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Do you agree they shouldnt vote on anything -- >> i dont think functionally that should do that because we have a lot of deadlines coming up. i do share nicks sentiment. we cant take nothing for an answer and we cannot allow the status quo in healthcare. healthcare costs are sky rocking k people are losing choices. the bill that we pass in the house is to lower premiums and give people more closures. t way i think that matters the most is we believe risk pools are effective. we had a high risk p...

Shouldnt vote on anything until they figure out the repeal and replace for obamacare. do you agree with that? obviously there is the whole debt ceiling issue coming up, cut bullet do c but do you believe -- >> there are deadlines coming up on us. you mentioned s chip. i do share micks sentiment, which is we cant take nothing for an answer and cannot allow the status quo on health care. health care costs are skyrocketing. people are losing choices. the bill we passed in the house, the whole promi...

As the senate voted, as john mccain walked out and gave the thumbs down, president obamas voice was nowhere to be heard. do you think he should be more of an activist in speaking out on his agenda as we move toward fall? >> i think president obamas voice and his message have been very clear, which is that health care is a right for all and not a privilege for a few. thats why he took the courageous step. it was politically unpopular at the time but it was the right thing to do and he never waver...

Collapsing. premiums have sky rocketed. its certainly within our ability to bring the premium us down. maine did it. they instituted preexisting coverage. they premiums doubled. they didnt repeal it. the sup planted it with invisible higher risk pools. the cut yums premiums in half. >> how do you get it done? you had several iterations and couldnt get it done. what do you think might work in your own party let alone with the democrats. >> it what ive already announced in my committee homeland se...

Sicker individuals in the risk pools particularly in smaller states. >> we need to adequately fund high-risk pools that doesnt necessarily mean cost-sharing for young and healthy individual who is are having to pay for older individual who is have chronic illnesses and many are self-inflicted. we need positive incentives for preventive medicine and healthy behaviors. i had a patient recently who came in, she had a mass, breast cancer, overweight, i didnt get my screening mammograms because i don...

The same thing here. i think andy was starting to get on something that goes to your idea which is what about risk pools? separate the sickest people. im not against government subsidies, but the idea of coursing young people to pay for older people who are secular, who may he doing some constructive things, thats what causes premiums to skyrocket and the government is mandating that. too many regulations also drive up costs. another thing, without the free market system involved, nobody knows w...

President trump continues to want to do nice things with russia. >> turning to a domestic matter of major importance, whats the chance a health care plan is successfully going to make it out of the u.s. senate. >> well i hope it does not. but obviously i think the republican leader mitch mcconnell intends to bring it up next week. thats what he says. i would not rule out the fact that he could get 50 republican senators to join him. i dont think he has that number now. i know he knows how to wor...

Russia. >> turning to a domestic matter of major importance, whats the chance a health care plan is successfully going to make it out of the u.s. senate. >> well i hope it does not. but obviously i think the republican leader mitch mcconnell intends to bring it up next week. thats what he says. i would not rule out the fact that he could get 50 republican senators to join him. i dont think he has that number now. i know he knows how to work the legislative process. the bill they released today i...

Next week. thats what he says. i would not rule out the fact that he could get 50 republican senators to join him. i dont think he has that number now. i know he knows how to work the legislative process. the bill they released today is worse than the bill two weeks ago. allowing for substandard insurance to be issued. the compromised the risk pools for those who buy insurance through the affordable care act. it is -- millions of people lose coverage under both medicaid and private insurance. th...

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...