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Health care on until theyre 26 or no lifetime limits. you dont have to worry about hitting your limit and getting your care but people will be getting their private insurance through the exchanges. so republicans will be running against that. theyll want to take that away. so thats a terrible box to be in. >> it is a box of emotion, perhaps. maybe thats it. >> nice job. >> lets remember, the number right now. 5 million americans have lost health insurance that they were happy about. less than a ...

These republicans in the house know they are going to get reelected in 2014. the historical average is somewhere around 90% of incumbents get elected. theres no real pressure on them to change that strategy. they are going to stick with it as far as they can. this probably helps them get re-elected in some of these districts. i dont see that dynamic thats coming in. a month ago or so we were talking about how the republican party was in tatters after the shutdown. i think that was probably hyper...

And despicable. women are making the decisions in their household as far as insurance, but it is despicable insofar as the affordable care act specifically makes a point of helping women. women are no longer discriminated against in terms of insurance premiums. they have better access to coverage. and women who are mothers can now keep their children who have pre-existing conditions on health insurance without worrying about lifetime limits. it really is the most craven political exercise to try...

You think theres a desire for it? absolutely. how about minnesota? how is it working there? joining me now is congressman keith ellison of minnesota. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. on the upton bill, you, of course, voted no. you did not side with the republicans. there were 39 of your colleagues who decided to do it, for various reasons. does this weaken the position of the democrats, because it strengthens the talking points for the republicans? john boehner is going to be able...

It doesnt prevent you from being discriminated against on the basis of preexisting conditions, lifetime limits, annual limits. >> there is a bottom line which people understand and the president wont acknowledge, and that is if the government has decided there has to be minimum requirements in any health care plan, so if you have something and you like it, and it doesnt meet what the government says you have to have, you cannot keep it. and thats not what you said here. >> if you had your plan b...

Grandfathering is for those before 2009. let me say this, and i commend the president. hes gracious and hes taking responsibility. but that doesnt mean that there was anything in the law that said if you like what you had before 2010 you couldnt keep it. i think its really important to make that point. he took responsibility for the big picture and thats important for him to do because thats what people see. but there is nothing -- you said earlier the law says that you must -- you cant, the law...

Hes gracious and hes taking responsibility. but that doesnt mean that there was anything in the law that said if you like what you had before 2010 you couldnt keep it. i think its really important to make that point. he took responsibility for the big picture and thats important for him to do because thats what people see. but there is nothing -- you said earlier the law says that you must -- you cant, the law doesnt say that. but again, near here nor there. how do we go forward? >> the bottom l...

>> what they have to do now is send another letter that says, this is what this is going to mean to you in terms of you wont get preexisting condition discrimination, and here are the other options that are available to you in the marketplace. >> but the president has been apologetic, hes been accountable for saying something that was not the case. you were speaker of the house. you in many ways were seen as an architect and key ally on this. this is what you said back in june 2009 on msnbc. wat...

The preexisting conditions, you will have lifetime limits, you will have annual limits, and, by the way, you have to tell people that they can go to the exchange, the marketplace, where they may qualify for a subsidy or they may just get a better price. >> the big picture on this is it doesnt seem to be working right now. you argued at the time, look, theres a lot of controversy around it, its politically hot and people still dont understand the good things that are in it. but then you said this...

It doesnt prevent you from being discriminated against on the basis of preexisting conditions, lifetime limits, annual limits. >> there is a bottom line which people understand and the president has acknowledged, and that is if the government has decided there has to be minimum requirements in any health care plan, so if you have something and you like it, and it doesnt meet what the government says you have to have, you cannot keep it. and thats not what you said here. >> if you had your plan b...