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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 us. thank you for the invitation. according to the news report, a small group of people showed up outside your washington, missouri, office friday protesting your yes vote against the ahca. ....
They can and cannot do. i have a lot of folks encouraged by what we re doing. they believe we re going to be able to provide care at a better price and more opportunities for them. so we re looking forward to this bill getting through the senate and signed by the president. there s no doubt there are places like virginia where there are problems with obamacare and problems with coverage. there are also a number of studies and one i would cite would be s&p that looks at issues that give people advice on how to invest. they said when they looked at blue cross blue shield, a major provider, that 2016 was a marked improvement over previous years for most insurers, and, in fact, that in 2017, the aca individual market is not, quote, in a death spiral. according to analysis there. so i know republicans like to keep saying that, but there are contradictory evidence, congressman. well, i disagree with you again, i m sorry. given an example, one of my ....