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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, be 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 pre-existing condition cans in that states will be able to obtain waivers and that insurance companies will be able to charge people with of will- will-. >> let me tell you, the low risk po...

People start with that. people for whom it's not affordable, we then need to go back and revisit how we fix the law, not tear it down but do things like for example expand medicaid in states that haven't expanded it so we get sick people out of the risk pools into medicaid. honor the reinsurance payments we promised to make to insurers republicans wouldn't let us pay. there are $8 billion of payments owed under the affordable care act that republicans blocked. if those payments were made premiums could come way down. >> jonathan, we'll leave it there. thanks for coming back. >> my pleasure. >>...

Will cover pre-existing conditions. >> if you have a plan today and you have a pre-existing condition, under our bill you'll be protected forever. >> but the bill would allow states to permit insurers to charge people with pre-existing conditions more. to help cover those increased scots, states could set up high risk pools. the federal government could set up 108 billion over nine years to help pay. they said high risk pools can work but only if funded properly. >> the republican bill did not set enough money aside to cover the cost of high risk pool coverage for the people who could find the...

That insurance companies are pulling out of obamacare. >> and really in a matter of a month or so. the obama administration took 14 months, held multiple hearings, and the -- i do think we have to take a step back and ask how fast they are moving in this and the $8 million how it won't even begin to cover preexisting conditions, where did that number come from? nobody seems to know, it expires after five years. what happens after five years? there are some questions in this bill that we don't know the answers to. there's some very fundamental things like mental health care coverage. and also t...

Until 24, 30 hours ago, this was a bill that looked as though it was on the brink of collapse. lawmakers were coming out saying, look, i can't support this bill and the key issue was many members believed the pre-existing conditions protections in obamacare would be eroded too much and they were hearing a lot of complaints from constituents as well as interest groups. but i will say you were asking what got this bill across the finish line in the end we're about to find out in a little bit when the house actually votes and this won't be final until we see that vote count the addition of $8 bil...