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Because he himself is very, very fortunate. his family is fortunate. he saw so many people at the hospital, families who could not pay for these skyrocketing medical bills. i think that's the point he has really drawn attention to. i was doing reporting with my colleagues yesterday on what would happen to a child like billy kimmel under the graham cassidy bill. one at children's hospital said the open heart surgeries and other procedure that is a child would need would rack up the bills and easily hit the million dollar mark which is incredible. >> we are out of time, but that's another point ...

>> let me tell you what i said. that's not in any way what i said. there are 30 million more people who have health insurance now than had it before the aca. that means that fewer people have had to make the incredible choice about whether or not they were going to buy groceries or buy medicine. that means fewer people were running into lifetime limits with a child that was born. i let you talk, now i'm going to talk. >> okay. >> they are now not having to run up against lifetime decisions with a child. the child did nothing wrong, made no bad choices, they were born with a problem. they're ru...

Limits with a child that was born, with -- i let you talk. i'm going to talk now. >> okay. >> they are now not having to run up against lifetime with a child. child did nothing wrong, didn't make bad choices. they were born with a problem. they are running out of a lifetime limit in the first year. those people have to make incredible choices. the choices they make still do not save their lives. there were more people caught up in that before the aca, 30 million more people caught up in that. before the aca than there are now. i am not in any way saying what you are accusing me of saying which...

There are other things to consider, but simply put, if your child is born with a congenital heart problem, there would be no lifetime limit on the cost of the care that they could receive. >> are there limits on sort of how detailed the plan is that people can get? people can get a cheaper plan but doesn't have as much coverage? >> what you're referring to, again, this does not repeal the essential health benefits. it still covers addictions and all the other things that you would expect. it's probably pretty good. turns out those are only 4% of the total cost of the premium. so i think that's...

Today we have the -- we honor of visions of our founders who risked everything. they've risked everything. their lives, their liberty, t r their sacred honor to advance their life to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 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, again, not the privileged few. today we fight for children like zoe madison lin. zoe was born with a congenital heart tesdefect in may...