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>> i think the way you protect that is, first and foremost you make it very clear. as we did in the first bill, but with the amendments that have taken place, in the last several weeks, and come forward, it is even better still, that we're basically borrowing an idea from the state of maine that has seen a significant drop in premiums for people on their health insurance because you take people that have pre-existing and costly conditions and put them into a high-risk pool and you subsidize that so that it is affordable to those individuals. so you're guaranteeing coverage for pre-existing con...

They have in the state of maine. where the state will have to show that those with pre-existing conditions or those with high health care costs are not going to be disadvantaged, where the state would step in with this high risk pool and cover the basis for the insurance company so they don't have to price it into the people are yourself. it is a limited waiver. and hhs and chs will scrutinize to make sure thatter with taking care of people with health insurance so they're not disadvantaged nflt the president talked about how there's an infrastructure plan that is pretty. done. can you tell me...

>> but congressman, new york is not going to and for the exception. the states asking for the exception. what about the people in those states who have pre-existing conditions? can you assure them, even though you're not necessarily their representative. can you assure them that the republican party is working to make sure that their health care is not going to be unaffordable? i say this because the american medical association and the american hospital association both say that the current plan will allow people with pre-existing conditions to get charged so much that it will make it so they...

Federal or state high risk pool that guarantees that people will be able to have coverage and it will be affordable. >> so there you heard the vice president saying these pools will guarantee people have affordable coverage. but some of the questions that folks who are still on the fence and also outside groups that are trying to influence members of congress when it comes to this legislation, onest big questions is whether they will be enough subsidies to truly make sure that coverage is affordable for the folks in these high risk pools. so that's a sticking point. it's not clear at this poin...

Rise of insurance premiu, how do you protect that? >> first of all, you make it very clear like we d in the first bill, but with the amendments that have taken place in the last several weeks and come forward, it's even better still. we're basically borrowing an idea from the state of maine that has seen a significant drop in premiums for people on their health insurance because you take people that have preexisting and costly conditions and put them into a high-risk pool, and you subsidize that so it is affordable to those individuals. so you're guaranteeing coverage for preexisting condition...