is any increase in premiums or significant decrease in access to coverage. i favored in man nae progressives and liberals favored single pay or medicare at all simple way to do it rather than the patch quilt items in the affordable care act. in terms of being raised it would be more than the affordable care act. that s not on point. let s respond to today s issue. if the unions asked they were told no and now they are back again with their hands out. it is not just for it s for your money and my money and my viewer s money. why should they get it when they were already rejected? they should get it because we are talking about a small subsidy for a small group of workers, and the waiver that they are asking for, the waiver pertains to one part of the affordable care act. it has to do with lifetime coverage. they removed the cap on lifetime coverage and that s what is
choice is not just about killing unborn babies. shannon: we don t want to digress on something like that. [talking over each other] [talking over each other] [talking over each other] shannon: let s keep this on health care. some of those points that were made, they can actually chip away at the bottom line of health care costs. do you think there would be any bipartisan agreement on tackling any of those? is a matter of fact, you could ask about those things that have been done. things that are very popular. when you talk about piece by piece, you know, no punishment for pre-existing conditions and caps on lifetime coverage. you can have affordability with your job, those are very important things. the republicans want to do away with all of that. what do they want to replace it with? [talking over each other] [talking over each other] quick final word, obamacare is a train wreck. they have had to pitch varies pieces over the edge. it is a chilly in to $1.7 trillion, americans kno
conditions. no denial on lifetime coverage. those are things that are very popular, that the president and his allies are going to drive one after another after another, especially if the republicans don t have an alternative and they re afraid of commit to one because they re blinded by their fury and anger that the president with the support of the supreme court has kind of enshrined the idea of universal health care as an ideal for this country which it has been for virtually every industrialized democracy in the world and many other countries. he succeeded in pulling that off, ironically with john roberts support last week. howard fineman, great to have you with us. thanks so much. remember to answer tonight s question. share you thoughts on twitter. coming up, mitt romney s campaign adviser, you could say, stepped in it in a big way. he contradicted the big republican talking point about the health care law.
did change opinions on the debate. a new poll shows 56% of americans think opponents of the law should move on. 51% of independents also agree. are republicans aware of this perception? is this a real political gamble for them to bad mouth the health care law for the next four months? init is, and they re not quite aware of it. they were caught by surprise. they are stuck in their original philosophical stance. they don t want to commit to specific ideas for change as is shown by all of what you showed tonight. and they re going to take this vote in the house which is going to put them in specific opposition once again to individual elements of the law that are popular. and that people keep repeating, but it s true. kids on until 26. no deial for pre-existing conditions. no denial on lifetime coverage.
tonight. and they re going to take this vote in the house which is going to put them in specific opposition once again to individual elements of the law that are popular. and that people keep repeating, but it s true. kids on until 26. no denial for pre-existing conditions. no limit on lifetime coverage. so on down the line, those are things that are very popular, that the president and his allies are going to drive relentlessly one after another after another, especially if the republicans don t have an alternative and they re afraid to commit to one at this point because they re kind of blinded by their idealogical fury and anger that the president, with the support of the supreme court, has kind of enshrined the idea of universal health care as an idea for this country which it s been in every