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That the republican governors have not agreed to the medicaid expansion and thats what is causing the coverage gap? >> well, they wrote the plan that way, and states could opt inment they didnt have to and republicans are looking in the plan and done the numbers and they dont want their states to go bankrupt which will happen if they expand the medicaid program. >> how do we define success? 80 percent of the people who want coverage are able to get it on this website? what is our new bench mark ...

Bigger issue is getting costs under control and thats going to be even more difficult. there are some things in the affordable care act that attempt to do that, but, the -- this short-term fix, i think, does address the concerns that i as a regulator would have and that the people falling through the cracks, going without coverage having the coverage gap because they cant get on the federal web site. and thats really whats caused, i think u the angst. if people had been able to get their cancell...

But we got around them. our country does have a serious problem, however, with access to quality health insurance and its not being caused by websites. all of the computer programmers in the world arent going to be able to help the 180,000 hoosiers who fall into the affordable coverage gap because indiana isnt expanding its medicaid. of course thats nothing compared to georgias 400,000 people who arent going to get anything or floridas 760,000, and then of course theres texas. texas is always th...

Change. they are 60 years old and under current proposals, they would wait to 65 plus several months on top of that. farther down the street, the changes could have a longer coverage gap to fill. they are a55 and could wait untl 66 or 67 or older. it could save money, but it just shifts costs to private insurance or employers in a less efficient way. >> we want to see improvements that actually lower health care costs, not simply change them, make seniors pay more for health care. >> now, one pr...

In order to avoid a finding that you have discriminated against minorities, sometimes they might have to take race into account and do a racial affirmative action. that gets some conservatives upset about this. this is kind of a perfect storm of affirmative action deferring to congress states rights. >> can i jump in here? its interesting, we have a powerful narrative that progress is inevitable. with respect to race, i think what we see is progress is more fitful. we have significant progress w...

Credits, seniors will get relief and this big coverage gap they experience with prescription drugs, they will get preventive care services for free. all these different ways will provide peace of mind for americas families and obviously if the affordable care act is struck in some way, some of these things could go. >> doug, whats your best case against it? >> i think the american people have been clear in their views of this. for two years now it has been an extremely unpopular law. americans s...

Health care, not marketing or administrative services. theres a whole host of preventive services that people can get without cost sharing so not paying an out of pocket co-pay or paying your deductible, different ones for adults and women and children. theres a whole host of benefits for seniors that are already in place. one of those big things is changing the prescription drug, what they call the doughnut hole in medicare which is that coverage gap for when medicare pays for your prescription...

Health care, not marketing or administrative services. theres a whole host of preventive services that people can get without cost sharing so not paying an out of pocket co-pay or paying your deductible, different ones for adults and women and children. theres a whole host of benefits for seniors that are already in place. one of those big things is changing the prescription drug, what they call the doughnut hole in medicare which is that coverage gap for when medicare pays for your prescription...

Americans think that insurance companies should be able to drop them or deny them coverage for pre-existing conditions, they say no, overwhelmingly. if you dig down and ask them if they think young adults should be able to stay on their parents insurance until theyre 26, they say, yes, they should. if you ask seniors whether they think the donut hole should be reopened and that coverage gap in prescription drug to medicare should be remain open, they say, no, of course not. health care reform wh...

The program are paying a lot less. the average prescription payment have dropped from $1,500 a year to $900. you know, i remember hearing someone say that would happen. >> seniors who fall in the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole will start getting some help. these reforms will not cut your guaranteed benefits. >> a promise made and a promise kept. republicans, you better hope the supreme court upholds this law next year. otherwise enjoy telling your constituents that you fought to increas...