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Very narrow segment of the individual market in people's who is -- who did not keep continuous coverage who might then be at risk in a state that was granted a waiver out of some of these 234shance provisions. so it is a small but very sympathetic part of the population and the president was sensitive to that. for that, i appreciate it. we listened. we talked to him for a long time, about an hour's visit we had in the overall office. >> yeah. >> he was genuinely curious about why these two members felt so strongly about this amendment. at the end of the discussion, i think we all agreed this w...

Bills. brian: headline in the "the washington post" is the g.o.p. healthcare bill on shaky ground as it tries to get passed the house. and it a lot of it has to do with preexisting conditions moderates and other republicans like fred upton says i'm not buying into this. he is a powerful guy. where are they at with this? because the president seems to have a different take on preexisting conditions and what's guaranteed in this bill and what's not with this mcarthur amendment that allows states to opt out. >> and what i heard this morning driving into work that mr. upton will be offering an ame...

Time. that's a pretty good sign, if we're going to rules that we're going to vote on rules committee tonight and it will be on the floor tomorrow. i agree with you, they would not bring this forward if they were not certain of success. >> how certain are you? urn in the room with president trump today. there were five of you, including him. two of your colleagues were no vose and they've turned into yes votes. what did he say to turn this? >> correct. and the amendment that was put forward by former chairman upton of michigan and billy long of missouri was to provide additional protections for...

Get to phase ii with tom price health and human services secretary to shape it more towards overall more profitable view. a lot of moderates say wait a second, we are not covering. the question is are you covering preexisting conditions in the mcarthur amendment allows states to opt out of it. that allowed the freedom caucus to get into it the moderates say i'm out of it. the question is, the president says if that's not in it i'm not involved in it. so there is a little bit of confusion. ainsley: president is realizing all the red tape you have to go through to get congress to pass something....

Government can't go to any of those plans. the law, if passed, would all but make it impossible for californiians that's, you know, 50 million people, to use the new tax credits to buy health insurance and you've got just in the california delegation alone, you've got a whole bunch of republicans, paul cook, duncan hunter, you know, in the new york -- between those two states, you know, that's a bunch of people who are going to have to vote for a bill their own constituents can't use the credits for. >> yeah, that's right. a bad bill got a lot worse with this mcarthur amendment. the ahca did n...