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They want to state pool. they want people to lose their coverage so they have to go into the exchange. >> reporter: because they need young and healthy to offset the older and sicker. >> they will be overcharged and those overcharges pay for the insurance for the sick, but the healthy get to keep insurance they already have and dont go into the exchange then the insurance and the exchanges becomes a small, very sick, very costly pool. >> reporter: and the smaller the pool, the greater the risk, ...

End of my first term as president. i would hope that we can set up a system that allows those who can go through their employer to access a federal system or a state pool of some sort. but i dont think were going to be able to eliminate employer coverage immediately. theres going to be potentially some transition process. i can envision a decade out or 15 years out or 20 years out. >> thats the key phrase, isnt it? we cant eliminate employer coverage immediately. steppingstones towards that goal...

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