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By passing the American Health Care Act by a vote of 217 to 213, the U.S. House of Representatives has taken a major step in the process of repealing and replacing Obamacare. It’s now time for the Senate to act. ....
Conditions. correct. well, correct in the sense that that s the campaign issue. i think i voted against the health care bill on the floor. the preexisting conditions coverage, i think, at this point in time, nobody can be against. i think that the question that s being litigated is whether those who voted to allow a state to weigh that in certain circumstances if there was a state stability fund set up in order to provide the alternative cover. if we re going to talk health care policy, we ll get in the weeds. that what will get mitigated. hard to litigate. this is what democrats need to run on, everyone they are. and we shouldn t get distracted with the side track that trump is trying to do. he knows health care s a losing issue for him. he knows people s deductibles have gone up, premiums have gone up, they aren t getting coverage and we re winning on the health care debate. one more issue no one is running on, but might be one of the most important in the world, becaus ....
Well, correct in the sense that that s the campaign issue. i think i voted against the health care bill on the floor. the preexisting conditions coverage, i think, at this point in time, nobody can be against. i think that the question that s being litigated is whether those who voted to allow a state to weigh that in certain circumstances if there was a state stability fund set up in order to provide the alternative cover. if we re going to talk health care policy, we ll get in the weeds. that what will get mitigated. hard to litigate. this is what democrats need to run on, everyone they are. and we shouldn t get distracted with the side track that trump is trying to do. he knows health care s a losing issue for him. he knows people s deductibles have gone up, premiums have gone up, they aren t getting coverage and we re winning on the health care debate. one more issue no one is running on, but might be one of the most important in the world, because i have you both here, ....
The polling shows that 87% of americans like that protection, and now it sounds like after this meeting between the house freedom caucus and vice president pence last night, the trump administration may give on that. reporter: so, the big question now is what the actual bill, what the legislative language looks like. according to freedom caucus members after this meeting, they said there would be a carveout for pre-existing conditions, but if you look at insurance markets and look at how they actually work, it s unclear that any carveout would actually work or be viable. i think the big question now is as part of this proposal as has been put on the table, they are planning to send more money to what they call a state stability fund that s kind of designed to plus up high risk pools that they hope at the state level will kind of come into play, come into place and help address some of these issues, but there s no question about it. i think this is why it s important to note as we mov ....
The president himself informed the budget director it was time to lay down the law more or less. time to say negotiations were over. there were no more changes coming to the bill and time for a vote. i will tell you, anderson, talking to leadership sources, they don t have the votes. they are short. they did this knowing they need to put everybody s back against the wall and hold the vote. as this deal is moved forward, i m learning more about what will be in the final measure. how the moderates will react to the stripping of those essential health care benefits in obamacare. they are trying to apiece them in three different ways, one requiring by 2018 that every single state decide and announce what their own individual essential health benefits would be for the state insurance plans and adding additional 15 billion to a state stability fund in the bill designed to address maternity care, and separate issues that some of those essential health benefits would have actually helped out w ....