Rebecca Davis is a cancer survivor who recently lost her job. She has almost no room for error when it comes to her finances or her health. And how do you plan your life not knowing how much it's going to cost just to to take care of your healthare needs.>> That's a great point. Um um and I think that there's a lot of stress that comes with receiving that bill in the mail. >> Rebecca is one of 22 million Americans who benefit from premium subsidies through the Affordable Care Act.also known as Obamacare. Th ...

Our viewers and listeners, people who are actually on these plans, these Obamacare plans, should they expect this to be their new reality. It looks like it. I mean, Democrats have been trying to ring the alarm for a long period of time.And almost in the last 15 years, the Republicans have said that they had an alternative plan. Yet no one has seen them produce anything. And this is something that should have been talked about.We've been advocating for it. We've been talking about an extension, if nothing el ...

Ally Vitali on Capitol Hill where that second vote on healthc care has just finished. It looks like we're 0 for two there, Ally. >> 0 for two.And frankly, Chris, that's what we expected today would bring. We didn't have an understanding that either of these votes would get to the 60 votes that they needed to pass. And then, of course, that would have launched them into some very uncertain waters in the House.So, where we are right now is that both the Senate Republican and Democratic bills have failed. And ...

So the first vote that we were watching, Chris, was on the Republican bill on healthcare. That did not reach the 60 vote threshold as we did not expect it to. All Republicans voted together on that with the exception of Senator Ran Paul, who voted with Democrats as a no on the Republican plan.And now they are in the process of voting on the Democratic bill, which is just a clean three-year extension of those Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. Two notable votes so fa ...

I do want to pivot to some other breaking news this morning. We're expecting senators to vote any moment on dueling health care bills with Affordable Care Act premium spikes looming for millions of Americans. And joining us now is Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Brendan Bole.He's the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee. Congressman, we'll keep our eye on the vote as that's about to get underway any moment. Both votes likely to fail today and that leaves millions of Americans in limbo with the tim ...

Joining us now is Dr. . Zeke Emanuel, vice provost of global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as a health policy adviser in the Obama administration, was a key architect of the Affordable Care Act.He's also the author of the upcoming book, Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life. Doctor, it's great to have you here with us. Skyrocketing premiums could force millions of people to make real difficult choices such as paying for their day-to-day living expenses o ...

And now I want to turn to Democratic Senator Cy Booker. He's a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. Senator, what are your expectations for these healthcare votes today.>> Well, I'm actually really stunned that the Republican party has decided to declare war on Americans health security, health care. Remember, they doing two things that will take effect next year. they are not renewing these subsidies which will cause tens of millions of people to uh either see their health care loss completely or mas ...

Votes on rival Democratic and Republican healthcare plans in the Senate are expected to fail Thursday, with just weeks to go until millions of Americans covered under the Affordable Care Act face soaring premiums when enhanced subsidies lapse https://t.co/L88bHPAI8b ...

The White House, in sharp escalation of military action, has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. President Trump initially gave little information on why that tanker was taken by US forces, and as you heard earlier, he seemed to be unsure of where the oil on board would even end up. >> Well, thank you very much.It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seiz ...

Welcome back to Morning Joe. 34 past the hour. Democratic leaders say yesterday's classified briefing on the Trump administration strike on alleged drug boats was very unsatisfying after Defense Secretary Pete Hgseath declined to commit to showing Congress the full unedited video of the military's attack in the Caribbean on September 2nd that killed survivors clinging to the wreckage of their damaged boat.Joining us now, House Minority Leader, Democratic Congressman Hakee Jeff of New York. Thank you very mu ...