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Dropping coverage for those who become hill? and there is widespread support for this. 60% of democrats and 64% of independents and 60% of republicans. this has come up a lot today, and you can see that the american people think we should agree on that one. another issue, do you favor preventing the insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. this one again, 65% of democrats say that the insurance companies should not be able to do that and 55% of independents don't want companies to drop you for pre-existing conditions and 53% of the republicans. so majority support...

After the bill becomes effective in 2014, the real problem becomes this mandate, and the cost, the forcing of the purchase of insurance which many americans find objectionable, and that you can avoid that mandate if you continue to design this, as we do in the beginning. >> well, okay. >> both plans are somewhat similar on that, but it is a different structure. >> all right. what i'd like to do is to move on to the topic which i think -- oh, am sorry. we have jay. my apologies. please, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. president. we will interrupt and get become to democratic senator from west vir...

25%. so, there is a consensus in the country that health care reform is important, today to this point you have 50 different states give you 50 different groups of politicians and they just think differently because they have to go home and face those voters and putting the pieces of the puzzle together politically and from a policy perspective, is what we're seeing today. it's very hard. >> let's -- >> there are honest differences. i think that's what they are saying in this debate. >> i agree. >> people honestly disagree. >> on substantive issues. dana bash and ed henry are watching this, th...

Version, how irritated will the liberal democrats be? they want a very robust plan? >> reporter: they're already irritated. they're irritated quite frequently when it comes to this issue, because they already feel like they're not getting their voices heard, at least the progressives in the president's party. but on that point, i just want to go back to what seems like a very long time ago, the beginning of this summit and the exchange that lamar alexander had, promising to get the president not to use the budget process, the reconciliation, the parliamentary shortcut to get the bill through w...

U.s. health care reform resulting in affordable health care for all. the health of my family and the small business of my farm depends on it. sincerely, raymond, from iowa. i hear that we have to start all over, and you know, mr. president, we spent one year considering a range of ideas from experts from all over the political spectrum. two committees, the health committees under the ableleadership of senator dodd, and the other committee chaired by senator bachus held 100 bipartisan meetings and walk-throughs to discuss the bill. our bill contains 147 distinct republican amendments. now, on t...