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The optics of what the event bill -- they've already shot themselves in the foot by not including a woman on the panel. we know that women's health issues will be hugely contentious as part of the rewrite of the ahca. so i feel like they just, coming out of the gates are setting themselves up with poor optics. also, they perhaps could have included senator tim scott, one of the largest insurance brokers in the state of south carolina. but it just -- it seems to me that some fundamental steps are missing in this process of just understanding how visceral, you know, the rries are among constitue...

Republicans on selling this to their constituents? >> look, there was certainly a messaging issue there. it is never good to kind of dismiss the fears of the questioner. raul labrador should have said, look, i get that this is a deeply personal issue, i understand your fear, i recognize that. you know, with recognizing that, i think your fears should really be at the sinking "titanic" that is obamacare, the fact that several states are facing the real dire consequences of having no insurers in the individual market. but he didn't handle that one well. it's imperative that republicans do handle...

>> the senate convenes in just a few hours. and republicans there say health care reform is going to take some time. >> the senate is starting from scratch. we're going to draft our own bill. and i'm convinced that we're going to take the time to do it right. >> i think what has happened is not dead on arrival, not taking the house bill and bringing it to the floor, but taking what the house was able to do, looking at that carefully and coming up with what the senate thinks the senate can do. >> joining me now is republican congressman blayne lukameyer from missouri. thank you for being with u...

>> well, fred, as you've pointed out and others have pointed out, nothing is a done deal yet. obviously this still has to go to the senate. and this whole bill is probably going to be changed dramatically even at that point. so we'll see what happens, but with regard to what we know so far with this ahca, want to focus on a few of the things that are going to be different with regard to this plan versus the current system. first of all, you see the list there, income-based subsidies. that's going to be a subsidy as opposed to tax credits. individual and employer mandates, they may be going awa...

Answer the question brianna keilar was asking her. simply will people have preexisting conditions see their premiums rise under the new gop health care bill. that's at the center of this conversation in large part. >> she didn't seem to be able to get an answer out of her, but that is the overriding question for most people. that's one of the biggest crux of this whole bill. >> joining us now to talk more about this, former south carolina lieutenant governor andre bower, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so this bill, all health care as the president has learned, as many people have lea...