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They recognize there is a high risk pool that does need extended coverage and there is a financial challenge, financially challenged pool that does need federal assistance. >> donald trump tweeted as was expected. three republicans and 48 democrats have let the country down. he said also, i said from the beginning, let obamacare implode, then deal. watch. tell me how you interpret that. >> listen, this is the president shifting his plan again based on whatever happens on the hill. we saw this, r...

Health care, doesnt make sense to isolate these people in one spot? are they the ones where driving up the costs for everyone and as taxpayers, we are going to pay for them no matter what because of they dont have insurance, theyre going to go to the hospital, the hospital will take that as a loss, write it off on their taxes, and all of us will pay for it. is that when idea? theres a giant pool of people using it. >> the point you made is important. we pay for it one way or another. we either n...

Individuals saw their premiums go up at a disproportional rate because maybe.mandate wasnt good enough and maybe there werent enough people in the risk pool. but thats real for them, right. its personal. its 3% of the population and your insurance rates are much more than you thought. how do we fix that problem? >> well, i think the easiest way to fix it and the most direct way to fix it is actually expand that subsidy pool. so if you think about most people get their insurance in their workplac...

>> let me ask you about it, david, i love bringing it up. the 34 out of the 35 richers est -- richest countries in the world, you see them with slightly better outcomes. when did this become a liberal versus a conservative thing, because if im a conservative and want government to spend less, i would look at some of the other conservative policies. why did this become a political conservative thing? >> i think there were just not enough single payers, listen, the two senators you had on tonight ...

Dream scenario of lets get everybody in a big room and start over. >> look, if youre saying repeal and delay, that puts you in i think a completely untenable situation. theres a reason they didnt do that in the first place. it denies coverage to 32 million people and reattaches the idea of taking away coverage of millions of working class working americans. the coverage expansion is primarily on those who are working and tying that to tax cuts for people at the top, as chris was talking about. t...

Offered that. i call it the costco model, when you buy in bulk you should get a discount. >> thats the point of universal coverage. you dont have a risk pool made up of only sick or only elderly people, youve got everybody in the risk pool. >> youre marrying up two ideas, that an individual should have as much clout as a company that has 4,000 employees and get a discount. you want the individual small business person or farmer, what have you, to be able to get a discount as well. so bundle them...

Insurance mandate isnt robust enough. the incentive to sign up and stay covered has been weak because of ever rising premiums. an estimated 2 million americans have already dropped their coverage this year alone. theyve decided its cheaper to pay the $695 penalty for an individual or 2.# 5% of income for a household than to purchase health coverage. that means the risk pool meant to share costs across the population has been skewed by a higher proportion of older and sick patients. add to that t...

Having any effect as republicans make these decisions? >> yeah, i dont think so. and the reason why, chris, the polls they really care about are the polls of republican voters. and the polls of republican voters show that over 60% of republican voters want their senator to vote to repeal and replace obamacare. and so at the end of the day, if youre up for re-election and your own side doesnt turn out to vote for you, youre going to lose. and so its getting those republican voters, the base of th...

The goal of the cruz amendment, add more competition and to drive down premiums. and people will say that that could happen for those who are healthier, who are younger, who dont need these comprehensive packages, but everything ive heard from the experts say that people with pre-existing conditions are going to lose. their premiums are going to skyrocket. >> well, as you and i have talked about before, i am somebody with a pre-existing condition. i was a cancer survivor. we want to make sure pe...

Can be diagnosed with a chronic illness and now i have about $73,000 is what my meditation costs. i get mri scans regularly. theyre about $7,000 per set. this last year ive had thee sets of them. and i really worry that eventually im not going to be able to afford my health care. when i look at the bills in front of us, i know that to be true. if i get put like millions of americans into a high risk pool with a bunch of sick people, the costs are going to skyrocket, and it could mean that i migh...