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Democrats as well. where were you guys in october when they talked about suspending obamacare, repealing it, and then talked about fixing it, when republicans were standing up in october and we know the government shut down afterwards. why werent any of you six standing up saying, hey, lets make these changes? they have a point here. >> actually i have -- since the day after it passed, the copper plan was prepared last year. the incentives ive talked about several times. the one in this package ...

This body, to try to find those folks that want to help us change the program and make it better for consumers and businesses. >> senator, if you werent trailing in the polls, would you be doing this? >> as i said again, i dont know what polls are reading. but putting that aside, i have proposed changes and if you recall on this show, when we went back and forth on this, you actually produced the document where i made it very clear after the law passed, it wasnt perfect, i had proposed these ide...

Improve the heal care delivery. the two i put on the table, one last year and one earlier this year, versus the copper plant. this creates another option for a lower cost plant, lower premiums, gives more choice to the consumers. whats most interesting about this is it will save money. weve had an independent insurance group review this and they estimate its $20 billion in savings. along with that, the small business community, the provisions in the original plan, ive heard from a lot of small b...

Buying auto insurance. >> reporter: and that is one of the reasons that a group of centrist democrats in the senate are breaking with the administration to propose some legislative fixes to obamacare. they are basically reading the tea leaves. a recent fox news poll just released last night shows 56% of americans are still opposed to obamacare, only 40% in favor of it. jon: so theyve trotted out this new proposal. whats in it? >> reporter: yeah. basically, you know, obamacare has three different...

House lawmakers voted today to once again get around a 1997 law calling for a major cut in medicare reimbursements to doctors. meanwhile, political survival instincts are kicking in for some endangered democrats who are now proposing major changes to the presidents health care reform law. correspondent doug mcelway has that story. >> reporter: a new fox news poll shows four years after obamacare was sign it had remains unpopular with 56% of americans opposed to it, 40% favoring it, and while the...

Market where the market isnt going to accept them. thats whats been happen. it will take a year or so to sort this out. a transitional year is out. we have moderate, reasonable people who sat down and we have an awful lot of republican colleagues hole join us on this and responsible changes now. thats what were hoping for. the copper plan is basically we had gold, silver, bronze, now we have the copper plan, which gives a younger person who basically is healthier and living a healthier lifestyle...

A make sense. one, having a copper plan available for consumers. i support that. >> that already existed. that already existed. that was the bad apple plan the president wanted to get rid of, this high catastrophic-type insurance. >> low premium, high deductible. we need to offer that to consumers. this plan, obamacare in general is a great start. its not an end to itself, its a means to an end. >> why didnt they do it that way to begin w why didnt they allow people to keep plans to begin with. ...

Under obamacare, by offering a lower-cost plan, a plan they would call the copper plan, which is come behind the gold plan and silver plan and bronze plan. jon: if you dont like your bronze, silver or gold, jamie, you potentially have a copper plan you could buy i guess would be cheaper. is that the idea? >> yeah, thats the idea because of the high premiums that consumers are seeing. they also want to look in to see if you can sell insurance across state lines. that is something republicans have...

Democrats, want to allow states to be able to sell across state lines. expand option for voluntary coverage for businesses with fewer than 100 workers. right now i believe its for 50. they want to make enrollment easier by allowing folks to sign up directly with insurance companies. one of the democrats behind this new proposal, senator joe manchin of west virginia and he joins me now. great to see you, senator. >> good to be with you, gretchen. how are you? >> im doing just fine. theres a lot t...

Push those. when he made that comment tonight, i know he kind of looked toward the republicans. but theres a group of us moderates saying hey we have some ideas. >> senator reid told me today that he is open to ideas from people like you. he called them 2014ers, youre one of them, to make some constructive changes to obamacare, what do you think youll be able to vote on? >> this idea of the copper plan, which i think is basically a lower cost premium, more out of pocket expense people want it bu...