assertion last week that members of his party had "zero answers" for alternatives to Obamacare.

Amash's solution was to "bring cost down by increasing competition," instead of regulations and a mandate to purchase health insurance.

"If you had that in any other industry, you'd see costs go up," the Michigan Republican opined. "If you told fast food restaurants they have to provide particular types of burgers on their menus, you'd see prices skyrocket and you'd have less access to fast food."

"What’s the alternative to those who now find that their pre-existing conditions don’t matter, they can still get insurance?" Crowley asked. "What do you say to the 25-year-old that still needs to stay on his parents? What happens to them if Obamacare goes away?"

"Pre-existing conditions can be covered," Amash replied. "In fact, they are covered by some insurance policies."

"Some," Crowley observed.

"You have to have a competitive marketplace that allows those products to be offered," Amash remarked. "The way we have insurance now, you’re required to provide a particular insurance product. It creates a monopoly in the system and prices go up. If you want to increase access to health care, you have to have competition."

As Think Progress noted, a Kaiser Family Foundation study published in June found that 49 percent of household had someone with a pre-existing condition, and someone in 25 percent of households had been denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition.