changes. >> we heard donald trump say pre-existing conditions is one of the strongest assets of the program. he wants to keep this. how do you keep that if you're not going to keep the requirement that people have insurance? because insurance companies -- the whole point. the mandate then allowed them to be able to afford it, and for them to be onboard with the program? >> yeah. well, let me answer this as completely as i can, because it's a really important point. one is that, first of all, there would not be the protection that we've heard about in terms of people not being discriminated against base and pre-existing conditions. that protection, at least according to what we've seen from tom price, would not be there anymore. he suggested and others suggested as well was that states would be given some grant money to essentially create high-risk pools to help take care of people who have pre-existing conditions. he has said, and this is to your point, that if you maintain coverage, if you have continuous coverage and never let that coverage lapse, then you would