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So two house republicans have come together to unveil a new amendment they believe is the key to repealing and replacing obamacare. can it work? let's bring back ron brownstein and david chalian and let's bring in april ryan. april, i'll start with you. this is tom macarthur. let me show you what is in the macarthur amendment. states can actually seek waivers to get rid of the pre-existing condition rules. states can seek waivers to get out of the essential health benefit rules. if those are sought, states must enact state high risk pools and that could lead to higher premiums for sicker and o...

>> no, i don't like the sound of that. the majority of americans don't like the sound of that and i would ask that the speaker does seem more upbeat than a few weeks ago and has plans are crushed, but for him to go out there and say moderates are going to get behind this, even with the macarthur amendment, we know the plan, 24 million people would lose their insurance. this would slash medicaid by $800 billion. it would also get rid of standards for what health insurance has to cover. when he says people with praises and conditions are not being affected, he's living up to the state and you kn...

Shopping for insurance, like easier formation of association health plans. all those things we think will help as well. we have to get to those things and continue our quest to get rid of the obamacare law. >> shannon: i have a lot of tweets, emails and questions whether congress had exempted itself from the changes. something the democrats jumped on right away. republicans don't feel confident enough that they want to exempt themselves. congress and staff members. others have come forward to say it's a technicality and will be ironed out. can you assure the american people what is going on? >...

New health care plan proposed by house gop members. the freedom caucus is on board with this thanks to the macarthur amendment. joining me now is congress member tom macarthur. a member of the financial services committee and moderate conservative caucus known as tuesday group. hi, congress member. >> good morning, alisyn. >> in a sentence, can you tell us what the macarthur amendment is? >> it tries to do two things. one, we need to protect the most vulnerable people in the current plan. these are people with pre-existing conditions. we want to make sure they are protected. secondly, we have ...

Held accountable. last month, the house passed the va accountability act to make it easier to bring the kind of steady leadership that va medical centers so desperately need. and last week, the president signed legislation to reduce out-of-pocket costs for veterans and to promote better access to care. these are all very positive steps to deliver the kind of fundamental reform that is needed at the va. this adds to what has already been a very incredibly active first 100 days. under the president's leadership, we have cut red tape at record levels. cutting red tape saves families dollars, it s...