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Condition. she's uncovered right now under obamacare. we're trying to move toward a system that provides more options and choices for people that lowers the costs. and i personally - - >>chris: let me jump in because under repeal and replace, the bill you voted for, if someone had a lapse in coverage of 63 days. a lot of cases of pre-existing conditions, then want to buy it. if you had a lapse in coverage for 63 days, states could force those people, instead of buying it from an insurance company to buy it from a risk pool and that meant the premiums would be higher. that's exactly the kind of...

And vince is a republican strategist and a former campaign manager for george pataki's presidential campaign. seems like there's this rush. they want it done before the end of the year, which seems like pie in the sky at this point. what do you make of the alexander murray compromise bill? >> i have a lot of sympathy for lamar alexander. what he offered up with patty murray was a good faith compromise from my perspective. it's not perfect. seems clear that the republicans would get what they wanted with state flexibility. and democrats got what they wanted so there wouldn't be chaos in the mar...

I think alexander murray takes a step in the right direction saying let's get more state flexibility and republicans can push more on fundamental reform if they're going to pay these subsidies through 2019 which is what alexander murray proposes they should push for reform as part of that. this is the start of the discussion. not what people around washington want to hear. start of the discussion. we haven't begun to really talk about this yet. >> we're in health care 7.0 at this point. when you call it an opportunity, and i know you're a glass half full kind of guy, i don't know if the folks ...

Sara murray starts us off with the president's second press conference in his many days. >> reporter: president trump throwing his support behind a bipartisan deal in congress to restore obamacare subsidies. paymen payments trump declared an end two just days earlier. >> this is a short-term deal because we think ultimately block grants going to the states is going to be the answer. that's a very good solution. >> reporter: trump lauded the fix which has garnered tentative support in congress and would restore cost-sharing payments for two years in exchange for more state flexibility in obamac...

The idea of what both sides would get, both sides like. getting a little bit north of $100 million in obamacare outreach funding for people who are trying to enroll in the exchanges. for republicans, it's all about regulations. we heard this repeatedly during the replace process. and what senator lamar alexander has negotiated is significant state flexibility to kind of change the obamacare regulations to make them more palatable for what the state wants to actually do. that's something that has been considered onerous by a lot of republican governors, especially it's something republicans hav...