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Collapse, they'll actually be able to buy products off the exchanges, including catastrophic coverage that's very important to them as we make this transition. and so it is very carefully and deliberately thought out. >> thank you. >> there you have it. chairs of -- let's just call them for the architects of the republicans replacement to obamacare. they promised it. campaigned on it. won elections on it. energized a huge swath of the country on it. today is the day. republicans finally roll out their plan to replace it. and already, as you can see from the line of questioning, the fight is on...

Keep their health care on this. senate republicans keep their coverage. congressmen and senators, they are not going to kick themselves off, but they're going to kick millions of americans off. and that's the political problem they'll face. they'll go home to their town hall meetings and people will say, i work for a living and you work about four days a month and you make me pay for yours? it's untenable politically. >> and that is one question that's already, nia mallika, join us here, that republicans are facing. how many are more or less americans going to be covered on the plan? so far, t...

If they're working without it right now is that telling? >> there's a lot of concerns on cost. let's start by saying that obamacare was unpopular in many ways because the whole u.s. system is screwed up. you have a mishmash between public and private. the u.s. has the world's most expensive health care system. about 2500 more per capita than switzerland which is the next most expensive. terrible outcomes. i don't think this plan actually moves us away from that. what we need is economies of scale. i think that that means more government involvement in health care. that's an ideological issue b...

Chaffetz. he's been watching "f "fox & friends" and tweet back at the screen talking about expa expanding state -- so you can buy coverage across the states which, guess what, is already offered. this idea that somehow that's going to be the quick fix to obamacare and quick fix to the health care industry and insurance industry is sort of ludicrous because a lot of states have tried that and it doesn't work. if you're in new york, you don't -- you're not going to want to buy health insurance in mississippi because a health insurance plan isn't going to want to have the cost and sort of expense...

Needs to know. what stays? what goes? >> that's such an important question, kate. especially as you noted that one of the main lines of attack and a catch phrase that's quickly catching on up here on capitol hill among some conservatives is that this bill boils down to, in their words, obamacare 2.0 or obamacare-lite. you heard representative brady trying to beat back on that criticism. defend the bill saying this is obamacare gone. so those semantics aside, here's what would stay and what would go according to this new plan. what stays is this plan still allows children to stay on their paren...