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They're changing it and changing -- >> okay, so it would be permanent. >> of course! >> that claim could undermine the draft bill the white house is currently pushing on capitol hill. the deal between moderate and conservative republicans would require insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions, but unlike the mandate under obamacare, insurers could charge them much higher rates if they let their coverage lapse. the republican alternative to that is federally subsidized high-risk pools for those patients, but the president, i mean, he seemed to give mixed messages on whether those p...

Draft bill the white house is currently pushing on capitol hill, the deal between moderate and conservative republicans would require insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions, but unlike the mandate under obamacare, insurers could charge them much higher rates if they let their coverage lapse. a tax break that benefits wall street investment managers may be on the chopping block, according to chief of staff reince priebus. speaking on sunday, he had this to say about carried interest. >> the president wants to get rid of carried interest, so that balloon's not going to stay infl...

For signing up at a later date. so it's the kind of incentive to try to make sure that individuals have an incentive to maintain the coverage that three have. it's purely for the insurance cost and drives done the cost for other individuals. >> but there's a problem, dr. price, that your bill says there would be a 30% surcharge for anyone who lets his or her coverage lapse for 60 days or more. senator rand paul says this is a mandate for insurance companies, which is part of the reason he is calling your plan obamacare-lite. people are penalized for not having coverage, isn't that a form of ...

Available. we recommend continuous coverage that means if anybody keeps coverage and goes to a different plan, they have to be able to be covered by that plan. the fact is that if you allow individuals to come on to a plan after they have gotten ill, that changes the price point for what that cost is for everybody, not just that individual. what the plan recommended and there is an ongoing discussion as to whether or not it ought to remain. we have to use something that is similar to what medicare uses. if you don't sign up for medicare, there is a surcharge for signing up at a later date. it'...

Premium on top of your health insurance premium if you let coverage lapse. if you don't buy new coverage because ir'not feeling very flush or don't think you're going to get sick and try to buy it again, 30% more expensive. that's meant to have people stay in insurance and make that pool bigger. what's not in there? the employer mandate and individual mandate. no one is forced to buy insurance for themselves or their employees. government subsidies to pay for insurance we're getting refundable tax credits to everyone and selling insurance across state lines was supposed to be in here donald tr...