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Opposed to the original healthcare bill that stalled hours before heading to a vote. >> i think we're making very good progress. don't have -- we're going to go when we have the votes, but that's the decision we will make when we have it. i would argue that this is a bill that a moderate would more likely want to support. >> reporter: the change a new amendment negotiated by freedom caucus chair mark meadows and a member of the more mod td group tom mcarthur would allow states to apply for waivers that could weaken several keough ball awe care insurance reforms including price protections if p...

Stage vote cancer. congressman upton said he expects an up or down vote tomorrow, sometime in the early afternoon. in march, republicans couldn't get enough support to bring a bill to the floor. our senior capitol hill producer points out republican leaders could be playing with fire if they make too many changes now. he says we may put this on the floor and roll the dice. john roberts is live at the white house. just in the briefing. what else is the white house saying about health care? >> jon, good afternoon. looks like a dam has broken on the healthcare bill when john upton and billy long ...

>> people with preexisting conditions are guaranteed coverage under the obama care bill. that's why the gop took it out of the bill, right? >> no, no, no. it is passing through the authori authorizing -- >> this is the amendment that mr. upton cared so deeply about. getting more money for preexisting conditions. what i want to ask you about is this $8 billion. nobody -- the estimates out there still show people with preexisting conditions could pay a whole lot more in premiums. they weren't prepared to say those people wouldn't pay more. is it still the realty that people with preexisting cond...

They should but the senate will fix it. that's okay. how big a risk is that? >> you're exactly right. it was hard to tell when trump was talking to me in the oval office whether he means these things are specifically in this bill or health care in general and pieces to come. he also made -- implied this particular bill allows health insurance to be sold across state lines, one of his favorite lines to sell. this bill, of course, does not have that provision. it's hard to tell if he was talking about how he could do this in the future. one thing was clear, has he a lot of passion about this par...

The white house and freedom caucus are getting close to a deal on health care. is that the case? >> i think that's pretty accurate description. i'm not sure we're there yet, but i think we're getting pretty close. the latest iteration will certainly drive down premium costs. again, that's what we held out for a few weeks ago when the bill first didn't come to the floor. we thought it didn't bring down premiums enough. i think this iteration probably will. >> is that because it does not mandate insurance companies to provide some of those basic health benefits that obamacare required? >> oh, no...