won and lost among the independents, right? no question about it. ba humbug is right. you know, right now the average is about 41. the poll at 38 is the lowest right now. that s the bottom end of the scale. rasmussen is at the top end was 47%. what you see overall is a message by americans who have been bombarded about negative news about the rollout of obamacare are pointing the finger at president obama directly, holding him responsible even if no one else has been fired for the problems with the rollout and saying that given that this is his major legislative accomplishment, who can believe that it has been so badly handled in terms of being introduced to the american people? jon: the rollout of obamacare seems to be having an effect on the perception of the president overall. when asked whether you think president obama is honest and trustworthy, 44% say yes.
get treatment that way. jenna: our next guest says a doctor shortage is something to be worried about. he s a physician and chief public policy officer for the association of american medical colleges. it s nice to have you on the program. my pleasure. thanks. jenna: so your organization s data is frequently quoted in the argument that there s going to be a doctor shortage and you point out, your organization, that concerns about this predate, the new health care law, what is the effect of obamacare on the potential doctor shortage? well, i think you have to remember that the physician shortage is really being driven by the aging of the population. that s what they re at the core reason for this. the number of people turning 65 every day is about 10,000 over the next 20 years. and so we ve known that s going to drive the shortage for quite some time. if you think about what the a.c.a. does, it put some people into the insurance pool seeking out regular care a few years
start? a live report on that possibility. plus alarming new poll indicating how tough it will be to get americans to sign up for obamacare. this as the secretary pushes for it.
may be opting for a change in strategy after all. chief political correspondent has more. democrats have been promising they re going to defend this, they re going to buy it, keep it. has that changed? well, it looks like it may and that s why this testimony from the health and heem services secretary, kathleen sebelius, is so important. she is how making statements about the future of the affordable care act that are the beginning of the upcoming election year. this is the last time we ll hear a status report like this before the calendar returns and we ll officially be in 2014 so this testimony is tremendously important and the questions being asked and the concerns how the rollout ends and how the program is supposed to be further implemented with all of these delays is giving both parties concerns. democrats said we re going to defend and campaign for obamacare in 2014 aggressively, now have to deal with this message coming from the congressional campaign committee.
the mandate tax instead of buying insurance overall. so the fallout here j is that the mandate tax could go up. jon: $95 fine doesn t sound like much but it could be bigger than that depending on your income. fox business network, thanks. good to be with you. jenna: millions of americans are expected to sign up for insurance under the new law a coring to the administration. that s raising some questions about whether there s going to be enough doctors to treat them all. yesterday on happening now we spoke to a doctor who is an internist and fellow at the american enterprise institute, a frequent critic of obamacare. he says doctor shortages should not be a concern. i think just assuming because we have 30 million more people who are uninsured, they weren t getting care before and now they re getting care that that s going to create a shortage, that s going to be a naive assumption. they were getting care before. a lot of them will continue to