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While premiums may have gone down in certain places, deductibles have gone up. someone thohas to pay for the mandates. tax credits, universal access, portability are all part of a republican plan. >> megan k. all that get tied up with a bow and delivered, you know, one, two, three, like -- i mean donald trump never worked would be the government before. he's not even run a public company with all the arms and legs. he can really make this happen in such short snored. >> it's been seven years for republicans to come up with a really comprehensive plan to replace obamacare. yes, we had certain e...

And all of them have certain common elements, for example, the portability of health care, so you're not beholden to an employer for your health insurance. boy, that makes sense. the fact that anyone can compete for your health insurance and you get to pick the kind of health insurance you want to buy. gee, that makes sense. we got into this because government regulated health insurance. government has been part of the problem here for a really long time. so i think there are multiple plans, and now the party has to come together and harmonize those plans, but on this, i think everyone agrees....

Everyone can have quality affordable health care. >> you actually can afford health care. everyone can't. don't you think at this point it's almost irresponsible for the republican party not to be able to say what they are going to replace obamacare with? it's not perfect, but they said they will repeal it and haven't said what they are going to replace it with. >> actually -- >> what else are you going to do? >> there are several plans on how to replace it. at least six that i'm aware of. all of them have certain common elements. for example, the portability of health care so that you are not...

And i'm open to hearing them are sell across state lines -- anything else? >> portability. >> that's going across state lines. it really is astonishing that after all this time the republicans don't have the health care plan. >> those are the buzzwords. across state lines. free market. marketplace. everybody to who has pre-exi pre-existing conditions can remain. >> once you add those elements he talked about in the "60 minutes" interview you're back to obamacare or some version of it because the reality is you can't do all of those things, can't protect from pre-existing conditions and keep pe...

Who now have health insurance will still be able to have some health insurance. are you willing to delay the implementation of something new in order to prevent people from suffering? >> i think everybody understands it's a phase-in, phase-out, no question at all. that's what the affordable care act, obamacare, was when it was first implemented. the tax was phased in quickly. >> they can't really repeal it until they have something ready to replace it. >> repeal simply means you do the action of congress signed by the president that calls for the phase-out. understand that republicans overwhel...