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>> of course they can. of course they can, yeah, that's the point. obamacare's fundamental problem, other than the fact that it was not well conceived and the purpose of it was to create a single payer system when it failed, it created an insurance product that a lot of americans didn't need because it had so many coverages that were not necessary and were expensive, so you ended up with the high-priced insurance policies which a lot of people didn't need. you can tailor better insurance policies to people in that age group. the big cost driver here for the community at large in health insuran...

Medicaid program that is a nonstarter for democrats. if you said we're going to focus on the problems in the exchanges which are real there is an opportunity for a different conversation, but the medicaid cuts i think are simply kind of a deal breaker from the start. >> so is the best chance for progress not this plenary proposition where what mccain was suggesting it comings back and we go through the steps and everybody gets involved but piecemeal, maybe you take on prescription drugs. they're a big cost driver right now, then maybe you take on the different exchanges and you do bring in gov...

Which allows the veterans to go online or use an app to schedule an appointment. we need to address the culture of the agency swems the structure of the agency to ensure that it's focused on the veterans. >> i know you're going back at recess to talk with your constituents about that. but when you talk generally about successes that members of the house can point to, there's health care but it's not a done deal yet. what other wins are going to be able to talk about? >> the house has taken an important first step to repeal and replace obamacare. we're continuing to work on other health care re...

Fairer system. eric: what would that be? >> one of the great thing that happened right before we left. i was blessed with another member to be able to attach an amendment that would help with the risk sharing. 5% of our population is 50% of our healthcare costs. the cost of those folks with chronic conditions ends up being the cost driver. how do i mitigate that cost and lower premium for 50% of the population that only uses 3% of the healthcare and get more of them to participate in the insurance pool. i think we just got the risk-sharing model attached in the legislation and i believe some o...

If i did vote for this thing. we have people are serious willing concerns that we need to block off. they're uninsurable, they have pre-existing conditions. that is separable from the insurance problem we have. both of the policy experts on the right and the left concede the idea that the individual market is still an obamacare market. and what we have to do is put bucket two which deals with the insurance regulations, the main cost driver, we have to put that in the bill. it can't just be left to secretary price because then you'll have duelling presidencies, every four years you'll change th...