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Discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions that that's going to be left in or that ban is going to be kept in place. of course, the latest incarnation of the health care is going to leave it up to the - states on weather to have this pre-existing condition component as part of health care. and so, you know, it is unclear at this point, you know, whether they're going to get the votes on all of this or whether or not they even know what they're voting on. >> let me check in with sunlen. she's up on capitol hill. where does it assistant and specifically on this issue of pre-exist...

Rise of insurance premiu, how do you protect that? >> first of all, you make it very clear like we d in the first bill, but with the amendments that have taken place in the last several weeks and come forward, it's even better still. we're basically borrowing an idea from the state of maine that has seen a significant drop in premiums for people on their health insurance because you take people that have preexisting and costly conditions and put them into a high-risk pool, and you subsidize that so it is affordable to those individuals. so you're guaranteeing coverage for preexisting condition...

Agenda to make america great again. i got to tell you, when we were out, we were out visit ing a factory yesterday near harrisburg, pennsylvania, you saw overwhelming support. the president virtually enjoys unanimous support of the people who supported us in last year's election. but what was more inspiring to me, as we walked the shop room floor, not just the business owners expressing enthusiasm for the president's plan to cut business taxes and cut taxes across the board. but the guys that had paused from working on the line to reach out to this president and just thank him for being there....

For preexisting conditions, and the flexibility that you're referring to in this latest mcarthur amendment, states can only apply for that waiver and flexibility if they have either a federal or state high-risk pool that guarantees that people will be able to have coverage, and it will be affordable. >> by the way, terrific segue. i have two main senators coming on the show later today. i will ask senator susan collins about that main risk pool. i'm going to go to taxes. by the way, on health care, i know the president expects a house vote in the next couple of weeks. are you going to be able ...

Constituents that you're going to throw off health care if you do this thing. those tiny pieces of confetti inside the giant balloon. those all represent people. careful with them. oh, no, there's more. no, we have more. there's more coming. here's still some more. congressman tom mcarthur also got marched on by his constituents today in the third district in new jersey. his name tom mcarthur and the mcarthur amendment that's the most identifiable name associated with republicans' latest effort to kill the affordable care act and at home in his district in new jersey, his constituents just wen...