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Vote or go down the defeat. what happens then? >> well, i think you know, there is some talk about that maine has a high risk pool and we've adopted it. there is something that concerns me a little bit that the republicans should take a hard look at, and that is, high risk pool, it is very important. it worked in maine. we lowered premiums by 69% in the individual market. but one thing that i don't think is important to the bill, and important that republicans stay on is this whole idea that preexisting conditions should be used to set rates. i think that needs to go away. that goes away, this...

Decisions. >> neil: the rare time we see a compromise, keeping the government lights on through the end of the fiscal year, they pounce on that and get into sort of a partisan pickering back and forth. >> it is a shame, that the republicans got rolled. the truth of the matter, is the republicans compromised. >> neil: both sides compromised. lee carter, thank you very much. on this health care, that lee was alluding to here, there is a push, and vice-president pence is leading it. they're harkining back to where they have a high risk pool for otherwise would have a tough time getting insuranc...

Can sort this through this preexisting stuff, i talked to mike kelly of pennsylvania who wasn't entirely sure whether preexisting conditions would be covered by all the states. so that got some alarms. let me ask about that. if for some reason, whether it is a preexisting thing or the high risk pool or trying to, you know, imitate what you're doing and they fail, republicans really can't have another botched attempt at this. can they? >> well, you know, no. i think the first time around, they should have done a little bit more homework. this time, we're so, so close. i really believe, neil, we...

Preexisting condition, and they go and in the back room and get their insurance and go on. the insurance company -- >> neil: do they pay more for that, governor? >> no, that's the point. they just registered into the high risk pool. everything is done in the back office. they get their insurance, they move on. the same insurance that all of us get. and then the insurance company and the government say we have a high risk pool, government, you are going to pay extra here. no one knows who is in the high risk pool, including the people that said they have a preexisting condition. >> but the insu...

Alternative, are the answer. what exactly are they, and how would they affect coverage? >> they divide people into two different groups. one group is healthy so their health care premiums could be lower. a second pool are people with health conditions. anything from cancer all the way down to allergies or high blood pressure. they'll cost the system more so they're put into the high risk pool. the issue, as you saw in the graphic, this is a lot of people in this country who would be covered under the preexisting conditions or possibly put into the high risk pool. one in two americans 86% of pe...