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That that democrat would be willing to work with republicans, in order to come up with changes. so, the reform debate doesnt in in the house, it is quite likely there will be discussions and modifications in the senate later this year as well. >> carl, thank you so much. carl, live from washington. gregg: lets bring in our next, served as communications director for former hos speaker dennis hastert and mary anne marsh, former senior advisor to senator john kerry. good to see you both. let me st...

And of course, no lifetime caps. thats a big one. >> and that happens right away. andrew rubin, were going to need you between now and maybe 2015 to keep dropping by to tell us what -- >> 2018, therese. >> 2018. okay. well, thank you. well start booking it right now. andrew ruben, thank you so much. take a look at this question. do you think you can answer it correctly? its just one of 40 questions the department of education and the treasury have come up with to test the financial smarts of s...

>> its interesting, i follow this stuff for a living and i get into the wonky weeds of it and i delivered i need to deal with it as an individual and you see it at ground level very differently. i have two boys, 25 and 22, one of them just graduated from college and he gets thrown off our insurance. you know, congratulations, heres your diploma, youre now uninsured. so, we went through the private market to try to find him a policy, and what do you go on the website for each of the companies and...

We are talking health care reform. it means different things for different people. >> everyone is wondering whats next, even if you already have a job and insurance. dr. sanjay gupta is here to sort everything out for you. good morning, doc. what do you got for us? >> obviously, everyone will be affected by this to some degree even if you have health care insurance and you havent been sick. let me break this down. looking at some of the largest groups of people who are thinking about this. if yo...

Change? >> well, so, there is a couple things that are sort of at play here. one being this health exchange people are talking about. again, that comes about in around four years, 2014. some of the same rules apply here. again, no lifetime caps and then this nondiscrimination for some sort of pre-existing condition. thats going to exist under the health exchanges as well. the congressional budget office predicts that in the individual market, people who go out and buy health care insurance on th...

Behind closed doors. this bill is not what the american people want. theyre imploring us to start over with reforms to bring down health care costs while preserving the relationship between patients and their doctors. this is our last chance to stand up to the people who sent us here and display the courage to prove that we can do better. i reserve the balance of my time. >> gentleman reserves. gentleman from california? >> i yield one minute to mr. courtney. >> gentleman is recognized for one m...

As is word for word. if the senate passes the bill as is, the fixes will go to president obama for his signature. if not, that aspect of this goes back to the house. luke russert live on capitol hill this morning. luke, among the provisions in this bill, what impact will people see right away? >> reporter: theres a few people will see right away. arguably the most important, six months right away, children up to age 18 will no longer be denied coverage for having a pre-existing condition. you al...

Leukemia, from cancer. doing this for my mother too died from cancer trying to put a very personal spin to all this. that populace message. what are you taking away in terms of the stake heres? >> when they meet with democrats right now they are saying to democrats what you need, and what the president was talking about today, suzanne, you need an accomplishment to take home to voters. youve already voted in the house once for this bill. why cast a tough vote and have nothing to show for it? wha...

Repeal obamacare. last night, on his show, jimmy kimmel told his audience a co-sponsor of the bill, republican senator bill cassidy, lied to jimmy kimmels face saying that senator cassidy said she would not support a bill to cause anyone to lose health care coverage. >> now, i dont know what happened to bill cassidy but when he was on this publicity tour he listed demands for a health care bill very clearly. these were his words. he said he wants coverage for all. no discrimination based on pree...

These were his words. he said he wants coverage for all. no discrimination based on preexisting conditions. lower premiums for middle class families and no lifetime caps. guess what. new bill does none of those things. so, not only did bill cassidy fail the jimmy kimmel test, he failed his own test. and this guy, bill cassidy, just lied right to my face. >> tonight, president trump tweeted in senator cassidys defense saying, senator, dr. bill cassidy is a class act that cares about people and he...