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When the president comes out and says ill potentially delay this for at least a year, nobody has a problem with that when he does it unilaterally, that doesnt seem too constitutional to me. steve? >> lets see if nobody has a problem with this, we dont know yet what the president will propose and there are an awful lot of democrats who have been aghast at the idea of the democrats coming out and saying they want to make a significant legislative fixes to the law and it changes the law right now b...

They would continue that policy regardless. two, pre-existing conditions is something theres general agreement in the party. but then republicans believe in a much more market-based solution that lowers cost and creates better health care solutions. for example, allowing people to buy over state lines, so you could buy a plan you actually thought was better for you or your family that was offered in a different state. right now thats prohibited. that kind of competition would help create better ...

Me i can keep my doctor. i like it. i like my plan. i like what i pay. what were doing is giving them an apgs for now you can get everything youre promised. hopefully we at the same time, we as republicans can pass some things that will create stronger alternatives to this. right now what weve got to do is help the people damaged in the first place. as people who are getting these letters day in, day out, being told youre losing your plan, new plan may not cover your doctor, will cost more, et c...

People who are now able to -- who might be able to go back and renew their old plans, does that rule apply to just those people who got the cancellation letters or are those plans now open to everyone in the insurance market? thats, i think, what would up-end the affordable care act, obama care if that were to happen. >> so thats a big if. >> well find out. >> be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. is this the white house saying okay, you like your plan so much, you keep it and the...

The effort to get some type of legislative fix to continue. >> shawn is with us. let me ask you, if people get their wish. i say be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. if there are americans out there who get their wish, they get to keep their plan, keep it extended for a period of time and they go to try to reap some of that benefit only to find out they are truly not covered, isnt that just going to be another gold mine for republicans to chime in on and say, well, its because of...

They really tell us because he says the encouraging number is the 975,000 who were determined eligible for marketplace enrollment, but they havent chosen a plan. so were in the early throws of a rollout, glitchy.gov which is the website. >> thats good. >> you like that? >> its really health care.gov. >> you can buy and #that. >> theyve got the problem with the rollout and its the website. >> this is a tangible issue with the actual policy that people are upset with. so there are two different av...

Opportunity to show that hey, this is not obama care thats caused cancellations. this is insurance companies who are getting a really good deal off of customers who are now going to suddenly now balk at the idea. wed rather have obama care up and running where we can get more money out of the young, healthy people than extend these policies for another year. that might be the calculation there and the bigger politics of this and the politics of the moment is, yeah, theres been a revolt going on ...