Vote On GOP Health Care Plan Could Come This Week

JOINING ME IS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS OF
ILLINOIS. CONGRESSMAN, YOU SUPPORT THE
LATEST GOP HEALTH CARE BILL AND A MEMBER OF THE MODERATE TUESDAY
GROUP. I'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THIS THING,
BY MY ESTIMATION IT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME VER VERY UNPOPULAR
REPEAL BILL, EXCEPT, OF COURSE, INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN JACK UP
THEIR RATES IF YOU'RE ALREADY SICK.
HOW IS THIS A GOD IDEA? >> I DON'T SEE THAT.
WE THINK WE'VE GOT GOOD POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THE 29
MILLION AMERICANS WHO STILL UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN OF THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT DO NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND THE 31
MILLION MORE AMERICANS THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO USE THE COVERAGE
THEY HAVE. I WAS A SUPPORTER OF THE FIRST
BILL BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE GOOD POLICIES THAT WILL ACHIEVE
THOSE GOALS. THIS AMENDMENT ENSURES THAT THE
FEDERAL ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS COVERING PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS, MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND MATERNITY CARE WILL REMAIN
UNLESS THE STATES DECIDE THEY CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME GOALS OF
LOWERING COSTS, PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE COVERAGE AND DOING IT
WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSING A BILL THAT'S GOING TO
ACHIEVE THE SAME GOALS THAT ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS DO.
REMEMBER, STATES REGULATE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE RIGHT NOW.
AND STATES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO ENSURE AND MANY STATES
LIKE MINE HAVE TOUGHER EHBs THAN WHAT WE HAVE AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL RIGHT NOW. >> BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
DOES THIS NOT GIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO
JACK UP THEIR RATES ON PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS?
BECAUSE INSURANCE COMPANIES -- >> NO.
>> STAKEHOLDERS, ARE THEIR EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS, NOT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> THE ANSWER IS NO.
NO WAIVER CAN BE GIVEN UNLESS CERTAIN GOALS ARE MET, CERTAIN
CRITERIA ARE MET, AND AN INVISIBLE HIGH RISK POOL HAS TO
BE SET UP LIKE IS WORKING VERY WELL IN THE STATE OF MAINE,
WHERE THOSE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS DON'T KNOW THEY'RE IN
THE HIGH RISK POOL. THEY'RE PAYING THE SAME AMOUE A
AS THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS.
THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF ANY WAIVER REQUEST.
AND REMEMBER EACH STATE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO HAVE TO
PASS A BILL TO REQUIRE THAT MANY OF THE GOALS ARE BEING MET, LIKE
LOWERING THE COST OF COVERAGE, PROVIDING ACCESSIBILITY.
WE BELIEVE OUR BILL WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PREEXISTING
CONDITION COVERAGE TO EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN AND THAT'S
PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE MY WIFE IS AN 18-YEAR
CANCER SURVIVOR. >> WELL, THEN, OTHER
REPUBLICANS, OTHER MODERATE REPUBLICANS, WHY IS IT THAT
THEY'RE NOT YET ON BOARD? I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOUR WIFE IS AN
18-YEAR CANCER SURVIVOR. THAT IS SUPERB.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY MANY OF
THEM ARE NOT ON BOARD, BUT REMEMBER, THERE WERE MANY
REPUBLICANS OF ALL DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES THAT WERE NO THE
FIRST TIME THE BILL WAS UP, WHICH IS WHY THE BILL WAS
PULLED. WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS COMMON
SENSE AMENDMENT AND OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT I'M SURE ARE
LIKELY GOING TO BE INTRODUCED, ARE GOING TO HELP US GET THIS
BILL TO THE SENATE SO THEY CAN DO THEIR LEGISLATIVE WORK AND
SEND IT BACK TO US. >> I'M GUESSING YOU HAVE TO BE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TUESDAY GROUP.
THOSE WHO ARE NOT ON BOARD, WHY AREN'T THEY?
WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU? >> THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF
REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T SUPPORT THIS BILL OR MANY OTHER BILLS,
AND I DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE TUESDAY GROUP.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY CONSTITUENTS.
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD CONCERN WITH THE INITIAL BILL
BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THEIR STATE DIFFERENTLY THAN IT AFFECTS
MINE. THAT'S THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY MAJOR PIECE OF LEGISLATION WE HAVE.
WE CAN'T FORGET THE FACTS. THE FACTS ARE THAT 29 MILLION
AMERICANS RIGHT NOW STILL DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE WHEN
THE LAW REQUIRES THEM TO. 31 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE FACED
ASTRONOMICAL PREMIUM INCREASES AND HAVE DEDUCTIBLES THEY CAN'T
MEET BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO USE THE COVERAGE THEY HAVE.
EVEN BILL CLINTON A FEW MONTHS AGO SAID THIS WAS A DISASTER.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP THEM.
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS THING NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED.
HOW MUCH HONESTLY PRESSURE ARE YOU UNDER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
TO GET THIS THING THROUGH, OFF YOUR PLATE, MOVE IT TO THE
SENATE, TO GIVE THE WHITE HOUSE A LEGISLATIVE WIN BECAUSE,
FRANKLY, THERE ISN'T ONE IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS?
>> I HAVEN'T FELT ANY PRESSURE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH AND OPEN TO MANY
SUGGESTIONS AND I HAVE TO THANK PRESIDENT TRUMP, VICE
PRESIDENT PENCE, REINCE PRIEBUS, AND THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED WITH
US TO COME UP WITH COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS TO MAKE THIS BETTER.
THERE'S NO PRESSURE. IT'S ACTUALLY DISCUSSIONS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T HAVE DURING MY FOUR YEARS WITH
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. SO, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO
ACHIEVE THOSE GLS THAT I ME

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