the niceties of the reconciliation rules in the senate. that makes no sense. put everything in the bill, including what is called the phase three stuff. it s supposed to come later but the stuff the conservatives wanted that everybody really wanted. including tort reform, stripping out the coverage requirements which are largely irrational. put all that in the bill, and if it turns out that in the senate needs 60, well, it will be the democrats who have to filibuste filibuster, and left the country walked them watch them deny the reform. you may have to wait until the fall but that s what they ought to do. shannon: i want to make sure we touch on the issue with devin nunes with the revelation today that he apparently went to the white house to see whatever the sourcing was from the documents that he is referencing britt i want to play a little bit of chuck schumer had to say.
coverage requirements like immunezations may be supported by different interests like the need to combat the spread of infectious diseases. it came up in oral argument as well, the so called heard necessity if you leave people out of immunizations they can spread it and you need to immunize everybody. then they say that the dissenters raise the possibility that discrimination in hiring, for example, on the basis of race could be cloaked as a religious practice to escape legal sanction. i ll quote them, our decision provides no such shield. again, language trying to make it as narrow as possible. what might it mean going forward for the administration? is there a legislative recourse at this point? could the obama administration then say, okay, we ll, if we can t do this, what about this? well, i think the possibility
exemptions, delayed coverage requirements for businesses, the extended renewal period for noncompliant payments for another two years, extended hardship exemptions, that together this all of these different actions are not following a law that congress passed. what do you say to that? well, first of all, i d say a couple things about that, chuck. the first is each of those steps that you just named were part of an effort to give more flexibility to state governments, including some state governments that are led by republicans, to business owners, many of whom are i assume are republicans. but does it follow the law? of course it does, chuck. can you make the case that it s still following the law itself? absolutely it s part of following the law. in fact it is trying to make sure that this law works best. we re convinced that what we need to do is try to maximize the benefits of the affordable care act for state governments across the country but more importantly for bus
it easier for people to get very effective forms of contraception, we re going to treat women s health care just like any other health care. i agree with what you re saying, but this is the whole root of why people have an objection with the aca. for the first time, the government is compelling individuals, compelling a corporation to provide it s a private insurance company, to have minimum coverage requirements. insurance is different. i ll toss it back to you, jonathan. you guys can keep going. i want to take a look at a recent nbc/ wall street journal poll. and it asks, a good idea or bad idea. now, while 35% of americans think obamacare is good idea, 53% think employers should not be exempt from covering birth control. so, we may not be in love with obamacare, but we are pretty clear that women should get birth control as part of their health coverage. how much influence do you think the public will have on the court s decision? well, i think we should talk
much time. california senator dianne feinstein became the latest democrat to sign on to legislation proposed by mary landry and joe manchin to keep plans they have. it would require insurers to meet the laws of minimum coverage requirements. she called it a common sense fix saying since the beginning of support, i received 30,842 calls, e-mails and letters and many are distressed by the cancellations and who are facing increased out of pocket costs. feinstein not an endangered red state democrat. don t under estimate the experience of this signal to the administration. the house is expected to vote on a bill sponsored by fred upton to allowtome to offer current policies into next year.