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Experts and ive studied this the last two months say we need close to $200 billion to be able to pay for the high risk pool. were going to charge seniors five times more. seniors arent people in the 50s. this is a bad bill. i wish it the -- this isnt a war between republicans and democrats. its about real peoples lives out there. i hear from them every ta. is the affordable care act perfect? no. lets work together to fix those little problems and not destroy a bill that is a major health care co...

Americans. >> well, the last thing we want is a false narrative, especially as it relates to americans health and the center for american progress says under this plan, the estimated premiums for the following conditions, i just want to walk through this, theyre going to sky rocket. theyve said asthma will go up by 4 grand, pregnancy 17,000, arthritis, 26,000, and cancer, and i am glad to hear that your mom was able to get the treatment she needed but cancer is going to jack what people pay $140...

Calling or discussing with democrats behind closed doors and without the information that we need to truly analyze whether this is good or bad. listen, lets not kid ourselves. this bill is worse than a sham. this is worse than a sugar pill. this is downright ugly. . is poison. this is going to allow private health insurance companies to drop people with preexisting illnesses, diabetes, asthma, any other condition that they have and say now, we can drop you because you can go to the high risk poo...

Potatoes. in fairness, theres $130 billion in the plan now for things like this. >> right. >> so theyre about $190 billion short. lets put it that way. >> more or less. just $190 billion. >> more or less. >> part of the issue here, these high-risk pools which essentially is what theyre talking about, right? so the idea is youre not in the same risk pool with everyone else. you have diabetes. you have cancer. you have a pre-existing condition. you go into this separate pool. this is a model thats...

For decades. even if they got a waiver from obamacare, it wouldnt affect anybody with pre-existing conditions. its a weird poll testing complaint of convenience rather than dealing with the actual issues about getting more people insured. >> bret: here is raul labrador on that issue. >> you in the media have been reporting that were not taking care of people with pre-existing conditions, and thats not absolutely -- thats absolutely false. our bill creates whats called an invincible risk pool whe...

Increases for folks in this high risk pool. some with preexisting conditions could see their premiums increase by as much as $142,000. lets keep this graphic up because i want folks to look at some of the other groups that are considered preexisting and the possible effects according to them. how is the senate going to figure these numbers during the recess? >> im not in support of this bill or the process, but i think its important to point out a few things. one, the center for american progres...

So giving $8 billion over five years and who knows what after this is obviously very small potatoes. in fairness, theres $130 billion in the plan now for things like this. >> right. >> so theyre about $190 billion short. lets put it that way. >> more or less. just $190 billion. >> more or less. >> part of the issue here, these high-risk pools which essentially is what theyre talking about, right? so the idea is youre not in the same risk pool with everyone else. you have diabetes. you have cance...

Hell have a tough renomination fight. who knows what will happen. but i want to get back to that preexisting issue. what they did over the last 48 hours, republicans papered over that issue, use ing a band-aid,o use a medical metaphor. they said were going to pass a bill that says $8 billion will be spent by the american taxpayer to help those who have to go into the high risk pool, those with serious health problems, because theyre harder to insure. most people dont think the people will cover ...

Leverage to bring prices down and then republicans could be for something positive that would get people insurance. without something positive, i think were offering them, you know, obamacare with santa claus. were offering half as much. were going to be santa claus light. i dont know how that is a winning thing for the american people. >> neil: youre a doctor by training. some cushions are build in, but should they? a higher risk pool of potential patients. the coverage is not denied them, but ...

Premiums they isolated a high risk pool, separate pool, where you know that premiums and deductibles will go down and subsidized coverage for those people in the high risk pool. thats what were going to do here. so look, ultimately pick your source. pick your think tank. i can provide numbers that show a 38% decrease for 95% of the population with the remaining 5% receiving federal subsidies and seeing no out-of-pocket increase. so well see what happens. but look, at the end of the day we will b...