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Shaky ground in congress. a new cbo, congressional budget office report says the house passed bill to repeal and replace obamacare would cause 23 million americans to lose their health coverage by 2026. it would lower premiums for younger and healthy americans but would drive up costs for many of those so-called essential health benefits covered by obamacare. the white house says the cbo innocent to be believed. but it is the official rating agency as theo bills make their way through congress. ...

Centrist bill, can mitch mcconnell get to 50 when rand paul says if it doesnt fully repeal obamacare, im not there. well, thats two. that means hes got not guilty left to spare. mitch mcconnell said yesterday i might not get to 50. he said that is very revealing. he doesnt usually tip his hand. this was a signal. this was a statement. were in trouble here. dont expect anything. not to beat up on the house republicans again, though i will, this puts them in a terrible position because a lot of th...

Taking away health coverage. >> thats the hard part. listen to the house speaker paul ryan. yes, he knows the cbo numbers for the most part are bad for republicans. hes trying to make the point obamacare is a mess, we have to do something. >> under obamacare average premiums have gone up by nearly $3,0 $3,000. in law did not drop premiums as promised. between premiums surging up and choici choices going away, obamacare on is an unsustainable path. >> he makes a valid point. you look at blue cros...

The state so to their point obamacare is in big trouble and i want to pivot to the big story on all the national papers. james comey is hearing yesterday it makes him feel mildly nauseous he may have had an impact on this election but he also talked about bill clinton and the importance he played about all of this. here is what the acting fbi director said. >> ing and the capper was her meeting with president clinton on that airport was the capper for me and i then said you know the department c...

The government will release more complete numbers including figures from medicaid and state-run marketplaces next month but this latest surge of activity puts overall enrollment on pace to meet this bold prediction made before christmas. >> we have a couple million people, maybe more, who are going to have health care on january 1st, and that is a big deal. >> reporter: whats not clear is how many people still may not have coverage starting january 1st due to problems with the site the governmen...

They hit a milestone with 1 million but cant be content. there is a long way to go for 7 million and the threat of the penalty isnt sufficient. they need to go on offense without pandering and make clear this makes sense. the catastrophic option that is inexpensive is one of the hurdles this legislation faces. young people are key to making this marketplace work. there is a lot of room for improvement. >> in addition to that, pa trishia, you write about the digital dwight between obamacare and t...

5 million vending machines will be required to display calorie information. the new rules are actually part of obamacare. but heres the question. will it really work, and how much is it going to cost? cnns chief business correspondent christine romans joins us from new york. thats the big question. is it going to be worth the money, christine? >> reporter: its going to be more information for you, and this is part of obamacare. its also part of a wellness initiative. wellness initiatives in obam...

Population being ignored. important to note all any lepials have a high unemployment rate than most americans. they simply dont think they can afford health insurance of any price and the $95 penalty looks better than signing up for health care they dont think they can afford. >> john, how about midterm elections. democrats are scrambling to hold onto their majority come 2014. you look at the polls majority of americans say obama care is the latest problem. 62% polled opposed the new health care...

His head on a rock skiing this weekend. one of the doctors treating him says he was wearing a helmet taken definitely saved his life. >> i think that, given the violence of the shock, his helmet did partly protect him, certainly somebody who had this kind of accident without a helmet would not have reaped this stage. >> police are still investigating the cause of the accident. doctors say its too early to determine shoemakers progress. his family leased a family saying "we would like to thank th...

>> reporter: while the surge in enrollment is good news for the obama administration it will likely still fall short of the goal to sign up 3.3 million people by january 1st. those who missed last weeks deadline for coverage starting in january have until january 15th to sign up for plans that start february 1st. open enrollment ends march 31st. this week the white house will be working with congressional democrats, outside organizations and high-profile supporters of the health care law to shar...