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That passed the house and senate and vetoed by president obama. as far as the concepts new, that is not accurate. the bill was read in entirety. the 120 pages of the energy and commerce jurisdiction. it was read in the markup. that was a request of the democrat in the markup. that was accomplished. it is not -- it is disingenuous to say the bill hasn't been read. >> i'm not saying that. i'm saying the cbo hasn't rescored it. you are comfortable voting yes on a bill that takes tens of millions off of coverage and pre-existing conditions not covered. >> let's take that individually. first off on...

I am encouraged for having these conversations. abby: let's look at what the proposal stands now and go through what it is that could be improved. president trump's bill, the republican plan mandates a repeal, a monthly tax credit, preexisting conditions coverage to age 26, medicaid expansion, medicaid is one of the big issues for you. >> i met with paul ryan yesterday. we have to repeal and replace obamacare, they are going to get rid of taxes, get rid of the mandate, very good beginning to make sure we are getting rid of it. we are not and expansion state. what is important to me is not get ...

Net-net of the costs will slow. it won't be that onerous and the time will come when they can get it back. that's the pitch that some were making. >> i will say this. let me expand on that. this year, maine was not an expander. .7 of 1%, less than 1%. we have adjusted. we're in. what i'm concerned about is the expansion state, if they continue with the expansion, they're going to force our budget like it was in 2011 when i took over. every six months, i have to ask legislature for a $250 million appropriation because healthcare is out of control. unless they deal with the cost drivers and they...

Should be something easy to grab on to. there's a big difference between coverage and access to coverage. and we're hearing that phrase access to coverage. what is the difference and what will it mean to states like yours. >> there's two main things they're talking about. let me be crystal clear. any time the federal government says they're going to block grant that means the federal government is going to save money. >> block grant would mean they're going to give you a chunk of money but it would put a burden on the states of matching money and adding money which would be different than righ...

Staffers will be deployed early next week followed by an increase in surrogate visits. the democratic presidential candidate has been eyeing utah as a possible expansion state for months as donald trump has struggled to garner strong support among more men voters. and if clinton wins that state, it would be the first time since 1964 that utah has gone blue. meantime, in arizona, clinton has a five-point lead. the democrat seeing an opening on our pulling out all the stops in the new battleground states. cnn's ken law explains. >> when they go low, there you go. >> a battle cry for the democr...