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Individuals have more choices. it does with mandates so you are not forced to buy something the government wants you to purchase courses you have to purchase. you get the choice as individuals across the land to purchase the coverage that is right for you and your family. then in the medicaid system we say that the states need the flexibility to be able to provide the coverage that goes most appropriate for your constituents, your population. instead of a top-down washington knows best model. it is significant reform. it is a move in a much better direction. it is a patient centered move where...

More choices, to empower people so that they now will control their health care instead of this washington mentality of we know what's best and we're going to tell you what you need. so this is a historic week and this is very exciting, particularly for someone who practiced in health care for over 30 years. >> so you made the point that your state, georgia, did not expand medicaid. that is true. first of all, i'll answer that question for you that i asked. there are 111,640 people currently uninsured in your district, the first district in georgia. we just put that number up. if you then go a...

Repeal? [ cheers and applause ]. >> thank you, kati. >> so i'm sure you haven't had a chance to read the entire thing, kati, but do you know how the new republican bill will affect you? >> i do. and i am very concerned about one thing in particular, which is i may be an error in this. there will be a 30% surcharge on people with pre-existing conditions if they have a coverage gap of 63 days. and that might not seem like a big deal for people with pre-existing conditions that don't have on going treatment, but for people like me with on going needs, people who even with the aca protections have...

New republican bill will affect you? >> i do. and i am very concerned about one thing in particular, which is i may be an error in this. there will be a 30% surcharge on people with pre-existing conditions if they have a coverage gap of 63 days. and that might not seem like a big deal for people with pre-existing conditions that don't have ongoing treatment, but for people like me with ongoing needs, people who even with the aca protections have unmanageable out of pocket expenses, you know, for example i'm having to raise over $61,000 in out of pocket expenses this year alone. i'm having to c...

>> all right. this morning -- i was like oh, we should do this kind of segment and then sat there looking at each other blankly. but then once we got going, we came up with some stuff. but i will save min e mine. i'm start with you. what's your first nominee for silver lining of 2014? >> the affordable care act, aka obama kaer. remember when the republicans said this is going to rip the country apart. it hant destroyed the country. health care jobs are growing, the coverage gap is getting better. more people have insurance. the coverage gap for african americans is projected to fall even more....