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May not want, but that's the best way to get people covered. >> all right, tammy luby, this is when you come in to explain. you hear it two different ways. what's the truth in the graham/cassidy bill when it comes to pre-existing conditions? >> technically insurers will not be allowed to deny people coverage because of pre-existing conditions, but unlike under obamacare, insurers will be allowed to charge people based on their medical history. so those who are sick can be charged a lot of money. >> they can jack up the rates. >> sure. we've seen that in the past before obamacare. also on top o...

Most people say they're tired of the back-and-forth of one party to another and they would like to see alexander have his shot and getting a bipartisan bill done. >> jon: john, you mentioned that a lot of people are offering policies that are inappropriate to their medical needs. you're saying that young people are being forced under obamacare to buy insurance they don't need. >> young, healthy families are being forced to buy insurance with unlimited coverage, so if they have a 3 million dollar premature baby, the hospital gets the $3 million, but this party has a $13,000 deductible and insur...

From senator sanders is material right now. >> jon: john, you think this block to grant proposal is the way to go, at least for now. >> absolutely. we have a real problem with the race to the bottom. sidney answered and in houston is our best cancer treatment facility. our best facility takes no insurance and the obamacare exchange. this is a race to the bottom and what this bill will do as it doesn't require the states to turn this around, but it gives them the opportunity to liberate the market from very, very perverse incentives. >> jon: good discussion, we'll see with the senate decides on...

Some cases. we don't know what this bill is going to do. but a lot of consumer activists, the ama, aarp are saying this is going to hurt a lot of people and come out strongly opposing this. this bill contains a lot of the issues as we have seen that the republicans put forth. >> what about pre-existing conditions, would that be protected? >> not in the way it's protected under obamacare. there's iron clad protections, insurers must provide coverage to everyone. they can't charge people based on their medical history and provide comprehensive policies. under the graham cassidy bill they would b...

Unless it's a $13 deductible what this bill doesn't give the states and power to to liberate these people, with them use the obamacare money to subsidize group insurance which in these days is a lot better and a lot less expensive than the individual insurance. >> jon: do you disagree would work that way? >> i think all this is is a smaller version of obamacare. it takes obamacare and strips a lot of the money that goes to low income people and it hermetically reduces the cost and does a big shift from blue states to read, so i have a hard time understanding how republicans in new york and cal...