Tomorrow, our Lisa Desjardin will break down the main alternative plan many Republicans prefer.

That's an expansion of health savings accounts.

We're joined now by the author of one such GOP plan, Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy,

chair of the Senate Help Committee, who also happens to be a physician.

Welcome to the News Hour.

Thank you.

I know you've said there's a deal to be had on health care, and I understand a bipartisan

group of senators met last night to hash out an agreement.

At this point, what does a compromise look like?

First, let me just say what is important to me.

We have to make these policies affordable to the enrollee, to our fellow American. And so it's not just about containing

premiums, although that's important, but also about making sure that somebody has the money

in their pocket to pay the out-of-pocket for the policy, if you will, giving power to the patient,

not profits to the insurance company. There's your deal. We'll do something to address the high

cost of premiums for some and do something else to address that need to have money for the

out of pocket for as many as possible. That could be a deal. In the meantime, though, health care

premiums for more than 20 million people and those marketplace plans are set to spike in the new year

with the House Speaker Mike Johnson saying he's not going to call for a vote on extending

the enhanced subsidies.

So what can be done in the here and now to help people keep their coverage?

So people are opting for the lower cost plans on the Affordable Care Act, so-called Affordable Care Act exchange.

They're going from a silver plan to a bronze plan, and they're trying to make it affordable.

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