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It has nothing to do with hurricanes and sneaking it through. it has everything to do with the fact that republicans can't do this via reconciliation after september 30. >> bret: "the federalist" will probably say it's not the ultimate federalism. >> that's the big argument. it allows flexibility in the states. they can do they want. you can see which ideas work better. there's a little bit of an inherent bias cooked in. if you want to move towards single-payer you don't need a waiver from hhs. if you want to test out market reforms, you do need a waiver. with that being the case and the need ...

Focus of the criticism today. let's bring in the panel. stephen hayes, editor-in-chief of "the weekly standard." mollie hemingway, senior editor at "the federalist" and charles lane, opening writer for "the washington post." let's talk about the substance. what this bill does and what he doesn't do. >> this bill does not repeal and replace obamacare. it keeps most obamacare taxes and spending but block grants to states after 2020. the main selling point is flexibility. lindsey graham making the argument that states are going to be able to do they want, they can experiment in the manner they wa...

Way to answer that? >> single-payer is one of the ways to make a simpler system. this graham cassidy planned to have 50 different health care systems in the united states is not the right plan either. i would prefer a simple universal german style system. >> jon: what would it do? >> you can think about that essentially as a single private insurance market for everyone, the insurers are intelligently regulated to provide value. in the united states we have medicaid, medicare, the va, employer sponsored insurance. it's that complexity that makes it impossible to improve our system. >> jon: the ...

Fellow senator elizabeth warren is cosponsoring the bill. what are the benefits, if any? joining us now, former policy director for the romney campaign and counselor for the bay area economic institute. a single-payer, other countries have it. doesn't work? >> other countries have it but i think what people often don't realize is other countries have significant private sector influences in their systems as well. i think a lot of times supporters overstate the case. those countries are having tremendous problems with cost containment. it's not like they are better off from a cost perspective, ...

We know estimates now show more than 45% of the counties in america are going to have just one insurer to choose from in 2018. cbo which you mentioned has as meted health care premiums are sent to rise an additional 15%. we had ceos of insurance companies say obamacare is in a death spiral. these are real things that need to be addressed and what other democratic answers, single-paye single-payer? >> harris: we head into a new weekend. it's interesting because democrats are going to be rolling this out, the pushback in every thing else. want to much of the mainstream media will cover that. you...