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>> when you say that the insurance companies, they want to be able to rely on the government to pay its share, i believe what you mean the first 3 years of obamacare, if the insurers sign in obamacare system, if you will, if they lost money on premium and the government that was paid would make them whole and if they ended up getting -- >> indeed, so there was a risk-sharing program in the affordable care act that said during the first 3 years and if theyve made a lot of money they would pay som...

The pre-existing limits. states would be able to apply for an unlimited waiver the pre-existing conditions. if they accept that, the state would be obligated to set up a risk-sharing program. so we dont have the details. i know it comes down to the tuesday group, the moderate republicans saying we will not -- there must be -- we must comfortable people with pre-existing conditions. that has to be there. the how freedom caucus doesnt feel the same way. >> bill: you heard the president say yesterd...

We have gotten to a point where we have got a bill thats ready to put through the reconciliation process and im excited about it. arthel: lower premium the broad access to care. is that something you would vote for? >> i voted for the original bill that was pulled. but think about the amendments that have been added. we had an amendment added this last week. it will -- it proposes an individual risk sharing pool, individual risk sharing program that will save us money and going to result in more...

Our pledge to the country. id ask the majority leader to speak. >> good morning. i think the results of the past couple weeks have been progress, valuable progress. from every aspect and caucus and group is united around this amendment. every day we move closer and closer to finding agreement in the best way to repeal and replace obamacare. you can already see some of the result. thats why today the rules committee is going to meet to add an amendment to the american health care act. i want to b...

Progress. it will help us build momentum for delivering on our pledge to the country. i would like to ask the majority leader to speak if we could. >> thank you speaker. thank you all for being here and good morning. the results of the past couple weeks have been progress. valuable progress. i think that shows who is standing behind us. its a micro cause of conference. every aspect and every caucus and group is here today being united. each and every day we move closer and closer to finding agre...

Affordable health care and this idea was offered by two of our most conservative members but it has been embraced by a strong spectrum of our conference. as you can see by a few of the members here today. i would let the author speak more about it but let me say the amendment creates a federal risk sharing program and lower costs for everyone and the authors of the amendment will go in more detail. following votes ive asked the house rules committee and mark it to what we were considering before...

This brings us closer to the final agreement that we all want to achieve. this idea was offered by two of our most conservative members, gary palmer and dave schweikert but embraced by a people representing all corners of our conference as you can see by a few of the members who are here today. i would let the authors speak more about it but let me just say briefly this amendment would create a new federal risk sharing program. it a high risk pool that will lower costs for people with preexistin...