Heidi Alexander: “last Wednesday at the White House, President Trump invited Republican Senators there, and he recommended to us that we…”

“last Wednesday at the White House, President Trump invited Republican Senators there, and he recommended to us that we repeal and replace ObamaCare at the same time, simultaneously. He said that before in his interview on ``60 Minutes'' in January--we should repeal and replace ObamaCare simultaneously, which means, to me, at the same time. That is one reason I voted yes on Tuesday for us to proceed to the House of Representatives' bill, because it would replace and repeal ObamaCare at the same time. That is one reason I voted on Tuesday for the Senate healthcare bill, which would have replaced and repealed ObamaCare at the same time. I agree with the President--we should replace and repeal ObamaCare at the same time. The House voted to do that, the President recommended we do it, and I agree we should repeal and replace at the same time. Why would I say it needs to be done at the same time? There was a time in the past where we might have just repealed it and said: In 2 years, we may come up with an answer. But we can't do that now. Conditions have changed in Tennessee. Our State insurance commissioner, Julie McPeak, says our individual insurance market is ``very near collapse.'' That means that up to 350,000 individuals in our State-- songwriters, workers, farmers--who buy their insurance on the individual market are sitting there worrying in July and in August whether they will have any option to buy insurance in 2018.…”