propping up the insurance companies. the buying pools, where you can enjoy an association, drive prices down. they absolutely hate it, because they think it might eat into their profit. they love sort of prive taatizi their $15 billion a year profit but socializing their losses the in the individual market. i have absolutely no sympathy for the insurance companies to be bailed out by the taxpayer. that $15 billion in profit, that s where the risk should come from. that s where when we have to absorb risk when people get sick should come out of their pocket, not the taxpayer s pocket. senator rand paul, thank you so much for being on this morning. thank you, senator. just ahead, we ll hear from republican senator bill cassidy who has his own concerns about the plan. and as we go to break, president trump tries to apply pressure to democrats.