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Ones that consumers were opting for, you know, liberals would say that is good, thats great for the consumer. >> well, look, what you have in the individual market today is a very wide variety of choices, a lot of different prices, different levels of benefits, and people are choosing the level that meets their own needs and preferences. what you have is hhs and the administration coming in here and reviewing their choices and finding them wanting, saying you need to move to more expensive cover...

Are buying the amount of coverage they think they want, for their perspective, is the right amount. they have turned down the opportunity to buy more coverage because they dont want to pay the added premiums. and the president is forcing them to give up their current plans and buy more coverage which from their perspective is not better coverage but worse coverage. >> but, jenna, the whole nature of health insurance you dont know what disease you will develop down the road. you dont know what ki...

People will stay away from these plans, and eventually insurers will leave the market, and people wont be able to buy health insurance at any price. that is a very real danger that we face under this law. jon: so, igor, then what happens? i mean, who steps in to pick up the tab? >> well, i dont want to go down the dooms day road just yet. certainly, young and healthy people are very, very important. youve got to make sure theyre part of system, and if the web site functions by the end of novembe...

Insurance and thats important but really the key to keeping costs low is making sure you have efficient health care. so that is why the health law really has a lost incentives to make sure doctors are coordinating care, that theyre providing better care and rewarded for that. so it is really kind of a two-part game. on the other hand you want to give everyone insurance and on the other you want to make sure the care they get is effective, quality care that mon can buy. jenna: mike, is there qual...

Why are so many people signing up for it instead of opting for private health care insurance? >> the law really expands medicaid for lower income americans, and its really the silver lining of health care reform. i think its the only kind of good news story or one of the few that were seeing. was you can sign up for -- because you can sign up for medicaid outside of the web site structure, and medicaid has been doing sign-ups for so long, its fairly easy. and a lot of the states, thousands and t...