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My conference would need to be behind. steve: yep. >> the plan is that we would repeal and replace at the same time. you see, what people want is health care that works and so we, what we do is we in essence repeal obamacare. we use the money in the system. and we make sure it works. and we do away with the system that is unfair and that is that the pretax contributions, all americans would get the same amount. till with be a great bill. steve: chairman, there are parts of the current obamacare people do find attractive. for instance, if you have a preexisting condition you can't be denied. >>...

About. the meeting happening next week between president obama, folks on capitol hill about the affordable care act. is this a last ditch legacy-saving move by the president? >> reporter: yes. this is one of the issues president obama brought up at the meeting by donald trump in the oval office after the election. obamacare is probably one of the -- certainly one of the most important things president obama feels he's accomplished during his time in office. the aspect of the affordable care act like pre-existing conditions, like the fact there is no lifetime cap on benefits, no discrimination ...

Prospects of repealing and replacing obamacare. we were talking about it earlier in the program. what do you sense will happen with this, now that donald trump's said he wants to preserve care for pre-existing conditions. >> i've always said the republicans don't want to repeal it. nobody wants to sell an american now that they can't get insurance because of a preexisting condition or put a lifetime cap on it or let an insurance company cancel their insurance because they're diagnosed with cancer or diabetes. so i think the previous discussion was very real about we have, in your observations ...

Vote, the ones you just talked about, are quite frankly voters who did vote for donald trump, voted for president obama last time. they're not racist. they want somebody who they believe is going to help them have a future. somebody who can just have a job, that their pension will be there. >> quickly before you go, the pros personpects of repealing a replacing obamacare. we were talking about it earlier in the program. what do you sense will happen with this, now that donald trump's said he wants to preserve care for pre-existing conditions. >> i've always said the republicans don't want to r...

Is what's in obamacare is before insurance companies were able to deny you coverage if you got sick, able to throw you off the rolls if you got cancer, for example, and they no longer wanted to pay. there was a lifetime cap on your benefits, and obamacare got rid of all of that. that's not expanding obamacare, that is obamacare. that's important to note. martha: there's a couple other very prominent democrats who have spoken out on this as an election issue, and i want to sort of stick to that framework of whether or not this will work and how it will work for democrats. this is nancy pelosi a...