You take people that have pre-existing and costly conditions and put them into a high-risk pool, and you subsidize that so that it is affordable to those individuals. And so, you're guaranteeing coverage for pre-existing conditions. And the flexibility that you're referring to in this latest MacArthur amendment, states can only apply for that waiver and flexibility if they have either a federal or state high-risk pool that guarantees that people will be able to have coverage, and it'll be affordable.

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Michael Richard "Mike" Pence is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the 50th Governor of Indiana since 2013. He previously represented Indiana's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and served as Chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011. Pence was mentioned as a possible candidate for President of the United States in 2008 and 2012. In September 2010, Pence was the top choice for President in a straw poll conducted by the Value Voters Summit. He has expressed interest in running for President of the United States in 2016. Pence, a former Democrat who has been compared to Ronald Reagan, has been mentioned by analysts as a potential frontrunner for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2016.

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