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Ends up going back to what things were like before obamacare. sh talks about the death spiral and destruction that obamacare is, i want everybody to remember that before obamacare, if you had a pre-existing condition, you didn't get insurance and you were in a high-risk pool and insurance was prohibit actively expensive for older, sicker people. i want to talk more about this with a practicing physician. and she's a fellow at the brookings institute. you and i been talking about this, gosh, for years now. and fundamentally i think people need to understand two distinct things about this new bi...

Down as they may be. >> well probable, how about that? but they may be. >> bill: so could you drag other conservative members of the house along with you to go probable? >> conservatives are independen independent, the idea of liberty being a big benchmark, so again, i say we will have a conversation with mark meadows and the like, get their take on the bill, i will be responsible for my votes, they will be responsible for theirs. the two thank you, sir. we appreciate that, marc siegel now, professor of medicine, nyu, a member of fox's medical team. good morning to you. you have been waiting f...

President trump says $8 billion. the bill says $8 billion. it's not enough. one compromise to be if you create high-risk pools for those with pre-existing conditions that aren't getting it through the regular insurance, fund it and that's where subsidies belong. >> shannon: a number of insurers have been staying on the sidelines. we're hearing from the ceo of blue shield of california. we oppose it. it raises the specter that the sickest and needest among us will lose access. even if you have insurance, that doesn't necessarily equate access under obamacare, either. >> that's a great point. as...

Unusual paubecause it is only a house vote in a multi-step process. it is pouring like crazy. the president is likely not to be golfing today. so twitter is available for recreation. steph? >> well, kelly, he can do his second favorite activity. he can watch cable news. president trump, good morning. thank you to nbc's kelly o'connell. i want to stay on health care and bring in a doctor who worked in the obama administration and helped shape the affordable care act, obamacare. she's a practicing physician at johns hopkins center in baltimore and a fellow at the brookings institute, focusing ...

With me at storm center one here, a practicing physician with johns hopkins medicine and fellow at the brookings institution. he was instrumental in the development of obamacare and john c. goodman, senior fellow of the goodman institute for public research, andy slavitt, former head of medicare and medicaid underpresident obama. a whole lot of people here who know a lot about it. kavita, you've watched the changes to try and do more, it didn't seem to change the whip count on how this is going to go. what's your sense of the best thing to happen right now? >> the best thing -- if you're a rep...