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What we should have done is fix what was broken without breaking what was working and that's what obamacare did. by financing state i had risk pools to guarantee people get affordable coverage when they have a preexisting condition like yourself, you are dramatically lowering the price for everybody else. if we say as taxpayers and i agree with this, finance the coverage for those 8% of americans under 65 in the condition like yours, they don't have to be covered or paid for by their small business or insurer who is buying the rates for the rest of the people in their insured pool and lower th...

Americans, keep the rise in premiums from what they otherwise would have been. do things like have pre -- the provisions on pre-existing conditions, the out-of-pocket expenditures, limits on lifetime coverage. all those kind of things if the republicans can square the circle on that. of course, democrats want to participate. the fact of the matter is, as you just pointed out, you can't do this without the mandate. if you take away the mandate, what you do is shift all the risk pools to the high-risk individuals. at that point, premiums skyrocket. nobody will be able to afford health insurance ...

Changes that might be coming. first, tax credits instead of subsidies. that could help more middle class families who don't qualify for help, but hurt lower income families. high risk pools for the sick. this covers some people with pre-existing conditions who have insurance and send money to states for new enrollees. states get federal block grants for medicaid. that limits how much money the federal government spends on insurance for the poor. some worry limits coverage for the poor. finally, bolstered health savings accounts. hsas are common with high deductible plans. for eight years now, ...

Can i tell you, this is a hot mess and going to stay a hot mess. i've had zeke emanuel on the show many times. many worthwhile exchanges, check it out on youtube. he does not like the republican plan for keeping people with preexisting conditions covered but finding another way, not imposing the mandate that makes the young people and everybody else buy insurance when they don't want it. he says the republican plan is going to push them off into the risk pools like the people with the preexisting conditions have to go into special pools and coverage is going to suck and not going to get enough...

Lot of unfair demagoguery from democrats. >> two things people liked with the president obama's plan. >> liked? >> i mean, the whole thing that you can't be penalized for pre-existing conditions. >> but very few people in the united states ever were. because the states had high risk pools. >> i've got that. but it's a good sound bite that was hard to argue against. >> and the republicans are offering those same protections. >> what about letting the kids stay on your coverage for a long time? >> you bet. every plan will have that. because that was very very popular. >> so can we turn this arou...