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But they would still have to meet minimum coverage requirements. it would also allow for people over 30 to buy catastrophic so-called copper plans. these are the skimpiest allowed by law and it would encourage interstate compacts making it easier to buy and sell insurance across state lines which so many people are looking for. as senators look over the plan, mitch mcconnell is giving no indication as to whether this bill would get a vote. but resistance, it is building in congress. house speaker paul ryan's press secretary said, coat, the speaker does not see anything that changes his view th...

Republican lamar alexander and democrat patti murry nearing an agreement on the compromise. under the framework the deal likely will fund affordable care act subsidies through 2019, let ages 30 and over buy catastrophic plans, put $106 million back into promoting obamacare enrollment and make it easier for states to get aca waivers while allowing interstate compacts for purchases, getting rid of the so-called lines. president trump yesterday seemed to welcome the bipartisanship but a spokesman said he was absolutely not endorsing the deal. congressman mark walker of north carolina. congressman...

All the constitution says about electing a president is that the states will appoint electorates in such manner as the legislature of those states determine. so the states are free, essentially, to govern with any method. it took a long time to come up with the winner-take-all method per state, and that -- what this does is it doesn't run an end run around the constitution. it honors the constitution by using that provision of the constitution, that the state legislatures have this power and then the provision allowing for interstate compacts. so what you would have is a mechanism by which we ...

Legislation. for example, they've said that they want tort reform to be part of health reform. as you know, tort reform efforts were incorporated into the senate bill. they're still complaining about tort reform, still complaining that they're going to vote against it. is -- are you feeling like there is anything constructive coming from republicans on this, or are you just asking for that? >> i have been talking to republicans. i've been talking to democrats. and i think if both sides get together, we can, for example, say let's go after the special interests rather than each other. let's try...

Efforts were incorporated into the senate bill. they're still complaining about tort reform, still complaining they're going to vote against it. are you feeling like there's anything constructive coming from republicans on this? or are you just asking for that? >> i have been talking to republicans, i've been talking to democrats, and i think if both sides get together. we can say let's go after the special interests rather than each other, let's try to score policy points rather than political points. let me give you an example. the republicans want to allow for shopping interstate. now, we h...