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Portability, erasing state lines, health care savings accounts, i can recite hisab agenda better than these republicans can, that's pretty pathetic. they have had years to come up with a replacement. you republicans, why don't you have a consensus plan by this time? the american people are suffering, they voted for you to fix this disastrous health care system and you should have had a plan in place. president trump's tax plan for example, republicans are also dragging their feet on that spirit they're saying they can't start on the bill until the spring. really? what the hell is taking you so...

>> does your plan penalize folks who don't sign up for coverage in some way? >> it does. >> it sounds a lot like obamacare. >> no, no, no, again, you can't wait until you found that you have terminal cancer to say now i think i'll get insurance. it does penalize those folks and that's very different than obamacare. >> in what other ways is your plan different? are we allowing insurance companies to sell across state sflin lines? >> absolutely. >> are there other differences? >> it decouples health insurance and employment. one of the things that we don't have in our country is portability. you...

Assuming new roles. >> kevin brady, republican, texas, house ways and means he said we're getting after repeal and replace right away. he said we're confident we can do it and do it the right way and he talked about portability of plans. that's an issue but it's not the issue when it comes to what is most expensive and what's most important. >> no, that's right. i think that at the moment before we get to that phase we don't actually know what versions of a plan that we are even talking about. there is not harmony between what some in congress are talk about and trump insisted he is close to h...

Campaign trail. portability, it has to handle pre-existing conditions. those people cannot be pushed out of the possibility of getting insurance. but then there should be free factors. catastrophic care as rand paul told me, it's illegal to buy it. it is a great idea for young people. secondly, doctors, i know this guy, in wichita, kansas. who got a cooperative. people can get all the care they want short of surgery. and sell that much cheaper rates. and third, health savings accounts. the answer is already been there. they just got to pull it together, right? >> yeah, let me just do the polit...

And should they have had a plan in place already? >> yeah, they should. the president is warning us right here. people attribute the greatest line of shakespeare advice is to thine own self be true. it is not the best piece of advice, is not even accurate. the best piece of advice shakespeare gave is readiness is all. be ready. what's most important is having a plan that is ready. it takes a little more time, that's okay with me. we've got to avoid the obama mistakes, sean. we know what they were. don't lie. do not lie. excuse me, do you want to say something? >> sean: we know what the lies we...