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 this proposal. john goodman, andy, thank you. julie: from capitol hill, the senate has decided to postpone questioning president ups attorney michael cohen after he read an opening saving behind closed doors to the panel
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 be required to cover everybody, they can t just turn people away but they ll be able to charge people based on their medical history. so that means people who have cancer, diabetes, heart disease they may end up to pay a lot
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 california are going to support this bill. most people in america would like to see a bipartisan bill. i think senator alexander and jackson are trying to being people together.
obamacare. let s bring in john goodman. he likes the sound of the proposal he does not think much of this proposal. gentlemen, let s try to each make your best case without stepping all over each other. john, why do you think it will work and cure what ails obamacare? because under obamacare, there are a million people who are uninsured is going to stay that way for a long time because obamacare is trying to force them to buy insurance which is inappropriate for the health and financial condition. the workers at fast food restaurants all over the country are being told by their employers that if they want insurance, it s going to cost them 10% of their pay and $7,000 deductible. it won t cover their families
obamacare and berniecare. it s going into further bankruptcy. it s more decisions further away from where you live and in 1996 we blocked money for welfare reform and it worked like a charm. we put governors in charge of the program and held them accountable. here s the choice for america. socialism or federalism when it comes to your health care. four states get 40% of the money under obamacare, new york, california, massachusetts and maryland, they represent 20% of the population. our goal is by 2026 to make sure every patient in every state gets the same contribution roughly from the federal government and allow people in your states to make decisions that would have been made in washington. the most beneficial aspect follows. if you don t like obamacare who do you complain to?