Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170504:17:42:00
This was the amendment that would add $8 billion over five years to help people with preexisting conditions in states that waive coverage in favor of high risk pools. is that enough money to cover those people? >> absolutely not. it is not nearly enough money in the first two years of the affordable care act, we had a preexisting condition program that allowed people who had preexisting conditions to get coverage and we ran out of money in the fund. that's why it was important for us to have the marketplace and get rid of the provisions that people had to have, couldn't get coverage because of...