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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." at Carvana.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." FIVE MONTHS AGO PRESIDENT TRUMP
PROMISED THAT REPUBLICANS WOULD
PROTECT PREKPIGSEXISTING CONDITI
WHILE ACCUSING DEMOCRATS OF
TRYING TO EVISCERATE HEALTH
CARE.
CARE. >> REPUBLICANS WILL ALWAYS
PROTECT PATIENTS WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT.
REPUBLICANS WILL ALWAYS PROTECT
PATIENTS WITH PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. WE’RE DOING IT.
IF DEMOCRATS LIKE TO SPREAD
FALSE RUMORS.
FALSE RUMORS. THEY’RE THE ONES THAT WON’T BE
ABLE TO BECAUSE THERE WILL BE
NOTHING LEFT WHEN YOUR SYSTEM IS
OBLITERATED.
OBLITERATED. >> REPUBLICANS WILL ALWAYS
PROTECT PATIENTS WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS. I WISH PEOPLE WOULD GET THAT
INTO THEIR HEADS.
>> WELL, LATE LAST NIGHT THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MADE A
MOVE TO DO JUST THE OPPOSITE.
ACCORDING TO A ONE-DAY COURT
BRIEF, THEY’RE BACKING A RECENT
DECISION THAT WOULD INVALIDATE
THE ENTIRE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
52 MILLION AMERICANS COULD BE
DENIED COVERAGE.
DENIED COVERAGE. IN FACT MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS
AFTER THE AC ARKSZ WAS ENACTED,
IT’S SO DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN OUR
COUNTRY THAT A REVERSAL WOULD
EFFECT MILLIONS MORE.
DEMOCRATS WHO TOOK CONTROL OF
THE HOUSE ON THE PROMISE TO
PROTECT OBAMA CARE POUNCED.
>> THE GOP WILL NEVER STOP
TRYING TO DESTROY THE AFFORDABLE
HEALTH CARE OF AMERICA’S
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES. AND THIS HOUSES, WITH A
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY, WE’RE HERE
TO STRENGTHEN THOSE PROTECTIONS
AND TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS
BECAUSE THIS HOUSE, THIS
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE IS FOR THE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> WELL, THE ADMINISTRATION’S
COURT FILING CAME JUST HOURS
BEFORE DEMOCRATS ROLLED OUT A
NEW PLAN THAT THE SPEAKER JUST
SAID TO STRENGTHEN THE ACA.
THEIR PLAN WOULD REVERSE SOME OF
THE DAMAGE DONE BY TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION PALLACY.
ADMINISTRATION PALLACY. FOR MORE I’M JOINED BY DAVID
CICILLINE.
CICILLINE. A DEMOCRAT FROM RHODE ISLAND.
ONE THING I COULD NEVER
UNDERSTAND IS WHY THE DEMOCRATS
DIDN’T EXPOSE TRUMP.
WHEN HE SAYS I’M GOING TO KEEP
PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS WHEN HE
DOESN’T HAVE A HEALTH CARE PLAN
AND WANTS TO GET RID OF THE ONLY
ONE WE HAVE, WHICH IS OBAMA CARE
INI’M GETTING RID OF THE COW.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> THE PRESIDENT TWEETED THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE PARTY OF
HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE. AT THE VERY SAME TIME THE
PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO GET RID
OF COVERAGE FOR PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS, MORE THAN 50 MILLION
AMERICANS WILL LOSE PROTECTION.
AND DEMOCRATS RELEASED LEDGE
LEGISLATION TO EXPAND THE TAX
CREDITS, TO LOWER THE COSTS.
SO THERE’S A REAL CONTRAST
BETWEEN DEMOCRATS TRYING TO
PROTECT COVERAGE FOR PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS AND THE PRESIDENT
SAYS HE’S DOING THE OPPOSITE IS
TRYING TO TAKE AWAY COVERAGE,
TRYING TO END THE ACA AND RIP
AWAY COVERAGE FROM 20 MILLION
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. >> I WAS STRUCK BY THE EMOTION
OF PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THE LAST
SEVERAL HOURS WHEN HE TALKED
ABOUT HOW YOU GOT TO FIGHT FOR
WHAT YOU’RE WILLING TO LOSE YOUR
SEAT OVER.
SEAT OVER. IN OTHER WORDS YOU GOT TO PUT
EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT, YOUR
ENTIRE CAREER IN POLITICS, PICK
THE ONE YOU CARE MOST ABOUT.
HE SAID IN MY CASE IT’S HEALTH
CARE.
CARE. THAT’S HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO
OBAMA.
OBAMA. >> PARENTS WHO USED TO LIE AT
WAKE PRAYING THAT THEIR CHILD
WOULD NOT GET SICK BECAUSE THEY
WERE BORN WITH A PREEXISTING
CONDITION.
CONDITION. OR PEOPLE TERRIFIED THEY’D LOSE
THEIR JOB AND COULDN’T GET THE
KIND OF CARE THEY NEEDED.
PEOPLE’S LIVES WERE TRANSFORMED
WHEN THEY HAD ACCESS TO QUALITY
HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE. THIS IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE
FOR THE FEW.
WE’RE HERE TO FIGHT TO PROTECT
IT.
IT. AND PRESIDENT OBAMA IS RIGHT,
IT’S MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN
THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS AND THE REPUBLICANS
ARE BACK AT IT, TRYING TO TAKE
AWAY HEALTH CARE, COVERAGE FOR
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS WHILE THE
PRESIDENT IS TWEETING HE’S FOR
HEALTH CARE.
HEALTH CARE. >> HE HATES OBAMA SO MUCH HE
WANTS TO DESTROY HIS LEGACY.
>> RATHER THAN START OFF WITH A
BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, THE
FIRST HE WANTS TO DO IS REPEAL
OBAMA CARE BECAUSE HE CAN’T BEAR
THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA
LED THE EFFORT TO INSURE
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE
ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. >> AREN’T YOU AMAZES AT WHAT
PENN STATION LOOKS LIKE IN NEW
YORK, EVEN NOW?
AREN’T YOU AMAZED NOTHING’S BEEN
DONE?
DONE? >> AND WE RAN ON AN AGENDA FOR
THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY,
DRIVING DOWN HEALTH CARE COSTS,
DRIVING DOWN THE COST OF
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. A VERY SERIOUS STEP TO REBUILD
OUR COUNTRY THAT WILL CREATE 50
MILLION GOOD PAYING JOBS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TUSE
DELIVER ON THE PROMISES WE MADE
AND INFRASTRAUKTURE IS A
REALITY.
REALITY. OUR ROADS, BRIDGES, PORTS,