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Risk pools, that people can buy down the cost. you're building to get into one of the pools. in essence, the insurance and the pricing gap that could occur. >> many of these risk pools have been tried in the past and most have been deemed unworkable. do you think we can come up with a better risk pool now? >> they have worked. i would use mainl as an example. so again, all we're saying is let's be more transparent in the process. right now we have with profound health care needs. i've had eight town hall meetings at home. i've heard a whole host of compelling stories that do make sense and hit...

Choice. but you'll see different proposals on high risk pools. >> let's talk about budget here for a moment. can you cobble together the votes for a budget resolution? >> i'm very optimistic. i've been working with groups across the aisle. there's a real desire, democrat and republican, to keep the government open next week. i think working together, i know i just had conversations with a colleague on the other side of the aisle just today. we're working with members that are about governing. so i'm confident we'll get through this next week and get it taken care of. >> if the white house insi...

Offered which on balance was good, $15 billion over eight years for high racing pools -- high risk pools, but there are other, in my view, structural flaws with the legislation. >> reporter: the most pressing thing congress is going to have to deal with though when they get back from recess is funding the government. they're going to have heads than a week to approve a budget or there's going to be a shutdown. kelly. kelly: yeah, a lot of people are saying there's a lot on their plate right now. for example, is there any chance at all that congress will come back to debate military action in s...

Live on capitol hill and will tell us about the last-second push to stop the members from going on recess. any chance that happens? >> we still expect to see a long line of cars and ubers taking lawmakers to the airport for their easter recess hours from now. but late last night paul ryan was at the white house meeting with the majority leader and the vice president, mike pence, talking about the way forward. in some time ryan is expected to talk about expanding insurance risk pools. the last time he was refused to handicap the chances of anything getting passed anytime soon. >> i'm hopeful. i...

The polling shows that 87% of americans like that protection, and now it sounds like after this meeting between the house freedom caucus and vice president pence last night, the trump administration may give on that. >> reporter: so, the big question now is what the actual bill, what the legislative language looks like. according to freedom caucus members after this meeting, they said there would be a carveout for pre-existing conditions, but if you look at insurance markets and look at how they actually work, it's unclear that any carveout would actually work or be viable. i think the big que...