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Uninsured. the newly -- the people who got notices that could not renew are a new angry movement of people even ones who liked obama a lot. >> now, jonathan, republicans say they want to start over on health care as you heard senator barrasso say. are they getting close to that? are they getting anywhere near that? now you have these comparisons to hurricane katrina. how does all of that come into play? >> the well, the comparisons to kat katrina, thats a sound bite, like train wreck. you have t...

Ever reached an illness that they could not afford to pay for. and so i -- i wish the president or his staff had done a better job in the rollout. i wish that they would say that these plans, that every insurance company knows are bad plans compared to the obama care bills. but still anybody thats about to get re-elected or not get re-elected, its a very sense ive thing and common sense and reason is not one of the things that a political candidate have when theyre up for election. so i cant dea...

About now. theyre planning to do that victory lap here for him. it is that legislative victory that so far in this presidency has alluded him if they do, indeed, win this vote, katy. >> yesterday we saw a couple congressmen go to the white house. they walked away with what is being referred to as the upton amendment. thats $8 billion that will go to help cover the costs in high risk pools for the states that take the waivers. other than that, mike, what else do we know about this bill? what is i...

Remember who took it away from them. lets get one of ron wydens tweets back up. he said the upton amendment encourages insurance companies to charge sick people with high premiums because theyll be bailed out with taxpayer money. the upton amendment gives $8 billion in subsidies to make sure those who have preexisting conditions do not get charged more. at issue there is this waiver that states will be allowed to vote on and use if they would like to do so to make it so preexisting conditions ar...

If you are going to do that for someone in the individual market who did not maintain continuous coverage, there is a risk. so, the $8 billion that mr. long asked to be added to the bill today would provide premium support to those individuals who might be caught in that situation. vast majority of people, vast majority of people are in large group market in the employer market, where this is not an issue at all. for someone who is in the individual market, who does not maintain continuous cover...

And listen to what happens after this does or does not pass and it looks like it could pass at this point maybe, what the american public will say what will be happening at the town halls. how will people react? you have to remember one of the pre-existing conditions when it comes to women and childbirth is a c-section. so pre-existing conditions are real for so many people and this affects so many people. and now the question what will be uncertainty do in the lands all around this country in t...

Helps with pre-existing conditions. a lot of experts say it doesnt go far enough, but the upton amendment which is the last piece that got this to the finish line includes $8 billion for high risk pools. a lot of policy experts say the experience with high risk pools hasnt been great. essentially if your state decides its going to opt out of requiring pre-existing coverages these pools will be able for you to get coverage. you opt out but i call this the never mind. if they do opt out, theyre se...

>> im jon scott in for shepard smith. we begin with round two on healthcare. the white house making a major push to get moderates on board with the new bill. sean spicer, as you just heard, said vice president pence is meeting with lawmakers and theyre making progress. two moderates, fred upton and billy long say theyre ready to vote yes. thats as long as an amendment that congressman upton wrote is in the bill. they made that announcement after meeting with president trump and vice president pr...

Bill. -- are republicans worried that theyre casting a vote -- >> republicans are happy that they finally have a vote on this. i think theres a reason theyre playing a theme song to rocky. however, youre totally right. there are a couple of reasons that this is going to be a painful process for republican lawmakers, especially as we head into the 2018 election. i was talking to a member last night on the phone after the amendment came out. after we learned that there was going to be a vote and...