the sail republican xong has a new plan out that will try to hold health care hostage for 9 million children. something we ve been reporting. and they will hold it hostage until they can gut funding for, you guessed it, to an expert, allison o toole the ceo of mince minneapolis s health care exchange program. we have talked about chip. we have talked about the other programs that intersect. i have to begin with this presidential question. is obamacare dead in minnesota? no, it s not, ari, thanks for having me back. it s far dead from minnesota and around the country. we have completed our first week of open ep rollment. we are off to a strong stamplt we ve had more than 200,000 minnesotans joan our site. we bring into coverage nor minnesotans than we have before this good news, it isn t just in
o toole, the ceo of minnesota s health care exchange program. you are in the thick of this. you say the timing couldn t be worse. why? well, it really couldn t be. thanks for having me, ari. we re two weeks out from open enrollment. and what this decision does is not only undermine a program, but it ultimately impacts millions of americans. and that s not fair. and so, when you see what he s doing, do you think it is designed to basically undercut your work in the states? you know, i don t ever ascribe motives to i anyone, but you know, what it is doing is undercutting market stabilization efforts and hin r hindering enrollment. and that makes my job tougher in minnesota. my job is to make sure as many minnesotans enroll into coverage as possible. and, you know, the timing really couldn t be worse in that regard. we re going to put on the screen, the minnesota insurance
once he s here, he ll meet with paid navigators and volunteered who helped people navigate they are way through the healthcare.gov website, which has gotten off to a very rocky start. there s a reason he s coming to texas. a quarter of the pop lace, 6 million people are without health care health insurance here in texas. that s the most of any state in the union. now, texas is also opted out of the health care exchange program and governor rick perry refused to expand medicaid as the president had wanted. texas also the critics in texas say the affordable health care act as promised by the president has been a disaster and they point to the fact that millions of americans are now being told they cannot keep their health care plans as the president explained that they could. there s another reason obama is coming to texas, it s to collect cash for the democrats for the democratic senatorial candidates, he ll attend a reception later today. $15,000 a head reception,
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