RADDATZ: Senator Cassidy, let’s get down to this in a little more detail.

Senator Graham mentioned Susan Collins. Susan Collins, whose vote you’re trying to get, says she’s reading the fine print and said it doesn’t protect people with preexisting conditions. You had the same argument from Jimmy Kimmel, as you know, because their premiums could be so high that it wouldn’t be affordable.

How is this someone who’s going to come around?

SEN. BILL CASSIDY (R), LOUISIANA: One, that’s absolutely incorrect. President Trump has said he will not sign a bill which does not protect those with pre-existing conditions. I’m a physician who worked in a public hospital for 25 years caring for those with pre-existing conditions.

Our language says that if a state wishes to do something different, as they do something different, they must first establish that those with pre-existing conditions have access to affordable and adequate coverage.

Two things more. Affordable — how do you define it, people ask?

It means able to afford. Now, contrast that with status quo. If you’re not getting subsidies right now on the exchanges, your premiums, with deductibles, can be $30,000 to $45,000…

RADDATZ: And how is that decided, who can afford it? How is that decided? That’s what is missing in the bill. What is adequate and affordable care? That’s what people are complaining about.