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Collapse, they'll actually be able to buy products off the exchanges, including catastrophic coverage. it's very important to them as we make this transition. and so it is very carefully and deliberately thought out. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning. i'm ali velshi at msnbc headquarters in new york. you were listen ng ing to the chairman of the commercial committee and kevin brady, the representative from texas was the man who had a hair cut much like my own. the republican plan does away with the mandate, it does allow

It also maintains coverage for pre-existing conditions and keeps the precision with an obamacare. people can stay on their parents plan until age 26. a couple of notable things that are not our in this bill, thers not an ability to negotiate the cost of lower drugs. i letter of support from the secretary of health and human services, tom price, sent him to the hill to the chairman this morning, procedural rules do not allow for provisions to side across state lines or to lower the cost of drugs. president trump tweeted out this morning, "don't worry, getting rid of state lines, which will prom...

>> can you explain a little bit about this insurance cap, premium or hike or fine or whatsoever it's being called and how that's different than the current individual mandate? >> sure. so we're looking at continuous coverage. this is not a novel concept. it's -- you'll find a similar version of this to cover pre-existing conditions in medicare part b, medicare part d and in the employer market. so we modeled it after that. one of the issues we found is that some people were gaming the system with guarantee issue. it's not that they had a pre-existing condition necessarily. it's they pay for ni...

This bill is available to the american public. contrast this to the affordable care act. 2,400 pages written in the dark of night and rushed through congress. this legislation is a little over 100 pages. and every american can read and understand it. house republicans promise to deliver a step-by-step effort to provide relief from obamacare and give people the health care they deserve. we take that critical first step tomorrow. >> with that, we'd be happy to take your questions. >> you criticized democrats for years for pushing through obamacare before people had a chance to read it. but now y...