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00:00ACT IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT. WE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER BLUEPRINT? WHAT IS THE STATE OF PLAY? >> THERE'S AN EFFORT LED BY THE WHITE HOUSE TO REVIVE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT. THE IDEA IS LESS CHANGE PROVISIONS HERE AND THERE AND MAKE SOME TWEETS BASED OFF A BILL THAT WAS RELEASED IN EFFORT TO WIN THE SKEPTICS. THE MAIN PEOPLE ARE BEING NEGOTIATED WITH IS THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS, THREE DOZEN ULTRACONSERVATIVES WHO CONTRIBUTED TO ITS DEFEAT. THE REASON IT DIDN'T WORK LAST TIME WAS THAT IF YOU MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND UNTIL THE BILL IN ORDER TO MOVE IT IN THEIR DIRECTION, YOU LOSE MODERATES. THAT'S WHY WE SAW SPEAKER RYAN BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS. DAVID: ARE WE GOING TO SEE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP OF THE WHITE HOUSE FLEXING MORE MUSCLE TO GET MORE CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS OF THE CAUCUS ON TO THEIR SIDE? WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION BY LIGHT BETWEEN MODERATES AND CONSERVATIVES? SAHIL: THERE'S A GOOD COP, BAD COP, THE PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE PLAYING GOOD CAPOP, AND THEN YOU HAVE VICE PRESIDENT PENCE, KNOWS LOVE THE MEMBERS AND SERVED WITH HIM IN THE HOUSE MEETING WITH THEM AND WORKING WITH THEM, TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS. WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE BILL TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR STATE STOPPED OUT OF ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS, AND OBAMACARE, THESE 10 POLICIES THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE TO COVER IN EVERY PLAN, A NUMBER OF CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS WANT THEM TO BE OPTIONAL FOR STATES AT THE VERY LEAST, SO THE IDEAS THAT MIGHT WIN SOME VOTES. OTHER THINGS LIKE REMOVING COMMUNITY RATINGS, WHICH WILL LET INSURANCE COMPANIES CHARGE PEOPLE WHATEVER THEY WANT IS NOT SITTING WELL WITH MODERN MEMBERS. IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE INCLUDED. DAVID: BEFORE THE AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT WAS BROUGHT UP FOR A VOTE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PATH FORWARD FOR HEALTH CARE AND TAX REFORM. THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER YOU COULD COUPLE THESE THINGS TOGETHER. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING EXACTLY, BUT YOU DO HAVE A CONGRESS TRYING TO WORK ON BOTH ISSUES AT ONCE. HOW MUCH OF A DISTRACTION IS THIS? THE LEADERSHIP IS TRYING TO GO FULL SPEED AHEAD ON TAX REFORM. HIS HEALTH CARE A DISTRACTION AT THIS POINT? SAHIL: IT'S NOT EASY FOR CONGRESS TO DO TWO BIG THINGS AT ONCE. THE FACT THAT ROBERT AND WANTED TO MOVE TO TAX REFORM -- REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT TO MOVE TO TAX REFORM IS OBLIGATED BY THE FACT REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE TRYING TO PUSH FOR HEALTH CARE. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE THE SENATE ENGAGE IN A PRETTY BITTER FIGHT ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT NOMINATION ABOUT NO GORSUCH, WE MAY SEE A RADICAL CHANGE IN THE RULES ON THAT. IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE TO DEAL WITH FINDING A WAY TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT-FUNDED TO PREVENT A SHUTDOWN ON APRIL 29, IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. THERE ARE A LOT OF BALL'S IN THE

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