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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 might lose my home or retirement savings. and im scared just like a whole bunch of other americans are...

Republicans really want to fix this thing, then lets deal with the prescription drug problem. lets figure out how it is we can lower the cost of prescription drugs, expand care. get more young people into the system so that those of us who are sick that is spreads the cost around and makes all the system a lot more affordable. >> in fact, thats one of the chr criticisms, that it would lead to a cascading problem of taking healthier young people out of the risk pool and would make it more expensi...

The health care bill, senator. ted cruz, senator cruz of texas is offering an amendment which would allow states to opt out of basically some of the essential health benefit guarantees as long as they also offer a version of sort of the obamacare guarantees, is that an amendment you could support? >> so ive been working with senator cruz looking at that particular amendment, speaking to folks in the insurance market. the question is will it be two risk pools in which youre on your own if you hav...

This is something you need to do for people who need this help. but those can be worked out. you dont have to make the system government-controlled so people have no right -- >> you do have to. theres no universal health care in the world that doesnt mandate universal coverage. thats how you get the risk pool. you dont have to have high risk pools when everybody is insured. >> universal health care is not the goal. the goal is good health for people of the united states. i brought you on to apol...

Correction. youre not expecting those increases to go up. in fact, i think we estimated about 5%, 5.5% increase under obamacare probably for the next ten years on average. >> yeah. i should clarify, we are not expecting insurors to need a big premium increase again. it looks like they are doing fine in this market with the premium increases this year. the one caveat to that is that theres enormous uncertainty for insurors right now in many cases stoked by comments by the trump administration. so...

Little bit for the young person gets in a car wreck. for example, if we do it then the cruise amendment its a good one. >> chris: as it now stands, it is a nonstarter for you? >> i dont know the limit. if it turns out its two plants. >> chris: thats what hes described. >> thats okay, with two risk pools, then thats bad. >> chris: thats what hes described. >> no, he has not yet designated if you have a single risk pool or two. if it is a single risk pool, that works. if it is too, that is the oba...

Plan, that has all the benefits under obama care, and the argument against that is that youre going to get healthy people, they are going to buy the cheaper plans with less coverage because they are healthy and that means that the middle income people who arent covered by medicaid, who have preexisting conditions or serious problems are going to have these expensive comprehensive plans they wont be able to afford. you basically have a two class insurance system and for the people who really need...

Chris: as it now stands cruz is a nonstarter for you. >> i dont know the amendment. if it turns out its two plans -- chris: thats what he has described. >> thats okay. with two risk pools then thats bad >> thats what he described. >> he hasnt designated whether you have a single risk pool or two risk pools. if it is a single risk pool, that works. if it is two risk pools that is just obama care recreated. we need to do something different than that. chris: at least ten republican senators have n...

Long as there for one plan that has all of the benefits under obama care. the argument against that is that you will get healthy people buying the cheaper plans with less coverage because theyre healthy and that means the middle income people who are not covered by medicaid, where pre-existing conditions are serious problems are going to have these expensive comprehensive plans they will not be able to afford. you basically have a two class insurance system and for the people who really need it,...

Long as there for one plan that has all of the benefits under obama care. the argument against that is that you will get healthy people buying the cheaper plans with less coverage because theyre healthy and that means the middle income people who are not covered by medicaid, where pre-existing conditions are serious problems are going to have these expensive comprehensive plans they will not be able to afford. you basically have a two class insurance system and for the people who really need it,...