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>> greta: there seems two issues with health care. one substance and the other is procedure. i want to talk about substance. are we all talked out in terms of substance? >> the public gets it. they know it's half a trillion in medicare cuts, half a trillion in new taxes and higher insurance premiums for everybody on the market. they stan substance. >> greta: procedure, i take it you are unhappy with the procedure because you are a republican obviously? >> it has been outrageous in the senate cornhusker kickback, louisiana purchase, gatorade, special deal for florida. all those special deals wi...

Voting on this week. cnn's brianna keilar joins me now to break it all down. i don't know where to start. you are introducing us to't kno. you are introducing us to new terminology that most of us thought we'd never need to learn, brianna. >> reporter: add this to your lexicon, it's called deem and pass, and this right now is the prevailing strategy for democrats in the house while they try to pass the reform package. i've broken it down so i don't confuse myself and certainly not you, house democrats need to pass the senate bill but they want to pass changes to the senate bill, so they would ...

Real problem for them. my own view has always been they have a deal with the cost areas first and then figure out how they extend it -- extend the coverage. the country would have nood that and they would have gotten republican support on the first piece of it. so i think the politics have all worked out. >> you can't deal with the costs until you extend the coverage. every health economist will tell you that on both sides in the end. they'll all tell you in the end you cannot really have savings until everybody is covered. which is why every other country in the world that has health coverage...

Not trusting the senate. we were in touch with senator mcconnell's office and he told us a little while ago that only one time, only one time in all of the reconciliation attempts that have gone on in passage over the last several decades have we seen a measure come back without amendments to it, meaning, making these changes. and so any democrat who does vote in favor of this package is voting for the cornhusker kickback, gatorrade, louisiana purchase. >> >> greta: with the expectation that it will be fixed later? anyone who votes for ti know that the democrats are going to hit with it in nov...

Main things everyone is watching as they come up with some sort of reconciliation here. just a bit more on that. our brain room came up with the top 10 deals offered to senators to get their yes votes. we'll show you the top five starting with the louisiana purchase where the feds agreed to give $100 million next year to help louisiana with medical insurance costs. then the cornhusker kickback where nebraska, vermont and massachusetts get a billion dollars in extra medicare payment. there is a special deal for vermont senator bernie sanders providing $10 million for health centers across the c...