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>> i think the way you protect that is, first and foremost you make it very clear. as we did in the first bill, but with the amendments that have taken place, in the last several weeks, and come forward, it is even better still, that were basically borrowing an idea from the state of maine that has seen a significant drop in premiums for people on their health insurance because you take people that have pre-existing and costly conditions and put them into a high-risk pool and you subsidize that ...

They have in the state of maine. where the state will have to show that those with pre-existing conditions or those with high health care costs are not going to be disadvantaged, where the state would step in with this high risk pool and cover the basis for the insurance company so they dont have to price it into the people are yourself. it is a limited waiver. and hhs and chs will scrutinize to make sure thatter with taking care of people with health insurance so theyre not disadvantaged nflt t...

>> but congressman, new york is not going to and for the exception. the states asking for the exception. what about the people in those states who have pre-existing conditions? can you assure them, even though youre not necessarily their representative. can you assure them that the republican party is working to make sure that their health care is not going to be unaffordable? i say this because the american medical association and the american hospital association both say that the current plan...

Federal or state high risk pool that guarantees that people will be able to have coverage and it will be affordable. >> so there you heard the vice president saying these pools will guarantee people have affordable coverage. but some of the questions that folks who are still on the fence and also outside groups that are trying to influence members of congress when it comes to this legislation, onest big questions is whether they will be enough subsidies to truly make sure that coverage is afford...

Rise of insurance premiu, how do you protect that? >> first of all, you make it very clear like we d in the first bill, but with the amendments that have taken place in the last several weeks and come forward, its even better still. were basically borrowing an idea from the state of maine that has seen a significant drop in premiums for people on their health insurance because you take people that have preexisting and costly conditions and put them into a high-risk pool, and you subsidize that s...

I have two maine senators coming on the show later today. i will ask senator susan collins about that maine risk pool. i want to go to taxes here. by the way, on health care, i know the president stressed the house votes in the next couple of weeks. you going to be able to sign a new version of health care, whether its full repeal and replace or not, by the end of this year? >> i believe through a series of bills, that first one that we are hopeful there will be action in the house of represen...

For preexisting conditions, and the flexibility that youre referring to in this latest mcarthur amendment, states can only apply for that waiver and flexibility if they have either a federal or state high-risk pool that guarantees that people will be able to have coverage, and it will be affordable. >> by the way, terrific segue. i have two main senators coming on the show later today. i will ask senator susan collins about that main risk pool. im going to go to taxes. by the way, on health care...

Of them to be put into plans where they will still get coverage, and the loophole may be when they put together a high risk pool and that could change some of the costs for those people. those were some of the r reservations i had, and there will be a number of people, as long as they stay in the system, that was one of the real problems as you well know, young people not signing up and getting in and out or people not getting signed up until they get sick. so this is designed to try and address...

Repeal and replace oak obamacare. kasie hunt helped breaks those -- that news. kasie, whats changed here? >> well, stef, yesterday you had the freedom caucus say theyre going to support these changes to the american health care act, the republican repeal and replace bill that got pulled from the floor in something of an embarrassing moment for the house speaker and for president trump, but now the conservatives that were preventing that vote from happening successfully have said we will get on b...

Reassurances for people who are worried about the new one? >> we are making very good progress. were going to go and we have the votes. something tells me ill be the first to know when that happens. i would argue that this is a bill that a moderate one more want to support. some people were concerned about ehbs. they were taken out of the bill, essential health benefits. there in the federal law and estate would have to find a waiver for essential health benefits. every state is a little differe...