host: sandy praeger?many people too quickly. they have struggled with 10 care in tennessee. i am not as familiar with the program today, but i know in the early years when they were getting 10 care started they tried to do too much, too fast. i think that is a good caution in trying to get the uninsured into the system. there is concern that if we get the 30 million that is anticipated in this senate proposal, if you get that many new people into the system, will we have the primary care providers to provide this service? i think caution going forward is certainly warranted, and making sure that whatever reforms are implemented are implemented over a certain time frame. the pre-existing condition issue is a big one. it is in the house and senate version. i think there is broad agreement that it would be great to get rid of the pre-existing condition exclusion, but as the caller pointed out, you cannot buy homeowner's insuranceÑi when your house is burning. to wait until your sick to buy health insurance w

andrews who attended the health care meeting will talk about what's ahead for health care and then sandy praegerns us and later thomas hoenig talks about banking regulations. "washington journal" begins at 7:00 each morning. up next, a hearing on executive pay at a.i.g. and other financial companies who received government loans. we'll hear from the treasury department and the federal reserve. the house financial services committee is chaired by barney frank . this is a one-hour portion. >> chairman frank, ranking mechanic baucus, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this important subject. our principle is to attract and obtain the executive leadership needed to ensure the ongoing function of the secondary mortgage market while minimizing taxpayer losses. at the inception, the incumbent c.e.o.s were replaced and received no severance payment because most of their compensation has been in the form of stocks and roughly 2/3 of their pay during their ten. ultimately, five of the six highest paid fannie mae executives and the top four freddie mac left but known of them received severance or