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Increases our rates by 19% to 20%. that is a significant increase. and we have to ask ourselves, is that something that we would like to put in front of the individual market? >> right. and you will be then, further perceived, the insurance companies as the villains of all of this. what i hear you say, you correct me if i'm wrong, if people aren't forced to have health insurance, you're going to be in the untenable position to having to provide coverage for folks with pre-existing conditions, but you won't have the young invincibles to offset the costs. the rates are going to go sky high becau...

Me if i'm wrong, if people aren't forced to have health insurance, you're going to be in the untenable position to having provide coverage for folks with preexisting conditionins, but y won't have the young inconvinceablies to offset the costs. the rates goring toe go sky high because there is no individual mandate? >> that is correct. what we're saying now is, look, we've got to come together now. it is time for a bipartisanship approach to this. let's fund the csrs, the subsidies so the risk pool is manageable. and we can have the young healthy folks in the pool, as well as those who are sic...

These are two fine servants in bob casey and pat toomer. from the republican respect as well, pat toomey wants it to be sustainable. we have to get a meeting of the minds. i believe the same thing for leader mcconnell, leader schumer. get the people in the house committee, senator amill alexander beginning to have conversations about how the marketplace can go forward. how we can insure more people and in the interim to your point, let's make sure we fund the subsidies. let's make sure we mandate that folks stay in the market place so the risk pool is a risk pool that's workable. >> dan hilfer...

Slightly better outcomes. when did this become a liberal versus a conservative thing, because if i'm a conservative and want government to spend less, i would look at some of the other conservative policies. why did this become a political conservative thing? >> i think there were just not enough single payers, listen, the two senators you had on tonight talked about the cost of prescription drugs. they didn't offer, and i say it respectfully, a real plan. ali you know what happened, obamacare injected into the risk pool, highly subsidized families, i say take the high risk pools and move them...

Keep the medicaid in place for those who need financial assistance and you have stabilized and driven down cost for the medium low pool. they recognize there is a high risk pool that does need extended coverage and there is a financial challenge, financially challenged pool that does need federal assistance. >> donald trump tweeted as was expected. three republicans and 48 democrats have let the country down. he said also, i said from the beginning, let obamacare implode, then deal. watch. tell me how you interpret that. >> listen, this is the president shifting his plan again based on whateve...