it is hardly a debate completed or overwith or a fate decome plea, and grappling with the numbers so that it is is a pay or play, and stay in the employer-based plans. that is critically important, if we end up with a massive migration out of the employer-based plans, we have a whole other issue to grapple with. i am the first to admit, this is a difficult set of problems to grapple with and identify, and it has defied solution for over half a solution. but the fact is that 14,000 people a day are losing their health care coverage and those who have it can't afford it, and if they have it, out of pocket expenses make it impossible to play. 80 to 90 million of our fellow citizens in a calendar year are without health insurance coverage. every one of us here in the desk have health coverage and we have the federal health benefit package and while we are worried about the crisis, none of us have to worry about paying for it, because we have a good health care plan, but that is not true for our millions of citizens, and they need that help and the economy cannot sustain the system that i

before this journey is overwith, if you think about ways to accommodate that particular need. i'm told senator that our staff are the experts in this. they know everything. that for individuals on this right choices to -- if they found to have a disease, the program will help connect them with providers for treatment and that this fund that we have will help pay for that treatment, currently the uninsured have no interest in doing this. they make sure people with get treatment instead of waiting and going to the emergency room and costing more money. there is that provision in there. >> i thank my colleagues. you've been very helpful. senator enzi, we cleared out some matters. we had a long debate this morning. it is a very important bill and one that we'll be discussing and working on over the coming weeks as this process moves forward. we'll come back at 2:15 and continue this afternoon. senator sanders has an amendment he would like to offer and i'll make that the -- my first amendment after we get back very good. 2:30, not 2:15. we stand in recess. wñww >> this makes modes