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Under the purview of obamacare, right? obamacare skyrocketed cost. steve: you want to fix it and make it better than that. >> ceos and arp dont look at is you are going to have choice and competition. if im 57 years old and my wife is 58, and you are making me buy maternity coverage, i dont need maternity coverage. lets let people pick healthcare plans that work for the risks in their lives. you can drive down prices, inject competition and you will see this subsidy go a lot further than the exc...

In the right direction. but it is not as good as we can do and that is what the american people are entitled to expect.>> okay what about premiums? conservatives it saves the requirements of their proposing, taking points to be repealed. insurers could actually offer cheaper plans that cover less and save another gop bill could actually raise premiums. >> well, if you allow people to shop for what they actually want as opposed to mandating what they must have, then we would see no cost going dow...

People to buy insurance. either pay a higher presume yum or get higher deductibles. this plan doesnt answer your criticisms of obamacare. >> i agree with that point. i think essential benefits have to go. catastrophic policy, steve. people should have the option to buy whats useful for them. we will bring in health savings accounts. >> lets taum counsel. and have a rational discussion. >> let me finish my point. >> i asked you last time what essential benefit were you going to remove and you did...

I dont want a 30-year-old woman who is never going to have kids paying for maternity coverage. >> lets discuss that. if you say maternity coverage is not part of insurance, then you are basically saying women who have babies you have to pay the full price which is about $15,000. that is not insurance. thats just called pay for what you get. thats not insurance. >> thats choice. >> no insurance is spreading the risk over everybody. we all benefit by the way if a woman has good prenatal care and a...

Screening mammography and not cover biopsies. i also dont think and verma doesnt think that maternity coverage should be mandated for women who are never going to have children. thats important pointed a woman has brought up. i think we have to relook at these things. tom price said last night he wants to look through all regulations. >> lets step back. >> all the regulations and figure out which have help patients and which dont. who wrote these regulations? attorneys. lets ask a doctor and fee...

Health coverage either due to being considered having a preexisting condition or from being charged higher insurance premiums than men? >> well, congratulations on your new baby. is it a boy or girl? >> its a surprise. >> wonderful. whats your older child? >> we have a 2-year-old child. >> whats his name? >> sampson. how wonderful and congratulations. >> thank you. >> heidi and i have two little girls at home and it is a wonderful, wonderful thing. listen, maternity coverage is incredibly import...

Response? >> what ted is really telling you is that they will not guarantee coverage for you. not every pregnancy is planned and if a woman under -- a pregnant woman before obamacare, you know what you were considered to be? a preexisting condition. why would an insurance company want to provide care to you when having a baby is a fairly expensive proposition? you dont make money doing that. ted keeps talking about these mandates. lets be clear again what senator cruz and his republican friends ...

Refused to expand medicaid, to maryland. and within two weeks i started receiving treatments through medicaid and am now well enough to work as a substitute teach every. senator cruz, can you promise me that you and the republican leaders in congress will actually have a replacement plan in place for people like me who depend on their medicaid? in other words, i like my coverage. can i keep it? >> well, carol, thank you for sharing your story. and congratulations on dealing with ms. its a terrib...

Thats a much better solution. create an environment where you dont tax the daylights out of people. >> arent we all happy that under obama we created 15 million new jobs in the private sector? >> senators, i want to get to more audience questions. this one is about the fact that the affordable care act requires that all insurance plans cover what the law calls essential health benefits. this includes maternity and delivery costs. we have a question on what will happen to that coverage for maria ...

They look kind of fun. but you know what, im willing to bet most of us, if that was the mandate -- and it would be cool, you could go 200 miles an hour. what it would mean for most people is you couldnt afford a car. if they said, you know, gosh the vw bug is not fancy enough. you need everything. thats what obamacare is doing. i would love for everyone to have maximum coverage on everything, but theres no magic fairy with pixie dust that gives it away for free. these mandates are hurting people...