kelly pfeifer with the california health care foundation, and thank you for being here today. >> oh,hanks for having me. >> i've read several of the articles you've written about opioid addiction, and one of which you talked about prince, the late prince, and stigma and the need for treatment. >> well, prince's story is so tragically common. we have so many people who go into the emergency room, their overdose is reversed, their life is saved, and then they're back in the community and then there's often a death a few weeks later. and if you compare it to how we treat any other condition like a heart attack -- if you go into an emergency department with a heart attack, not only is your life saved, but an entire team of people gather together to make sure this never happens again. you get medications right away, specialists visit you in the hospital, your insurance company might send a case manager to make sure you get all the treatment you need.ll the on the other hand, if you have addiction, your life is saved with a drug that makes you feel horrible, like you're gonna die. you're o

aarp, 40 of the top health care groups from new york to georgia, california. five republican senators, the heritage foundation. you've got to be kidding me. first of all, trump should not stomp on this. if they ask him a question, what's in the bill, he would have no idea. bob pointed something out. there are a lot of conservative groups that don't like this. >> meghan: we are both in agreement that if the republicans blow it, there will be ramifications. can't overemphasize how important it is. if i were president trump, i would invite everyone from the freedom caucus. rand paul, mark sanford, all the people, the major players. what do we do to make this work? none of us want to hand over our political capital to the democrats. this lives and dies in the hands of the freedom caucus. >> eric: the freedom caucus came out yesterday afternoon and said here's what want to do. repeal. we will about replace later. there are a lot of people is that you've got to do them both. >> brian: he said let's repeal it then for two years, will work on it. everything stays in place until we change it. you know the markets bett