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By passing the American Health Care Act by a vote of 217 to 213, the U.S. House of Representatives has taken a major step in the process of repealing and replacing Obamacare. It’s now time for the Senate to act.

But i think when the cbo score comes in its going to show that we have lower premiums were more accessibili accessibility. i think that the cbo score will be just fine. >> do you think theres going to be more accessibility? for example, one of the arguments that has been made by people who support it is that people are going to continue to be able to have coverage for preexisting conditions. and in fact insureds cannot deny coverage outright. but they can hike up premiums to an unaffordable leve...

Analysis of the beill. that report tells us how the legislation actually affects how many people go without health insurance. now today the republicans have the report card from the cbo, and it doesnt look like an "a." under the gop health care plan, 23 million more people would lose their health coverage over the next decade if the house gop plan becomes law. 23 million. it also says that the macarthur amendment, which allows states to waive out of protected people with pre-existing conditions ...

Of medicine and has his own piece in the "new york times" as well. good to see you today. it made it through the house but a lot of breaks going on in the senates. what will have to change for it to move forward? >> i think there is opportunity for compromise here and certain things can change that will make it more likely for this to pass. for example, the macarthur amendment set you have up a situations where states could cut down on essential benefits. some of us dont think theyre essential. ...

Now have zero choices. no insurers are willing to write there. a third of u.s. counties are down to one insurer. my own state, were down to two. premiums are going up 58%, 68%, 100% in some areas. and the system is heading to a place where the people who have insurance today will have nothing. so we have to fix this. i just hope the senate can work as quickly as it can to approve the bill, make changes if they see needs to change. certainly not a perfect bill. i just hope they act quickly and we...

Something else that actually changes is the subsidies under the affordable care act get translated into tax credits. and then theres one other big component as well and that is the that the taxes that were created to finance the affordable care act, well they end up getting repealed and many critics of the house republican legislation see this is a big tax boon for the wealthiest of americans. heres one thing that actually stays and that is, children are allowed to stay on to their parents healt...

Was palletable to the tuesday group and the freedom caucus. you had congressman upton and congressman long who were saying we cant vote for this thing because theres no guarantees that people have preexisting conditions will be able to get health insurance. thats when the break through moment happened yesterday when congressman upton and congressman long proposed an $8 billion fund to go to the states to help pay premium support for people who are in high risk pools. now, there is some question,...

Between the freedom caucus and other gop members compared to what it was back in march. what specifically in this bill narrowed that gap. we heard representatives earlier talking about pre-existing conditions. was that the only issue or was there something else involved that were not aware of? >> so, they both made the bill more conservative by letting states opt out of the requirements of some of obamacare but they also put in this macarthur amendment from new jersey republican congressman to g...

Will. even with the macarthur amendment, you will not have a guarantee that everyone with pre-existing conditions gets coverage. do you acknowledge that? >> i reconciled myself on the pre-existing conditions of in this way. if we need to subsidize pre-existing conditions in the federal government thats part of the price of getting rid of obamacare. i recognize thats likely to be the case from the beginning seven and a half years ago. i have been in the business of helping people with pre-existin...

Protections for people with pre-existing conditions. tweeted today, verified, macarthur amendment strengthens. but that is not verified despite ryans use of the caps off button. his tweet contradicts the findings of really just about everyone who has looked at the bill including the aarp, which one hour after ryans claim tweeted that it, quote, does not adequately protect patients with pre-existing conditions. citing that fact, michigan republican fred upton, who had previously co-authored obama...