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We had to write a bill because of the antiquated senate reconciliation process. what we did in the house, we put together a bill we believe will provide opportunities to get more coverage, better coverage, more affordable coverage for every single american. that means getting phase ii and phase three of our plan into place. allow groups like aarp to ban together nationwide. to create large groups so their members can get access to coverage. that's in phase three. we've talked about this since day one. what we have to do is address a problem with the medicaid expansion system in this country. w...

To have them make that system stronger or states won't be able to afford their expenses. that's what we have to do. >> i'm not sure it gets there. if you need democratic support, which it looks line you'll need, we have to take different approaches. but i appreciate the time you've taken. the republican from illinois. i look forward to talking to you again. >> joining me now, democrat from minnesota west showed you her picture a minute ago when i said we would talk to rodney davis. i think our viewers figured out you weren't rodney davis. i have to warn you, in the bottom corner of the screen,...

Collapsing insurance markets. look at the maine example where they had guaranteed issue, it drove the premiums up by double. then they instituted invisible high-risk pool and the premiums were cut in half according to one study. the bottom line is, we can do this but need the information. the problem in washington, d.c. is we talk policy absent and void of information. that was my problem with the process, is it started with all these policy arguments, void of any information. we finally have some information. one cbo score. i think this is going to give us an awful lot of latitude to get the ...

Address the concerns in both rural states and urban states. so in that regard, i thought he made the right move. >> okay, and that helps you? >> there were tax reductions that were made. some of those tax reductions may very well be on the table. because if you keep some in place, you can supplement -- >> we just played the president public remarks to you all. what do you think he meant by that last line, it's going to be something we're not going to like and that's okay. what do you think he meant by that? >> well, i think the concern we've got is if we don't get something done and we lose el...

>> he said he would get to 50. is there any constituency? >> yeah, he peeked out of the closed door meeting, saw that this bill didn't have support. shut the doors and they're back to their secret negotiations. it is a real shame that this can't happen. it is not good for this country to have 1/5 of our economy be a ping pong ball. and maybe republicans look at what they want. maybe they'll pass a bill that strips away the affordable care act. but maybe we'll be in a single payer system. i would be. better to sit down and create joint ownership. talk about kernels and see if we can get somethi...