The GOP Renews Push to Repeal Obamacare

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Late last week, after failing to secure enough support to pass an amended healthcare bill, House Republicans went back to the drawing board to make more concessions. Monday morning, they were optimistic they had enough support to pass a new bill.

 "I think it will happen this week," said White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on "CBS This Morning" on Monday. "If this goes through, it will be one of the fastest pieces of signature legislation to go through for a president since Roosevelt."  

Later in the afternoon, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer wasn't quite ready to put a timeline on whether or not it would happen soon.

"We're getting closer and closer everyday," said Spicer in the daily briefing. "But we're not there yet."

Still at issue is the flexibility of the latest amendment and to what extent people — even those with pre-existing conditions — will actually be covered.  We turn to Mary Agnes Carey, partnerships editor and senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News, explains what you should expect going forward. 

Insurance companies began pairing back their Obamacare business even before President Obama left office, amid concerns over losses. But with conflicting rhetoric coming out of the White House and Congress, the insurance marketplaces appear more unstable than ever.

In recent weeks, President Trump has cast doubt on whether the White House will continue to fund cost-sharing reduction payments, or CSR, that offset the cost to insurers providing coverage to low income Americans.

Insurers say they won't commit to participation in the exchanges in 2018 until they have more information about the future of the healthcare law. In the meantime, a June deadline looms for insurers to submit their plans for 2018 coverage on the exchanges, or to chose to drop out of the markets entirely.

Dr. Carolyn McClanahan, a physician and a financial planner who advises on health care policy, weighs in. 

This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.