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April 1, 2014
Website stumbles. i guarantee it. so press, just i want you to anticipate. there will be some moment when the website is down and i know it will be on all your front pages. its going to happen. it wont be news. >> wont we news. >> hes working it. and you can tell the coverage bothered him, but the simple fact is -- first of all, if media coverage really affected obamacare, obamacare would have been popular a long time ago and stayed popular for a long time. obamacare from 2009 to early 2010 had ...
April 1, 2014
Predominantly islamist country. a state department spokeswoman told buzz feed the animal will be paid for through the appropriately named office of art in embassies. if you feel like thats a lot of money, perhaps youll feel better knowing the feds got a bargain. the art dealer for the project said the camel is worth much more than $400,000. >> a couple in virginia has won big in the lottery three times in just over two weeks. they say theyre not quitting while theyre ahead. calvin and dutara spe...
April 1, 2014
Problem obamacare hasnt really shifted. the views of obamacare are pretty much baked into the cake, and they will be for the rest of the presidents term. now, the system itself right not crash of its own weight as many opponents predicted. it look like they got just enough young people, at least thats what were hearing from insurers. but the things that were mentioned, the broken promises, thats whats driving the political problem. the fact that people were promised they could keep their doctor ...
April 1, 2014
>> there was repeal and replace, then replace disappeared for quite some time, and now its back, which i think is important. there are a lot of republicans who think the republican party needs to have something positive to put in obamacares place, although theyre doing so well in the midterm elections that maybe some of them think they dont need it, but you hear david jolly in particular, his ad said i want to replace obamacare. they did not say i want to repeal obamacare. i think republicans ha...
April 1, 2014
Note for it. >> heres jay carney answering questions about the 7 million today. >> you still have no idea how many of these 7 million who have signed up previously had health insurance policies that were canceled, many of whom because of the affordable care act. >> what we know is there was going to be people in 2014 who are uninsured, were going to be uninsured, absent the affordable care act, who now have insurance. its impossible to know precisely who those individuals were because they were ...
April 1, 2014
And chastised his critics and declared the debate over repealing the law over. ed henry has tonights top story. >> president obama made clear today he now has more than 7 million reasons and counting to celebrate. >> the affordable care act hasnt completely fixed our long broken health care system, but this law has made our health care system a lot better. a lot better. >> it was a pep rally as much as a victory lap, as democrats patted themselves on the back, and the president slammed republica...
April 1, 2014
Expected the board approved the switch-out of the maryland system for the connecticut system, maryland will still have to get the approval of the obama administration, specifically in the form of the agency, the center for medicaid and medicare services. >> james rosen live in hannover, thanks. >> the president claims victory for obamacare, but can he back it all up with facts? well ask the fox all stars about everything here when we come back. when folks in the lower 48 think about what they ge...
April 1, 2014
Exactly what they have signed up for. we dont know how many have paid our constituents are having an unpleasant interaction with obamacare. it is really a catastrophe for the country. >> two very different takes as the president touted, it was really a victory lap in the rose garden today. getting applause from staff and supporters who are behind the presidents health care law. 7.1 million right now. the questions remain about what those 7 million are really doing, whether they have paid for thi...
April 1, 2014
Obama first called for obamacare for the nation in 2009, there were 30 million uninsured people in this country. now its closer to 50 million uninsured people. how in any way is this not a failure measured against the problem it was intended to solve. >> mara, what about republicans? spi speaker boehners statement. this continues to harm the american people. every promise has been broken, americans are losing the doctors and plans they like, especially seniors suffering under president obamas cu...
April 1, 2014
Whether to go back to the drawing board. chief washington correspondent james rosen has the story tonight from hanover, a suburb of baltimore. good evening, james. >> good evening. the members of the board of the maryland health care exchange have spent the last few minutes meeting in closed-door session debating the proposal by the states top i.t. official that they scrap the existing maryland health care exchange and enforce a model used by connecticut. we appear to be witnessing the administr...