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Available to young adults up to age 26, that is correct, right? >> the bill that i authored did not include coverage up to age 26. the insurance companies have said that they were working that, that they were including that in their plans going forward, so we felt it was covered. >> and your bill takes away current benefits which include prescription drugs, mental health benefits, and maternity coverage among others, correct? >> its different in the legislative arena than the administrative aren...

Hopper for the last six years, back during the obamacare debate, before democrats decided to do this on purely a partisan vote without any republican support, there have been a lot of very good ideas that would accomplish what i said earlier. which is to maximize the choices that you and your family get to make. >> jenna: can you give us one of them? >> well, for example, by eliminating some of the mandates which make health insurance so expensive. in other words, why should you buy insurance if...

>> that are raising costs. >> right. >> maternity coverage for 50-year-olds for example. >> exactly. or being able to buy insurance policies across state lines. these are issues that americans now because they understand so much more about the health market, how it works, having lived under this terrible experience, are going to understand that there are ways to make it better. and republicans need to be pushing those forward to look as though theyve got a positive agenda as well. >> republicans...

Care have coverage, mandates? didnt you in effect tell uninsured here is what you have to buy? >> well, actually one of the things i vetoed in the health legislation of our state was that very provision. i dont like the idea that the government tells people they have to have a gold-plated health insurance policy. if they want something thats more specific to their needs. the idea that this 70-year-old has on have birth control provisions or that they have to have maternity coverage, i mean, thes...

Cancelation notice, governor, because she didnt have maternity coverage. shes already have a hysterectomy and shes not going to have any babies. but her policy was good enough for her and her family but not good enough for the president of the united states and so it was canceled and you know that is wrong. >> senator i appreciate it very much. and im delighted to know that i too will have maternity coverage. i am fully covered if i have a baby. merry christmas to you and your family. >> merry c...

Wyoming and she got a notice because she had no maternity coverage. she had a hysterectomy. her policy was good enough for her and her family but not for the united states and so it was cancelled and so you know it is wrong. >> senator, i am delighted to know i have maternity coverage. i am fully recovered for deliverying a baby. i dont think it is going to happen. merry christmas to you and your family. >> merry christmas to you, thank you, governor. >> our war heroes are sometimes not shown th...

Wyoming and she got a notice because she had no maternity coverage. she had a hysterectomy. her policy was good enough for her and her family but not for the united states and so it was cancelled and so you know it is wrong. >> senator, i am delighted to know i have maternity coverage. i am fully recovered for deliverying a baby. i dont think it is going to happen. merry christmas to you and your family. >> merry christmas to you, thank you, governor. >> our war heroes are sometimes not shown th...

Do. catastrophic plans that the 6 million people didnt want but now may need to buy, thanks to being kicked off of their plans. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry live in washington with the breaking news. tell us. >> reporter: its a huge story. for days the administration has been saying, look, we are fixing the website. we messed it up. we are turning the corner. january 1st people will be covered. now they are making the last minute tweak that suggests maybe its not all there. ...

Are 55 maternity coverage. >> you know, and making sure -- well, whatever. im not going to go there. lets talk about this. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is refusing to hand over documents and telling the companies that she hired that they dont have to turn over documents to a house committee. is this woman, number one, does she understand the law and number two, are they trying to hide something? >> the obama administration trying to hide something? when theres bad about ...

>> had they been truthful about it, ill be a little more blunt than you. it appears that 57% of young people beten the ages of what is it, 26 -- >> 18, 26-year-olds. >> right. theyre not interested in this at all. >> no, theyre not. theyre young, theyre healthy and theyre looking at taking their money and putting it toward other issues. theyre healthy. they go to the doctor rarely. what we need to do for young people is have them on a plan that would cover them if something terrible happened but...