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Changing -- >> so those will be permanent? >> yes. >> okay. well, that's a development, sir. crucial question, it's not going to be left up to the states. everyone gets pre-existing, no matter where they live. >> no, but the states will have a lot to do with it because we ultimately want to get it back down to it. the state will be in a much better position to take care because it's smaller. >> so i'm not hearing you say it will guarantee pre-existing conditions. >> we actually have a clause that guarantees. >> reporter: that's not what's exactly in this bill. the mcarthurme amendment allows s...

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>> we digressed here. arizona, this year the premium increases for people on obama care 116%. oklahoma 69%. tennessee 63%. minnesota 59%. the problem is these increases were double digit last year, they are really high this year. this thing is collapsing. so do we want to make sure that a person with, like yourself, with a preexisting condition gets affordable care? of course. of course. there is a better way to fix that problem without giving everybody else all these massive premium increases. the deductibles are so high it doesn't feel like you got insurance anymore. we, obviously, i would e...

Increases. it's going fall off the tracks and crash. >> neil: julie, didn't have to be a rocket scientist or dr. kildare to figure out guaranteeing coverage for preexisting conditions or having your kids on the policy until they are 80 or something like that was going to result in higher premiums. so why this shock, this response? >> first, and foremost, to look at this, premiums have been going up at the slowest rate in the past decade. that is one. two, if you live in new york and california, premiums are set to fall by 50% in new york city next year after obamacare goes into effect. >> neil...