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Camera we talk on. tell us the deal. >> i'm not sure. we're on recess. we go back next tuesday. the health care system is in need of repair. there is a balancing act that the leadership and the white house have to come to. any time they modify a bill or amend it, they have to make sure they don't lose votes already. >> are you having a conversation at the white house? >> we have the meamendment that came out, the mcarthur amendment. it doesn't really address the concerns i have, but the hope is they don't lose other people. >> so preexisting conditions and essential health care benefits are on...

Went up, or down, however you mean. >> it will be higher. >> right. higher. so this mcarthur amendment on the essential health benefits got the republicans a million more people covered. they went from 24 million to 23 million uncovered, for a price of $31 billion. >> probably not okay. >> am i reading this correctly? >> you are. but it is not just that the coverage would be, fewer people would be covered. is that some of the coverage would be less valuable. so it is not a complete apples to apples time they know. $31 billion less and others would have coverage even though they would pay more....

If you are going to do that for someone in the individual market who did not maintain continuous coverage, there is a risk. so, the $8 billion that mr. long asked to be added to the bill today would provide premium support to those individuals who might be caught in that situation. vast majority of people, vast majority of people are in large group market in the employer market, where this is not an issue at all. for someone who is in the individual market, who does not maintain continuous coverage, there would be a risk and this was designed to mitigate that risk. the population of people is ...

Credit that you get from the 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 mcart...

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