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December 15th, officials say the president will put various changes to the healthcare law on the table, such as delaying the medical device tax. so theyre dealing with this on multiple fronts. the glitches, problems with sof ware, theyre on defense, and theyre on defense against ted cruz and others for more radical changes but the president won the budget fight round and they think theyre able to push that back in termed of defunding the law, but they realize there have to be changes. >> the pol...

Closer to this implementation. this is a tragedy i still hope we can find a way to avoid. unfortunately todays decision will make that more likely, more people will suffer as a result of this law. >> at the end of the day, the old saying is politics -- and we dont have thin skin. it doesnt matter politicians bickering back and forth. whatever others choose to say, i havent chosen to resciprocate and wont. there are people hurting and picking up a letter from their insurance company and discoveri...

Support, but after we exposed the problems with it, we got democrats to come on board, and weve repealed it after two and a half years of working. bill: what was the class act? >> class act was a long-term care entitlement program, it was about a $100 billion program that was very, very poorly conceived, and it took a while, but we finally convinced the administration to put it on hold and then subsequently repealed it. bill: thats interesting. so thats one idea on obamacare. how else would you ...

Nobly to keep veterans programs funded and our national parks open, i think we could have made more progress. it was an important missed opportunity. we have to emphasize the fact its the end of the beginning, a fight that will continue to those who tragically lost jobs or saw their premiums skyrocket or wages cut and hours slashed. we will see more and more of these come out in the coming months as we get closer and closer to this implementation. this is a tragedy i still hope we can find a way...

Insurance plan. weve seen lots of people getting help with preventive care. weve had this close in the problematic part of the drug program called the doughnut hole. basically helping elderly people afford more drugs. i mentioned to you how were already seeing some evidence of what economists call bending the cost curve, lowering the rate. that is extremely important. for example, according to the congressional budget office, if you compare the forecast of medicare and medicaid now versus 2010, ...

Nobly to keep veterans programs funded and our national parks open, i think we could have made more progress. it was an important missed opportunity. we have to emphasize the fact its the end of the beginning, a fight that will continue to those who tragically lost jobs or saw their premiums skyrocket or wages cut and hours slashed. we will see more and more of these come out in the coming months as we get closer and closer to this implementation. this is a tragedy i still hope we can find a way...

Its tho ees nothing like what president promised. three times the promised cost. nothing like the bill you guys passed. is it? >> again this is an implementation of a bill that i think we need to the look at what works and what doesnt. to repeal the whole thing is wrong. to not change one word we have to make changes to the it. >> you agree it is nothing like what the president promised. nobody is saving money. three times as ep ex-pen sieve. maybe we should have take a year off. keep in mind in...

Amount of widespread public disgust and frustration, and the polling shows it was largely directed at the culprits, the republican party and house republicans in particular. in the absence of something extraordinary, the normal business of republican obstructi obstruction, what confidence can there be that that will capture the public imagination? >> theres none. the fact is that since weve had this debate on the continuing resolution, nobody is talking about the implementation of the affordable...

This right and to make sure people can sign up to health care. >> there are two ways to fight something you dont like. if you really believe that its not going to work then you let the public see or you try to stop it and it comes across as you fear it might work and you can never stop it. republicans now, what are they thinking? do they think they missed a political opportunity? >> republicans had their head in their hands and not because of the way the shutdown ended and the impasse ended and ...

Just how problematic this rollout has been and one of the big concerns is whether or not people will lose confidence and not go back to the site. but at the same time i know from talking to former colleagues and the administration that, you know, its all hands on deck and every tool that they can use to get it right. new software, hardware, expertise to try and get the coding and everything rebuilt and redone. >> so the people that built the most technologically savvy campaign, thats the part th...