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Macarthur amendment. we will watch closely. thank you. >> thank you, alisyn. >> from one wish list to another, the trump administration unveiling what they like to see for tax cuts. will they get support from the other side of the aisle? we have a democratic senator on the finance committee next. your insurance company wont replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replac...

Constructive conversations among our members that focused on how we can do more to lower costs for everyone. what this amendment does is it gives states more flexibility and tools to reduce premiums and increase choices, and it does this while maintaining and preserving protections for people with pre-existing conditions. this is the important point. those protections remain in the books, even as we add new ones. the goal here is to give states greater flexibility, if they want it, to lower prem...

Constructive conversations among our members the focus on how we can do more to lower costs for everyone. what this amendment does is it gives states more flexibility and tools to reduce premiums and increase choices and it does this while maintaining and preserving protections from people with pre-existing conditions. this is the important point. those productions remain in the books, even as we add new ones. the goal here is to give states greater flexibility if they want it lower premiums. we...

Mechanics and the science of insurance has come up with a very innovative amendment that we think works really well. it gets to where we all want to go. we want to bring down costs, want to preserve protection for people with pre-existing conditions, they want to respect the fact that states have different issues, different health care marketplaces, and we want to get states greater flexibility so they can get the maximum and policies and premiums so we can get the best possible health care syst...

Obamacare. were hopeful there may be a vote soon. we dont want to put an artificial deadline on this, though. we learned that a few weeks ago. we want to keep getting this thing in a better place. >> shannon: good morning, doug, what is the latest on the passage of healthcare within days? >> the latest word from the president himself comes from an interview he did late yesterday afternoon with "the washington examiner" where he said republicans are very close to getting a healthcare bill done. b...

So two house republicans have come together to unveil a new amendment they believe is the key to repealing and replacing obamacare. can it work? lets bring back ron brownstein and david chalian and lets bring in april ryan. april, ill start with you. this is tom macarthur. let me show you what is in the macarthur amendment. states can actually seek waivers to get rid of the pre-existing condition rules. states can seek waivers to get out of the essential health benefit rules. if those are sought...

>> no, i dont like the sound of that. the majority of americans dont like the sound of that and i would ask that the speaker does seem more upbeat than a few weeks ago and has plans are crushed, but for him to go out there and say moderates are going to get behind this, even with the macarthur amendment, we know the plan, 24 million people would lose their insurance. this would slash medicaid by $800 billion. it would also get rid of standards for what health insurance has to cover. when he says...

Shopping for insurance, like easier formation of association health plans. all those things we think will help as well. we have to get to those things and continue our quest to get rid of the obamacare law. >> shannon: i have a lot of tweets, emails and questions whether congress had exempted itself from the changes. something the democrats jumped on right away. republicans dont feel confident enough that they want to exempt themselves. congress and staff members. others have come forward to say...

New health care plan proposed by house gop members. the freedom caucus is on board with this thanks to the macarthur amendment. joining me now is congress member tom macarthur. a member of the financial services committee and moderate conservative caucus known as tuesday group. hi, congress member. >> good morning, alisyn. >> in a sentence, can you tell us what the macarthur amendment is? >> it tries to do two things. one, we need to protect the most vulnerable people in the current plan. these ...

Held accountable. last month, the house passed the va accountability act to make it easier to bring the kind of steady leadership that va medical centers so desperately need. and last week, the president signed legislation to reduce out-of-pocket costs for veterans and to promote better access to care. these are all very positive steps to deliver the kind of fundamental reform that is needed at the va. this adds to what has already been a very incredibly active first 100 days. under the presiden...