. >>> let's turn to bernard j. tyson, chair and ceo of kaiser permanente. who came forward this week to oppose the graham/cassidy bill. good morning, mr. tyson. >> good morning. >> you just heard the senators. they are not going to say this bill is going down. but it is on life support, if anything. you're ceo of a nonprofit health system that serves almost 12 million americans. where do we go from here? >> i think prior to this bill being proposed, there was a bipartisan committee looking at what it takes to stabilize the affordable care act. i actually testified before this group. i met with many of the senators. i believe they're on the right track to come up with few answers that will help to stabilize the current law. >> what is the single most important thing congress can do to stabilize obamacare? >> reach a consensus to stabilize and create a more competitive marketplace. one is the cost re -- sharing reduction the csc. you have probably heard a lot about. it needs to be funded. number two is to provide the state with additional flexibility while ma

. >> i'm bernard tyson -- [inaudible] kaiser permanente. we cover 11.7 million americans. we also are an integrated delivery system, so we provide both the coverage and the care. we have a med cool group that contracts -- medical group that contracts exclusively with kaiser foundation. >> thank you, rnard. >> i'm dan -- [inaible] i'm based in the philadelphia, independence blue cross, independence health group. weaver in 32 statements and the district of columbia. i'm a large medicaid managed care population. we do, we're the only player on the exchange in five-county philadelphia area and, again, i'd like to echo joe's point. we're thrilled with the initial steps to stabilize the market. we look forward to working with you, vice president pence, secretary price in making sure that we have a sustainable program for years to come, so thank you. >> well, thank you very much, dan. and the market, as you know, we talk about stabilizing the market, the market is disastrous. it's going to absolutely implode. it's why we're meeting today, and i think we're going to come up with s