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Conditions. those are the three things we want to achieve. you have to remember, obamacare is collapsing and people are getting hit with double-digit premium increases. whatever we have to do to get the premiums down and make sure that the guarantee is met, but give states, every state is a little different. we have a high-risk pool in wisconsin thats doing well and we have the risk share pool in maine and we want to give them the ability to customize the reforms to maximize the ability to lower...

>> does the macarthur amendment get you the 216 or are you -- >> we think the macarthur amendment is a great way to lower premiums, give states more flexibility while protecting people with preexisting conditions. >> with me arizona congressman is a member of the house freedom caucus. his vote on this new bill is no, which is what he would have voted before. tell me why dont you like the macarthur amendment? >> it does a few things. number one, if you have to get a waver for something, youre get...

Back to tonights other big news coming from right over my shoulder, capitol hill, and it is health care. ment house freedom caucus a major opponent . major gop repeal bill officially backing a new version of the bill. no, this does not mean republicans have the 216 votes needed to pass the bill, but it does mean they are inching closer. and even though the house freedom caucus is now back in the revised bill or most of them, what about the house republican moderates? the tuesday group, nbc news ...

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Now. steph? >> ill take a leap for a moment, kelly. if they get the votes and this thing passes i am quite sure the president is going to have something to say. im going to take a leap there. on set with me this morning, david hoffey, former chief of staff to paul ryan, julie hirschfield davis and eli stoeckels. david, we dont have a cbo score, we know this thing was just just posted last night. many lawmakers i spoke to one in the last hour hadnt read it himself. why is it paul ryan, your old b...

Health insurance because you take people that have pre-existing, costly conditions, and put them into a high-risk pool and you subsidize that so that it is affordable to those individuals. and so youre guaranteed coverage for pre-existing conditions, and the flexibility that youre referring to in this latest macarthur amendment, states can only apply for that waiver and flexibility if they have either a federal or state high-risk pool that guarantees that people will be able to have coverage and...

Guarantees. >> salena, you interviewed him. did you touch on this? >> no. we did not talk about the health care bill. i suspect in his minds eye, he sees the bill. the bill says that. then the waiver attached to it so the state can make the decision on its own. you know, as the bill stands, you know, he believes that it is kept in the bill. >> is that -- we dont know. what we do know -- >> the macarthur amendment where they can waive the rules and set up high risk pools to offset that. give us t...

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