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Taking people out with pre-existing conditions. nothing else here that could possibly do that. the selling across state lines, not in the summary, and even if it is it would never get past the bird rule so basically the way if costs go down, it will go down because they pull people with pre-existing conditions out of the market. >> and reduce coverage, reduce the amount of coverage. as the bill goes to senate, i want to get your reaction. take a listen to senator bill cassidy from louisiana talking about what he wants to see in the bill. >> i asked does it pass the jimmy kimmel test? with a ch...

It doesn't include enough money to help lower income people and seniors afford coverage. kentucky senator rand paul, meanwhile, has complained the bill directs too much taxpayer money to insurance companies. >> if your baby is going to die. >> reporter: after comedian jimmy kimmel's emotional testimony this week about his newborn son who has a heart defect, la will's bill cassidy, a physician wants to make sure people with pre-existing conditions can get affordable care. >> i wanted to pass the jimmy kimmel test. if a child is born and has tetralogy of fallot like this child has, that they wil...

Were raising as it was. and people suffering from substance abuse disorder don't have a lot of money, you know, coming into this. so $15,000 is a lot of money to someone suffering. so in order to pay that deductible or to pay that out of network premium, it's just too much money. >> $15,000 is a lot of money to most people, regardless of what you're suffering from. >> right, right. >> jeff, you and i have talked several times throughout this process. obamacare saved your life. you had cancer. i think you were against it in the beginning. you questioned paul ryan about it in our town hall. what...

Country. today, we have the -- we honor the visions of our founders, we can, who risked everything, they risked everything, their lives, their liberty, their sacred honor, to advance the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. the life, a healthier life. the freedom to pursue your happiness. the freedom from being job locked or policy locked because of what the republicans want to do today. today, we fight to preserve affordable health care as the right of every american, not the privileged few. today we fight for children like zoe madison. zoe was born with a conget tall heart d...

They did have the votes or not. mccarthy, you just heard him telling us they will go forward. house republicans feel as though they have the votes to move their version of the health care act that would reviolatize -- or i should say revamp the affordable care act otherwise known as obamacare. >> right there in the middle of it all on capitol hill. thank you. back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." this week, late night host jimmy kimmel reshaped the health care debate in this country with the story of his baby boy who was born with a heart defect. as house republicans push to replac...