as somebody who knows this plan intricately, and also i presume knows what doesn t work about it, and that there are acknowledged problems, what are sort of the mine fields you think democrats have to look at if they indeed do want to do what s best for the american people and fix what s wrong with this? well, first, i think that leading new republican idea, the cruz amendment, is an astoundingly atrocious idea. it s going to put america in two camps. those who are healthy and those who are unhealthy. and those who are unhealthy, the promise is going to be that they re going to have their medical bills paid for by the federal government. that s i don t think that s going to happen. so that s a very, very bad idea. again, it will not allow for preexisting conditions. and some of the essential medical services that are current in today s law. democrats have to just be very