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Burst through those lifetime limits very easily. >> you do write about those lifetime limits, as you say on health coverage and denial because of pre-existing conditions. >> exactly and you also point to that under obama care your son and 17 million other kids with illnesses like that cannot be denied coverage. are you at all concerned about the fate of the program? if not now, then perhaps when president obamas successor does take office? >> absolutely. thats why i wrote the piece. thats why i ...

Higher rates. many remain locked out. theyre surprised. their premiums went up. instead of making it easier for people to get health insurance it will be a lot tougher. what a train wreck. >> of course there is a lot of nonsense in there. i want you to specifically, john boehner at the end. ted cruz saying -- they, they want to stop the harm from obama care. he said, obama care is hurting millions of people. i dont know who the people are. i know people that obama care or affordable care act is ...

Insurance polls balance to keep the premiums low. >> i want to ask you about this recent approval ratings around aca. there is this thing that happens when you ask about obama care or aca, you get disapproval. but when you ask about each of the individual provisions, theyre, in fact, extremely popular. so this poll shows us that if you talk about providing insurance subsidies, expanding medicaid, guaranteeing insurance for the sick, you have well up over 60, 65, even 76% approval. but when you a...

Minnesota are significantly lower. >> let me -- heres the reality. were talking about people, some of whom -- a young woman who worked on my staff, she a very serious congenital illness. in fact she would tell you that but for obama care, she would not be alive today, because we got rid of lifetime limits and annual 4ri789s. this young woman as a juvenile could not get insured. she wouldnt have -- she has insurance now, and shes here to talk about it. >> why was she not eligible for the high ris...

Among young people has gone down over the last three years. seniors, they are benefitting right now from discounted prescription drug costs because of the law. if you got health insurance, insurance companies cant impose lifetime limits on you. they cant use the fine print not to pay if you get sick. insurance companies have to spend 80% of your premiums on your health care not on administrative costs and ceo bonuses, those are happening right now. [ applause ] >> and health care costs have actu...

This has also been a major factor in keeping rates lower than they otherwise would have been and slowing the rate of increase. total savings from rebates and lower insurance rates rebates a lower insurance rates are estimated in 2012 to have been $3.9 billion. what does this mean for arkansas where nearly 500,000 people are uninsured, including about 25% of our working age people, one in four of them? well, 865,000 people no longer have lifetime limits. more than 32,000 seniors have seen a reduc...

Interesting question is why it is that my friends in the other party have made the idea of preventing these people from getting health care their holy grail. their number one priority, the one unifying principle in the republican party at the moment is making sure that 30 million people dont have health care. and presumably repealing all those benefits i just mentioned. kids staying on their parents plan, seniors getting discounts on their prescription drugs, a return to limits on lifetime limit...

Discounted medicines if youre on medicare. thats what the affordable care act means. youre already getting a better deal. no lifetime limits. if you dont have health insurance, then starting on october 1st, private plans will actually compete for your business. youll be able to comparison shop online. there will be a marketplace online, just like when you buy a plane ticket or flat-screen tv online. youll be able to buy an insurance package that fits your budget and is right for you. and if your...

By the end of 2010 will drop $2500. instead, they have gone up nearly $2,000. so there is about a 4500 delta for every company in america above what president obama said this law would cost. bill: why is that happening? if it was sold a different way and reality is different on the ground? >> the reality is look if you mandate everybody have health insurance the cost to health insurance will go up there will be more demand for health services. if you mandate all kind of requirements, require eve...

We do that in new york state already. no lifetime limits. thats great. i want people to be covered up to the age of 26. the kind of insurance where people up to 26 -- its the same kind of comprehensive insurance that i am concerned about. too easy to overuse. you know, we talk about preventive medicine. a lot of those services are very expensive and i predict that premiums are going to go through the roof. you will go to the state exchange, but you will start to pay very high premiums. if we wou...