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If youve got health insurance, youre getting better protections, better benefits. if you dont have health insurance, youre now going to be part of a group plan. and health care costs overall are rising much more slowly than they did before we signed the law. so far, so good. so whats all the fuss about? what is it that these republicans are just so mad about? look, i want to be honest. there are parts of the bill that some folks dont like. to help pay for the program, the wealthiest americans, f...

And so today, i want to speak plainly, clearly, honestly, about what it means for you and for the people you care about. now, lets start with the fact that even before the affordable care act fully takes effect, about 85% of americans already have health insurance, either through their job or through medicare or through the individual market. so if youre one of these folks, its reasonable that you might worry whether health care reform is going to create changes that are a problem for you, espec...

With more than 50 employees to either provide health insurance for your workers or pay a penalty. now, some folks say well, thats not fair, but if you are an employer, you can afford to provide health insurance, you dont, your employees get sick, they go to the emergency room or they end up on medicaid because youre not doing what youre doing, you should be doing, why is it everybody else should be bearing those costs? there are some folks who disagree with me on this. they say that violates peo...

Youve got -- and they deserve congratulations for that. it wasnt easy for them. but youve got conservative governors in ohio and michigan and pennsylvania, arizona. about eight republican governors in all have decided to expand medicaid through the affordable care act to cover more people in their states. and millions of americans without insurance will get coverage through these programs. so thats what the affordable care act is. thats what all the fuss is about. were giving more benefits and p...

And most people who can afford health insurance now have to take responsibility to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. now, the reason we do that is when uninsured people who can afford to get health insurance dont, and then they get sick or they get hit by a car, and they show up at the emergency room, who do you think pays for that? you do. in the form of higher premiums, because the hospitals, theyve got to get their money back somehow, so if theyre treating somebody who doesnt have health...

In the way that the white house doesnt offer as much access still doesnt excuse it. you, the purpose of a journalist is to hold people in power accountable. i know this is probably a surprise to some journalists today, but that is actually what theyre supposed to be doing. theyre not supposed to be swooning. i wouldnt swoon, if i was interviewed the president. i would go in, i would love to have the opportunity actually, and go in to ask him some tough questions questions. i dont understand why,...

People to part time as opposed to full time. but secondly lets take an example. if you are trying to calculate how you offer healthcare and you air it, but some of your employees go to the exchange because its a better deal which obama-care an is pass it, what happens is those people actually cause the employer to get a accept at additional $1,000 bill. and the list of those complexities go on and on and on. this is healthcare mandated by all diefneds nuances rather than healthcare being provide...

To take you to those hard to get places. daniel rattner came up with the idea a couple years ago walking in spain. >> it was so narrow, cars couldnt fit inside there. that was one of the coolest areas of the whole city. >> reporter: this innovative idea was created here, the google workshops. this is the first time a tv news organization has been given access. >> this isnt the stuff youre going to find in home depot. >> reporter: top of the line machinery for wood, metal and tricks. manager greg...

Its lavish percent perks, including round the clock gourmet food. where does this rank up in terms of perks at google? >> i guess it depends on who you ask. of but i think for a large population, this would be considered a core perk. this is something that typically a company doesnt offer. >> reporter: but its not for everyone. workers need to be certified before they operate the machinery. only 300 of 10,000 on campus have a pass. but once youre in, the materials are free. and come any time, ev...

Business relationship with at&t, exclusive. whose anybody to tell me i cannot. >> the federal government -- this statute is 100 years old which is says any contract or combination that restrains interstate trade is illegally. the restraint, you shepard smith and 49 million other owners should have the right to have apps on that at&t doesnt offer -- >> shepard: thats the key. they want applications at&t doesnt offer and want to run them on the phone but they lock them up tight. >> they do. they w...