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Those people couldnt afford coverage. 70 million americans with employer coverage before the aca faced limits, lifetime limits on the coverage, which if you had cancer or you were otherwise sick could really affect you. the affordable care act removed that. the state waivers bring it back. and any state that wants to do, and they even have adverse effects on states that dont take the waivers because under the way it works, employers only have to cover the benefits in a plan that any state in the...

Sick baby. and everybody i think agrees with jimmy kimmel. we have enough money in this country to provide care for those types of folks. i dont think the logical conclusion is oh, by the way, the republicans are going to kick these people off of health care. thats not the point. the point behind the state waiver program is that the state governments know how to treat children like the kimmel baby better than the federal government does. >> bob, your reaction to that? >> before the affordable ca...

Others over the past few years. so at this time, when its coming to crunch time. when were getting ready to change the historic failure of obamacare. when were getting ready to make the affordable access to affordable care for everyone, were putting back into control the people, the hard working tax payer that i see in my district and across this country. people who were helped by the affordable care act. we already talked about the fact that were going to make this a smooth transition. weve tal...

Mandates. it eliminates the taxes and the penalties, but it preserves the things that as a doctor, i think are very important. people with presenting conditions will be protected, there will be any lifetime limits for people who are ill and also young people can stay on their parents plan. i think those things are very, very important. this is a monumental shift away from obamacare and toward the freedom and choice the patients want. >> jon: if it doesnt have the individual mandate, it does cont...

Innovation in the health care system, through both transparency and accountability. >> joining me now is tammy lubby, thank you so much for joining me i should tell our viewers that you are definitely an expert. will this deliver on prices promised? >> well, lets go over some to have basics first, its just for the individual market and medicaid market but the republican plan keeps kids under 26 can stay on their parents plan, those with preexisting conditions protected no annual lifetime limits ...

Needs to know. what stays? what goes? >> thats such an important question, kate. especially as you noted that one of the main lines of attack and a catch phrase thats quickly catching on up here on capitol hill among some conservatives is that this bill boils down to, in their words, obamacare 2.0 or obamacare-lite. you heard representative brady trying to beat back on that criticism. defend the bill saying this is obamacare gone. so those semantics aside, heres what would stay and what would go...

Out-of-pocket subsidies and changes the medicaid expansion. but heres what would stay the same. this plan still allows children to stay on their parents plan until the age of 26. it largely would keep obamacares protections of those with pre-existing conditions. it keeps the no annual lifetime limits and it keeps maternity and preventative care in place. now the mechanics and the math of all of this very important up here on capitol hill. house republican leaders have essentially mapped out how ...

Itself. the 23 coops that were created 18 have already collapsed. so then when you look at medicaid i had 18 governors in in a bipartisan meeting this week. if you look at the expansion of medicaid in the ten-year window its going to cost $1 trillion for one year. a trillion dollars is the equivalent of about as much as we spend for all discretionary government so that is not spend xenab extendable. protect preexisting conditions and make a ban on lifetime limits and dont allow them to ban that....

To come out? >> yes. this is our daughter, lauren. shes 30 years old. she has cystic fibrosis and she needs the provisions of the aca including pre-existing conditions and no lifetime limits to survive. >> whashg, what do you want to say to tom reid given your daughters situation? >> wed like to encourage mr. reid to seriously consider. we know that repeal is going to happen, okay so, lets get a reasonable replacement, a repair for obamacare. lets take care of provisions that are so important to...

Its 155 million people who get insurance through the workplace whose benefits have greatly expanded. no more discrimination for preexisting condition. no more lifetime limits on the care your insurer can provide. if you have a child, can stay on your policy until 26 years old and no longer is being a woman a preexisting medical condition. >> thank you. >> one more thing. insurers, the companies, must spend 80% of the money they take in on your health care. not on advertising, ceo pay and all of ...