quarterfor tesla.. the electric car maker said that was a 70%

today we start in china warehousing has become somewhat unaffordable. —— where jhousing.jing. these young people are pouring out of the towers above and into the subway below. in their millions, they willjoin the commute to the outer suburbs. there is no way that most young people here could afford to buy a flat downtown. in fact, it's hard to imagine how most of them could ever afford to buy a property anywhere in this city. it is true, there are plenty of cities in the world where property is expensive. sydney, paris, singapore, it you name it. here, the flats might cost just singapore, it you name it. here, the flats might costjust as much about people's salaries could be half or even less. so, who is buying property here? the government is trying to rein in this explosion by limiting access to credit in the hope that china's young workers may one day be able to buy a place of their own. in other business news making headlines, toshiba is down by more than 7% at this hour on reports that it may miss its earnings yet again. it is now expected it shares will be demoted t

policy or legislation passed this would not have been in front of the commission those are both unaffordable housing and we'll not be here today understand why the policy is shift as we are more and more sensitive that warranty the flexibility in the policy it in remove rent-controlled and at the same time allows the family to grow together and respectfully you approve that merger and allow the two dwelling units to be created and thank you thank you any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner johnson. >> thank you very much i'm generally supportive of this kind merger, however, i don't agree with the bedroom i think we should keep the recommended mostly from staff to brown be this 4 bedrooms and addition a unit merger we required that both units were separate condo with their own parcels to be sold in the future even if their interior alterations this plan show that the kitchen are to be merged into one and so i might look at the city attorney or staff to see if we wanted to make that requirement that was done whether the kitchen morgue makes things

in wisconsin your high risk pool was great for the people who were on it but it was still unaffordable for a lot of other people, wasn't it? speaker ryan: no. it was pretty actually darn good but this will add federal funding to it. so think of high risk pools. there were states that had high risk pools, that had reinsurance mechanisms or risk sharing like the main plan. none of them had any federal funding to it. none of them had any federal resources. this takes that idea and adds federal resources to it to make sure it works even better. and h.h.s. will coordinate with those states to make sure they have good mechanisms in place. so we have seen states. wyoming had a good one. utah had a good one. washington state had a good one. maine had a good one. we had a good one. they work. now we will be adding federal funding to it they'll work even better and lower prices even more. reporter: can you assure people with pre-existing conditions that they won't be worse off under your plan? speaker ryan: people will be better off under this plan. that's our goal here. the problem with obamaca

in wisconsin your high risk pool was great for the people on it, but it was still unaffordable for a lot of other people, wasn't it. >> no, it was pretty darn good. but this add federal funding to it now. think of high risk pools. there were states that had high risk pools reinsurance mechan m mechanisms or risk sharing like the main plan. none had any federal funding to it. none of them had had he federal resources. this takes that idea and adds federal resources to make sure it works even better and hhs will coordinate with those states to make sure they have good mechanisms in place. wyoming had a good one, utah had a good one, washington state had a good one. maine had a good one. we had a good one. they work and now that we'll be adding federal funding to it, they'll work even better and you can lower prices more. >> can you reassure people with pre-existing conditions they won't be worse off. >> they will be better off under our plan. that's the goal. the problem with obamacare is people get one choice at best in a third of all the keep thes in america. five states you got one

in wisconsin your high risk pool was great for the people who were on it but it was still unaffordable for a lot of other people, wasn't it? speaker ryan: no. it was pretty actually darn good but this will add federal funding to it. so think of high risk pools. there were states that had high risk pools, that had reinsurance mechanisms or risk sharing like the main plan. none of them had any federal funding to it. none of them had any federal resources. this takes that idea and adds federal resources to it to make sure it works even better. and h.h.s. will coordinate with those states to make sure they have good mechanisms in place. so we have seen states. wyoming had a good one. utah had a good one. washington state had a good one. maine had a good one. we had a good one. they work. now we will be adding federal funding to it they'll work even better and lower prices even more. reporter: can you assure people with pre-existing conditions that they won't be worse off under your plan? speaker ryan: people will be better off under this plan. that's our goal here. to make it easier for pe

that's the worry of the american medical association says to make coverage completely unaffordable. what's unaffordable is obamacare. >> i'm not hearing you say there's a pre-existing -- >> we actually have a clause that guarantees. >> athena, now the question becomes will conservative republicans get on board with what the president just said? >> that's one of the questions. this whole subject of pre-existing conditions has been a big sticking point. it's moderate republicans who want to make sure that people who have pre-existing conditions can continue to get coverage and coverage that is affordable. that's why you're hearing the president talk about this as a guarantee. we know in this latest gop proposal to repeal and replace obamacare, that kwirequires ins are -- if they allow their coverage to last at any point and there are a lot of other question questions about how the coverage for people with pre-existing conditions will work. bottom line here is that republicans are having a hard time getting enough republicans support for even this latest proposal. that's why you didn't

it was unaffordable for a lot of people. speaker ryan: this was pretty greatest track record. good that it will add federal funding now. high risk pools -- some states had high risk pool or risk sharing. none of them had any federal funding. none had any federal resources. this takes that idea and adds federal resources to make sure that it works better and hhs will coordinate with those states to make sure they have good mechanisms in place. wyoming had a good one. utah did, washington state, in the state of maine. they work. and now, that we are adding federal funding, they will work better and you will be able to lower prices even more. >> can you reassure people with pre-existing that they will not be worse off? ryan: they will be better off. the problem with obamacare, people have one choice at best. five states, one plan to choose from. that is not very good. a monopoly to give you health insurance. our job is to make sure that people get more choices. by getting more choices, you can get better quality health insurance and lower prices and we preserve the protections ar

talk to emphasize american health care has become unaffordable. one way of understanding this election is the hostility to the affordable care at his people are faced about the following dilemma. they are paying high premiums and again, i did that the bulls. and when they have to pay out of pocket is out graciously expensive. that's the definition of and affordability. president trump ran on that issue and we have to have an answer to that issue for the american public. this slide just summarizes, gives you three members to put the affordability and context. first is the median household income. but i remind you that medium is in case you forgot your statistics from college all those years ago. half of american households make less than this amount, half make more. we in this room are very privileged in american society. very privileged. i don't buy your intense, but i don't have to know your incomes. you're in health care at the top of the health care heap in your and very nice clothes. okay? we don't realize that the median in america is $56,000

and say policies are unaffordable with two choices. but it has reduced the number of americans without health insurance by less than 11%, down from more than 17% from 2013. the aca tries to control health care comforts. exchanges went up an average of 22% last year and the subsidies the governments provides are extremely expensive. this week republicans say the fight to repeal obamacare is not over yet. >> obamacare has done too much damage to families. so we're going to get this right. >> jonathan burris is the ceo of recordkeeping for 88,000 doctors and jonathan, it's great to see you, thanks for being here today. >> i love being here, becky. >> back when the affordable care act is if place, is it a good thing or a bad thing for business? >> obviously, general in business. great viewed shocks from the political system are always a distraction. even if they're good shocks or bad shocks. so anything that stays still for us to do our work is good. obviously, the ac -- hca missed a big opportunity to make things a little more competitive

it's almost becoming unaffordable for middle-class people. >> when you say political reform, what doeshat mean? >> that means we need to change a system that really allows a corruptive influence of special interest money to dictate what happens in sacramento. and the voters know it. i mean, we've done the polling, and 90% of the people believe that special interest money is the driving force behind just about everything that happens in sacramento. >> forgive me, though, because that's something that many elected officials talk about. cleaning up the system. bernie sanders talk. what makes you think john cox with a democrat-controlled legislature, two-thirds majorities in both houses, that you as governor, as a republican, could do the job? >> because we're going to get a new legislature that's going to be immune to the funding of the special interests. it's similar to what's being done in new hampshire. new hampshire is a small state, obviously. but it has these tiny little microdistricts. and real people run for office. they do it by getting to know their neighbors and talking to them

it's almost becoming unaffordable for middle-class people. >> when you say political reform, what doeshat mean? >> that means we need to change a system that really allows a corruptive influence of special interest money to dictate what happens in sacramento. and the voters know it. i mean, we've done the polling, and 90% of the people believe that special interest money is the driving force behind just about everything that happens in sacramento. >> forgive me, though, because that's something that many elected officials talk about. cleaning up the system. bernie sanders talk. what makes you think john cox with a democrat-controlled legislature, two-thirds majorities in both houses, that you as governor, as a republican, could do the job? >> because we're going to get a new legislature that's going to be immune to the funding of the special interests. it's similar to what's being done in new hampshire. new hampshire is a small state, obviously. but it has these tiny little microdistricts. and real people run for office. they do it by getting to know their neighbors and talking to them

of people shows how much the community absolutely is no longer standing for folks rolling out unaffordableousing legislation spending more - it is frustrating and happy that commissioner london breed will speak to the community we've been asking for a long time i'm happy that we'll get the chance to talk about where we need in the community and thank you very much for the continuance. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello chair peskin i'm a district 56 resident moved here in 1999 a local policy advocate as someone that lived here over a time period the city has changed the idea that we are talking about nothing less the citywide requirement more affordable housing for my neighborhood is completely insane the situation is way, way worse than the citywide requirement was instituted and pulling back instead of moving forward will be as insane as cutting back on climate action at a time things are a new level of bad if we think that our action at the federal level is counterproductive the same thing it true in the housing policy in san francisco we need more affordable housing than we have by s

i had friends say small group employers who say my small group are so unaffordable that the employee contribution is twice the mortgage payment. going to haircut public pressure over costs. when does the public pressure rise to the level of belief of what people are describing as the failure of obamacare, thus requiring legislative action and impact elections? term, there short are breakpoints in the insurance market that will be her renders if they are not -- will be horrendous if they are not at least patched for the short term. i think in the long term you , will have to face the reality of choices that people don't want to make. when i look at the trajectory of what is happening in the science related to health care, and its related cost and benefits compared to what is happening in the tolerance to pay for that science, you really are coming to a point where, for example, a great researcher said the other day that we stand on the threshold of making most cancers a chronic disease, but the cost of that are combination therapies that are hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.

i don't know, is that unaffordable to you? it seems outrageous to me. >> see all of that event with dr. emanuel tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on our companion network, c-span. >>> human rights advocate malala yousafzai addressed a joint session of the canadian parliament in the capital of ottawa, talking about her work as an advocate for girls' education. she praised canada's refugee policies and its liberal prime minister, justin trudeau, for his support for incoming immigrants. before her address to lawmakers, ms. yousafzai was bestowed with honorary canadian citizenship. only the sixth such person to ever receive that recognition. [ cheering ] [ indiscernible conversation ] [ indiscernible conversation ] [ indiscernible conversation ] [ indiscernible conversation ] >>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the right honorable justin trudeau, prime minister of canada, and our guest of honor, malala yousafzai. [ speaking in french ] [ applause ] >> welcome, everyone. [ speaking in french ] i knew malala was a smart

in wisconsin, your high-risk pool was great for the people on it, but it was still unaffordable for af others. was pretty darn good. but this will add federal funding. high were states that had risk pools, reinsurance mechanisms, risksharing, like the main plan. none of them had federal funding. none of them had federal resources. this takes that idea and as federal resources to it to make sure it works better. we have seen states -- wyoming had a good one, utah, washington state, maine -- they work. now that we are adding federal funding to it, it will work better, and you will lower prices more. >> can you reassure people with pre-existing conditions that they will be worse off in your plan? better off, that is the whole goal. the problem with obamacare, people get one choice am at best, in a third of all counties in america. five states, one play to choose from. that is not good having a monopoly. our job is to make sure people get more choices, and by getting more choices, you can get better quality health insurance and lower prices, and we preserve those protections for people wi

further american medical association is also balking at this idea saying it would make coverage unaffordable to people with pre-existing conditions. i see you shaking your head. >> aca was created because the state based private employer based system wasn't working. returning to the old system isn't going to make things better. that's part of the response you're seeing from different organizations to some of these plans. sgr let's talk about what we heard in the last 24 hours. let's listen. >> you're incompetent dishonest people who after an election had to apologize because they covered it, us, me, but all of us. they covered it so badly that they felt they were forced to apologize because their predictions were so bad. >> you wrote an opinion piece. i want to read part of it saying given his rally speech doesn't seem the president will do much to change his ways. that would be a mistake given that history shows that presidents can bounce back from a rough first 100 days and you go onto talk about kennedy, reagan, bill clinton and how they had rough begins but did turn the tide. why do you

but i had friends call me and say small group employers who, now my small group premiums are so unaffordable that the employee contribution is twice the mortgage payment. so i think you're going to hear public pressure over costs overall and the question is, when does the public pressure rise to the level of a belief in what people are describing as a failure of obamacare and thus require legislative action or really impact elections in what we've seen. >> i think in the short-term you have to solve what angela was just describing. there is some break points that are coming in the insurance market that are just doing tor horrendous if they are not at least patched for the short-term. i think in the long-term you're going to have to face the reality of choices that people don't want to make. when i look at the trajectory of what is happening in the science related to health care and it's related cost and benefits compared to what is happening in the tolerance to pay for that science, you really are coming to a point where, for example, a great researcher said the other day that we stand on th

pressure for it to be scrapped with warnings that the costs will become enormous, that it will become unaffordablensioners is just look what the conservatives in government have done. pensioners today £1250 a year better off. we are clear in that we need to support people in their old age and that's exactly what we've done. no direct a nswer exactly what we've done. no direct answer there. but the triple lock becomes a very political issue. pensioners vote in large numbers. no surprise that it‘s going to be a key issue around election time. now the prime minister was clearer on the commitment to foreign aid spending, saying that there‘ll be no cut in international aid if she wins the general election, saying that it would remain at the 0. 7% of national income. elsewhere, philip hammond hinted he was not a fan of the 2015 manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance or vat saying that promises not to increase key taxes limited his ability to manage the economy. obviously, the more commitments you make in the manifesto, the less flexibility you have. that means because you are commi

that doesn't make any sense because it makes health care unaffordable.here are other tools we have. people being able to purchase across state lines, health plans. letting people p premiums from health savings account. all of those are consensus ideas that bring together moderates, conservatives, and that's exactly right. >> that's what the president promised. what i've been hearing is that you and the president to have getting along very well. two ted cruz bills were signed into law by the president. tell us about the relationship. >> well, the president and i were talking frequently. we are meeting frequently and i'm doing everything i can to help lead the fight for president trump and all of us in congress to deliver on the promises we made. to the american people. we have a historic opportunity. in 2017 we are poised to do for big things. to repeal obamacare, past fundamental tax reform, see regulatory reform and select a conservative to the supreme court. 2017 was a blockbuster year. i'm spending my time rolling up my sleeves try to get the job done

see it in our health care system that is a windfall for insurance companies and a complicated, unaffordable mess for patients and families. we see it in our financial sector that's become the master, not the servant, of the real economy. above all, we see it in our outdated labor laws that allow employers to steal wages and unfairly restrict the freedom of workers to form unions. but inequality is not inevitable. inequality is a choice. and we can choose to do better. see, let me be perfectly clear. we will never, never solve the problem unless every worker has the power to bargain with their employer. nothing else raises wages better or more fairly. now, it would seem that the bill of rights with its freedoms of speech and assembly affords every worker the right to bargain with their employer but that's not how the system works in practice. you see, the law today only requires employers to bargain with recognized unions. so, we're proposing something bold. something better. every worker, everybody, everybody deserves a job and the power to make it a good job. to bargain for higher wages, s

the reason why insurance has zoomed up and the premiums are unaffordable to people that don't qualify why insurers are dropping out of the markets and many people are left with one insurer in their county is because of obamacare's regulations. and that's the problem with a lot of it, and this is why it's very difficult to get any healthcare bill through by either party. >> right. so why not repair instead of repeal? >> why not repair instead of repeal? well, i think there's two reasons. one, is that republicans ran one, on this for -- since 2010 they've been saying that they're going repeal obamacare and i think they have an obligation to their voters to follow through on it. and two is that obamacare is not working. it hasn't worked, it's expanded coverage because if you spend trillions of dollars on something it's going to expand coverage. it's driven up premiums, it's limited choices. it meant that insureds have had a narrow network so that you have fewer choices of doctors and hospitals. it's created a lot of problems and it's not working as it is. and all that democrats wanted to

it's unneeded and unaffordable. thank you so much. >> just real quick since i stepped out. in your stream much consciousness diatribe, your words not mine, did you mention cutting down vegetation? is that part of the -- senator carper: i did not. somebody said there are other ideas. i think in many places -- let's not use agent orange. been there, done that. >> we'll use some good tools. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me first start out by saying there has been -- we have had a number of kind of hearings and discussions. there's been no one who has come before this body suggesting that we need to build a concrete wall completely across the border. no one. not one person. no matter what political persuasion. no matter how they represented their political thoughts in the last election. i just wish we could get beyond it so we could actually talk about what we need to do on the border. because all of us share the same goal which is border security, border security protects not only this country but has a way of protecting people to the south. i don't there is any doubt about

they voted against high taxes, against government bureaucracy, against what they thought was unaffordable. >> against hillary clinton? >> against hillary clinton for sure and against this sense of giving entitlements to people who didn't work as hard as they do. and when obamacare fell apart, the thing that drove them crazy was the process, the notion that everything was rushed. lots of rookie mistakes, et cetera, so when they look at the russian issue, they do tend to almost ignore it because they are saying this is one more mess of lots of people disagreeing with each other, and i want my legislative agenda to move forward and it looks like not much is going to happen other than through executive order and tweeting. >> which might also be part of the president's strategy, that it's a mess. everyone stick around. still much more to talk about after the break including steve bannon being removed from the national security council. stay with us. doing tomorrow -10? staff meeting. noon? eating. 3:45? uh, compliance training. 6:30? sam's baseball practice. 8:30? tai chi. yeah, so sounds rela

to make one group to pay unaffordable premiums is not the right answer. >> one thing we heard from lotsident trump's supporters is they are concerned about the opioid crisis. a lot have been touched by it personally. the essential health benefits. you let states seek waivers to get rid of the essential benefits. that covers treatment for substance abuse. where are you on that? >> first, i'm the co- chairman of the heroin task force in congress. that is front and center for me. my state has been devastated by the crisis. we have done a few things. first in the 21st century cures act. we funded 15$500 million this yr and next year to help in that area. secondly, before i considered waivers for the states on anything, i added the essential health benefits back into the bill. they had been taken out. i thought that was a mistake. >> just to be clear. for anybody listening. if your bill were to pass somehow, people getting treatment for substance abuse would not lose it? >> no. states would have to come. it is not an automatic they get out of it. states have to come and they would have to de

. >> in wisconsin, it's still unaffordable for a lot. >> it was actually darn good.his will add federal funding to it now. high-risk pools. states had high-risk pools and reinsurance mechanisms or risk sharing like the main plan. none had any federal funding. none had federal resources. this takes that idea and adds federal resources to it to make sure that it works better and hhs will coordinate with those states to make sure they have good mechanisms in place. utah had a good one, washington state had a good one, maine had a good one, we had a good one. they work. and now that we're going to be adding federal funding to it they'll work even better and you'll be able to lower prices even more. >> can you reassure people with pre-existing conditions they won't be worse off? >> people will be better off with competepre-existing condit under our plan. people get one choice at best in a third of all of the counties in america. five states you got one plan to choose from. that's not very good to have just a monopoly giving you health insurance. our job here is to make su

maybe get the monthly premium, but when it comes to the deductibles and co-pay, those are too unaffordableto realize that this is a failed system. we're putting into place things that will help give affordable access to everyone, and we're moving forward on that promise, and i think that's what we put in there aside from everything else that's within talked about. eric: quickly, what do you think will happen, just a matter of a few months? what do you think? >> i think we're going to be come back to d.c. week after next, and i think you're going to be seeing something end of april, first of may. this is important, the american people expect it and, frankly, the voters who have been electing i us for seven years since this bad law into effect, are expecting us to repeal and replace obamacare. that is what we're all working for, to make sure this happens, and the president is committed to doing that as well. eric: meanwhile, some of your members will get an earful if they have those town halls, but as you said, we'll be looking at changes in action at the beginning of the month. congressman

how did it become a magnet for people fleeing unaffordable housing line in san francisco and berkeley. it happenedbies -- happened because people went local in politics. they decided if their city was cleaning and greener and safer and healthier they had to localize locally. they started running for office since 2004 progressive candidates in richmond have won 10-16 elections for city council or mayor. the multi movement has a 5-7 member super majority on the council. last fall by a 2-1 margin, richmond became the first to drop rent control, roll back rent back to the level they were this is a moment of great darkness and despair for people who are concerned about what is going on inside the belt way in many capitols and sacramento. at the local level there are opportunities to organize in grassroots fashion and transform the most badly scarred and previously dysfunctional roles and cities. richmond was known for crime and corruption and people over the last 10-15 years in very challenging circumstances and have overcome those challenges and made their place a city i want they want to

in vancouver they tried to pop the housing bubble because houses were unaffordable for people that lived. it cracked vancouver transactions 40% to 70%. still it didn't break the market. now, last week here's what happens. home capital group gets an osc investigation on three of their executives and they come out and say something fascinating. the fraud that they admitted in 2014 with 95 brokers perpetrating fraud on over $1 billion in mortgages wasn't just 95 brokers it was actually, quote, systematic fraud inside the organization where they allowed fake mortgage applications to not be checked. >> sounds like america in 2006. >> exactly. we believe this is everywhere across the market. home capital group is the first one to have this happen. they go down 60, 70% yesterday because this suit is filed. >> it's up 19% or 18% right now. in fact td securities upgraded the stock to speculative buy. so you're starting to see some of the canadians defend this name. >> it's down from 35 to 7. let's just say the news has been bad. granted me that. >> and you're still shorting it? >> no, no, no, no.

see some proper research done, not all foreign investment is bad, but if it is making property unaffordableuy, that cannot be a good thing. this issue is just cannot be a good thing. this issue isjust one of cannot be a good thing. this issue is just one of many difficulties facing first—time buyers. last year in england and wales they paid out an average of nearly £200,000 for that first step on the ladder. suit looks certain to remain challenging for many years to come. and you can find out more about today's election pledges — and the latest on the campaign — on our website. bbc.co.uk/news. crime in england and wales has risen in almost every category according to the latest statistics. violent crime is up sharply by 19%. it's the final set of crime figures before the general election and our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. a brutal attack outside a west midlands pub last month by half a dozen men who are still being sought by police. it appears to have been a targeted attack using a machete at a time when there are signs claim is on the increase in england an

in wisconsin, your high risk pool was great for the people who were on it, but it was still unaffordablelot of other people, wasn't snit. >> no, it was darn good. this will add federal funding to it. think of high risk pools, there were states who had high risk pools, reinsurance mechanisms, or risk sharing. none had federal funding to it. none had federal resources. this takes that idea and adds federal resources to it to make sure it works even better. hhs will koorp rate with the states to make sure they have good mechanisms in place. we have seen states, wyoming had a good one, utah had a good one, washington state had a good one, maine had a good one, we had a good one. they work. now, we'll be adding federal funding to it and they'll work better. you can lower prices more. >> can you reassure people with pre-existing conditions they won't be worse off? >> people will be better off under our plan. that's the goal here. to make it easier for people. the problem with obamacare is people get one choice at best in 1/3 of en the counties in america. five states, you got one plan to choos

prices are unaffordable for some buyers. you would expect some sort of moderation.reflected in the north of england. in the north—east of england prices have stayed pretty low. in the north—west as well and northern ireland. in wales they are low as well. the trend in recent months, in london there have been big falls, particularly in central london. other parts of the country have taken up the running. with the nationwide, in the last couple of months we have seen a fall. that reflects what is happening in the economy as a whole, families are under pressure. there has been uncertainty talking about gdp. is that moderating? will the economy be able to talk about how i —— higher house prices? in the background, brexit is making everyone nervous as well. thank you. a fund set up to give access to cancer drugs in the nhs has been called a huge amount of money. most of the approved drugs failed to show clinical benefit. the cancer drugs fund was set up to pay for expensive medicines that the nhs was not funding. in part, it was a political response to repeated negative

people who have pre-existing conditions a lot more money for their coverage and it would make it unaffordableis a big problem for republicans because touching the pre-existing conditions is like touching the third rail. you can't do it. >> it's a very important issue. one of the negotiators working on this amendment to deal with this, the roll back of this of those obamacare protection system congressman tom mcarthur. listen to what he gsaid earlier today. >> why are you changing the way it works for people with pre-existing conditions since that's one of the elements of obamacare that people seem to really like? >> there's a lot of confusion about what's happening in health care and people like that and i like that too. i think it's critical. what a lot of people don't see and after a lifetime in the insurance industry, i do see this system is crumbling. >> it's a big problem right now for the republicans to try to come up with something that will satisfy the conservative element, freedom caucus, and the more moderate republicans. >> let me give you the real answer to the question. that alli