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Or not and on which point? >> first, first thing i want to say, and theyre too humble to say this, dr. boustany and dr. roe, congressman, have been in practice more than 60 years. myself 20 years. were talking 80 years of clinical experience. were the people they should have gone to when they started figuring out how to give more access to patients and access to patients that dont have it. what theyre saying premiums are going to go up and access is going to go down. another reason access is goi...

Disappointed about how little it changes their every day lives. some people hear about socialized health care and obama care and people think obama will take care of your health care. this is a government run health care system. >> send your bill to the white house. >> its going to be a series of private plans. its not going to be socialized medicine or anything like it. those of us who support socialized medical care are disappointed in this bill. there will be people who enroll in plans that a...

Did not hear of this? >> reporter: while health care reform is a frequent source of contention in congress, many of the people we spoke to here in new jersey were hearing details of obama care for the very first time just this week. >> im definitely going to read into it. >> reporter: is obama forcing americans to get health insurance? it sounds that way? >> reporter: in rural america, a nonprofit group funded mainly by insurance companies, health care groups, and charities is working to spread ...

Who created this affordable health care plan. >> this was passed by congress, yes, the affordable care act. >> i was just wondering as a citizen of america, how come i did not hear of this. >> reporter: health care reform is a source of contention in congress, many of the people we spoke with in new jersey were hearing details of obama care for the first time just this week. >> im definitely going to read into it. >> is obama forcing americans to get health insurance? it sounds that way. >> repo...

America, how come i did not hear about this. >> reporter: its a contention in congress, many people we spoke to were hearing details for the first time this week. >> im definitely going to read into it. >> is obama forcing americans to get insurance? it sounds that way. >> reporter: a group funded by insurance companies, health care groups is working to spread the word. dispatching field workers in ten states. >> we can follow up with you. >> reporter: 48 million uninsured americans will be able...

It hhs is watching it as well. look, in some cases youre going to be able -- it might be in your benefit not to be getting insurance through your company but through an exchange because then youre not tied to your company. you can -- you have the port ability of your health insurance, which is something that health care reform is also trying to do. in some cases big companies are asking retirees or moving retirees on to exchanges because its cost effective for them. thats something that will be ...

There are all sorts of bad things coming out. youll see young people in some of the states that have exchanges paying more than what theyre currently paying in the state exchanges. theres a lot of little things we are seeing every day, people being shifted from their jobs, being turned into part-time employees, being shifted from the current insurance companies that they have right now, private insurance. theres a lot of things that need to be fixed. i have seen -- i dont think its fair to paint...

Going to spend the money to buy insurance and it depends on where you live, it depends on what insurance company it is. the insurance companies are gettinging in with the states and theyve got to have these exchanges so that you can go on there and you can have these different options. really i want to be clear its very different. were completely remaking how we deliver health insurance coverage in this country. its going to be very different for people and theyre going to start seeing if youre ...

Up our own state exchanges. their own marketplaces. and each state is just using their own name for it. so i had a -- i had a conference, video conference, with all the state directors of all the marketplaces. and im talking to the director in kentucky and idaho, and you know, kentucky its called, like kentucky connect and in idaho its called the idaho health care exchange. theres a story that came out of kentucky where some folks were signing people up at a county fair somewhere, and some guy g...

The way we always have in this country, respecting other peoples rights, to their own rights of conscience. >> reporter: one key concern is the hhs contraception mandate which will require employers to make sure employees have access to health insurance coverage that provides cost-free contraception. critics argue that will include drugs that can cause abortions. dozens of legal challenges to the mandate are pending across the country, and the issue appears to be on the fast track to the u.s. su...