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Preexisting conditions are actually going to be covered under the new republican health care plan. listen to a claim that the president made about it just this weekend. >> preexisting conditions are in the bill, and i mandated it. i said it has to be. >> one of the fixes that discussed preexisting was optional for the states. >> sure, in one of the fixes, and theyre changing aand changing -- >> permanent? >> of course. >> joining us to discuss all of this, senior economic analyst stephen moore, ...

Some people think see premiums go way up. the president is not saying that. >> jonathan gruber one thing stephen moore said. you could reduce premiums for everyone else, people with preexisting conditions. if your goal is to reduce premiums thats a way to do it. >> sure the term high risk pool invokes people splashing around having fun. if we called it a high risk internment camp that would not have the same kind of invocation. you can take the sick people out and not cover them and that will lo...

Means that you have to not only stop insurers from excluding people, but you also have to stop them from charging people many, many multiples of those without preexisting conditions. the macarthur amendment would insist states continue to cover preexisting conditions but would allow the insurers in the states to charge those preexisting conditions $1 million a month. theres nothing stopping that. so substantively this new macarthur amendment does not include coverage of preexisting conditions. u...

Insurance is insuring against some event in the future you dont know is going to happen. someone has a preexisting condition theyll have a high health care expenses by covering them youre not providing "insurance" for them. in other words its like saying somebodys house is burning down, and therefore they can run up and get fire insurance protection. what you described is not insurance. you want insurance for unpredictable events. thats what were saying, put the people who have these high costs ...