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Criteria, i have the right to have that coverage under the law. when you move to a block grant, you remove the right and make it a possibility, subject to whatever funding there's going to be. do you recognize that in doing so, you risk the potential of millions of americans who presently enjoy health care coverage through medicaid no longer having that right? >> i think it's important to appreciate that no system that any -- that the president has supported or that i have supported would leave anybody without the opportunity to gain coverage. >> that's not my question. so let me reiterate my ...

Care, mental health services, addiction services, and pediatric dental? >> what i can commit to you, senator, is that we will do all we can within the department, with the incredible knowledge and expertise that is there, to define whether or not the program is actually working as intended or not. if coverage equals care, in many instances, i would suggest that many folks right now have coverage, they've got a card, but they don't have any care, because they can't afford the deductible that allows them to get the care. so we're committed to making certain that the program works not just for go...

Will lose coverage under the executive order? >> i guarantee you that the individuals that lost coverage under the affordable care act, we will commit to making certain that they don't lose coverage under whatever replacement plan comes forward. that's the commitment i provide to you. >> dr. sanjay gupta is with us, as well. he's an expert on the affordable care act. sanjay, what's your understandingxecutive order that has now been signed by president trump, an initial step. the fear among the supporters of obamacare is it's more than just symbolic, it's going to hurt some folks. >> it's a lit...

As secretary of health and human services, we'll carry out the law you pass. >> i appreciate that. in your mind, though, does the repeal of the affordable care act include a repeal of the expansion of medicaid that was part of the passage of the affordable care act? >> any reform or improvement that i would envision for any portion of the affordable care act would be one that would include an opportunity for individuals to gain coverage, the kind of coverage, again, they want to the highest quality health care. >> that's not the question i ask. i apologize, mr. chairman, i realize i'm at the e...

S&p, i'm told just put out about a month ago an update looking at the financial health of the health insurance companies in this country. as they have tried to figure out how to price this product, and it seems like, according to s&p believe it or not, they seem to have sort of figured it out, because the financial health of insurance commies has begun to stabilize. your reaction to this please. >> as i mentioned either in my opening or response to question, the principles of health care that all of us hold dear, affordability and accessibility and quality and choices for patients, i think are...