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Sharing which has worked, honestly, quite successfully in several states. >> yeah. and that was my amendment. gregg: was it? i did not know that. >> yeah. the risk-sharing modeling because of the continuity of care, it's -- i'm almost phobic of risk pools as they've been designed in the past. the reason you do risk sharing is so you get this continuity of care where the patient, the medical provider and the insurer all have, shall we say, skin in the game to provide that continuity of care for those with chronic conditions. gregg: all right, let me ask you real quickly because i'm almost out o...

Steve: your daughter grace died at age of 11. that is her image. you want to make sure any family goes through life-threatening conditions needs good health care it is out there, that is why you added the mccart thursday amendment, authored it, preexisting conditions would be covered and they are under the republican plan. >> well, they're covered and covered just differently. that is what people are struggling with. that in the current system they're covered on the backs of other policyholders. there is simply not enough of them. these plans are failing. they're failing and people that have i...

Happening is young people are opting out. sick people who cannot get insurance before or did not have insurance and got sick are jumping into the pool and insurance companies losing hundreds of millions of dollars. >> explain what the risk pools are, if you are older or not healthy your premiums will be higher and the government subsidizes you, they help you financially. >> a way of thinking about it is car insurance company, and car insurance company get them together. >> the secretary of health and human services doctor tom price regarding at the plans, the decision to withdraw from the obam...

Is something that would not permit them to get insurance because of the pre-existing condition they can get coverage. we want to make sure it works. there is discussion about taking the risk pools and changing those a bit and other ideas. i think it's an interesting situation because we might provide more flexibility to the states to be able to design plans because we know that over time that will result in better healthcare that the government closer to the people will help to find out what works in that state to cover more people. >> shannon: bottom line, you talked about the failures and a ...

Law to me that says i have to cover everything, every drug, whether i can afford it or not. and the fact is i have no leverage. so i said let me exclude these high priced drugs, give me leverage and i'll be in a position to drive that cost down. that is not in this bill. >> the answer from dr. price is that this bill gives new flexibility to states, it gives new flexibility to governors and obviously could have a big impact on people with preexisting conditions in that states will be able to obtain waivers, and that insurance companies will be able to charge people are pre-existing -- >> let m...