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But i think when the cbo score comes in it's going to show that we have lower premiums were more accessibili accessibility. i think that the cbo score will be just fine. >> do you think there's going to be more accessibility? for example, one of the arguments that has been made by people who support it is that people are going to continue to be able to have coverage for preexisting conditions. and in fact insureds cannot deny coverage outright. but they can hike up premiums to an unaffordable level effectively prices people out of the market. one of the reasons that aarp opposes it is because ...
Analysis of the beill. that report tells us how the legislation actually affects how many people go without health insurance. now today the republicans have the report card from the cbo, and it doesn't look like an "a." under the gop health care plan, 23 million more people would lose their health coverage over the next decade if the house gop plan becomes law. 23 million. it also says that the macarthur amendment, which allows states to waive out of protected people with pre-existing conditions and provide essential health benefits would destabilize the health care markets for those in non-gr...
Of medicine and has his own piece in the "new york times" as well. good to see you today. it made it through the house but a lot of breaks going on in the senates. what will have to change for it to move forward? >> i think there is opportunity for compromise here and certain things can change that will make it more likely for this to pass. for example, the macarthur amendment set you have up a situations where states could cut down on essential benefits. some of us don't think they're essential. emergency room visits are essential and vaccines and epidemics are essential, opioid addiction cov...
Now have zero choices. no insurers are willing to write there. a third of u.s. counties are down to one insurer. my own state, we're down to two. premiums are going up 58%, 68%, 100% in some areas. and the system is heading to a place where the people who have insurance today will have nothing. so we have to fix this. i just hope the senate can work as quickly as it can to approve the bill, make changes if they see needs to change. certainly not a perfect bill. i just hope they act quickly and we can move this forward. >> sandra: you authored a key amendment, the macarthur amendment. really cr...