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Loved one's care. we cannot go back to these days where we put the insurance companies back in charge, again. >> this is an interesting point that kathleen sebelius just made to me. before the affordable care act, people could buy junk policy. this fixation we have on premiums, there's a really easy way to lower premiums. allow people to sell policies that don't cover anything. the trump administration has allowed for. so, when we get fixated on premiums, we forget that premiums cover certain things that the affordable care act made sure that they covered, made sure my insurance policies cover...

There's more to know™. we the people... are defined by the things we share. and the ones we love. who never stop wondering what we'll do or where we'll go next. we the people who are better together than we are alone... are unstoppable. welcome to the entirely new expedition. >> laura: the trump administration is proposing low-cost health insurance alternatives to obamacare and democrats do not like it at all. the plan would allow health insurers to sell short term policies with lower costs and fewer benefits. democrats immediately ridiculed it as junk policy, trash, garbage, senator chuck s...

People to buy insurance across state lines and whatnot. but now it looks like is he going to cut off these bailouts to insurance companies. what does that mean? >> the bailouts are ridiculous, steve, because the insurance companies are the ones that are in the market if it works for them, whereas patients are trapped in the market. you have a mandate that says you have to buy what is essentially a junk policy. democratic critics are calling the new options junk policies. the actual junk is in the exchanges themselves. you have a policy with a high premium, a very high deductible. you get to th...

What was said in that interview? >> well, actually, isn't it interesting how the sort of -- that whole narrative of people losing their insurance has died away has the web site has come back and 1 million people or so a day can visit the website and see what's available. i do think a large part of the effort now has to be try to drive people to take a look at what's on the website. for them to look at what the options are. and to see how much of a subsidy they're going to get. and so what the final price of insurance will be for them. getting the enrollment up into the tens of thousands per da...

>> you be the host. >> do you want me to? >> go ahead. >> she has a better dress. >> you have said it many times. >> the ratings just went up. >> sean, my question for you is do you think it's legal for insurance companies to drop people who have a problem? who have any kind -- my question was for shun. >> that's a separate fix. we can deal with the fact of people with pre-existing conditions and the fact that the small fixes. you don't have to over haul the system. >> you are not answering the question. >> let him talk! >> exactly. >> should companies be able to drop people if they have a jun...