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Tuesday. more of your tax payer dollars could be wiped out. it is spending 16 million to study ways to use energy from waves and current. the agency under scrutiny for giving a $32 million to a company that was supposed to make natural gas powered vehicles. how about that. heather? >> come october 1st some states are lakely likely to see a sha start in obama care enrollment this thanks to technology challenges with the on-line exchanges. diane macedo from the fox business network has more on t...

Progress nationwide. but according to graham it is found that while state exchanges will have baseline functionality by october 1st very few will have a comprehensive working exchange and most if not all exchanges will experience a rocky enrollment period as they work to over come known and unknown operational challenges. he also warned some states are working through the final security testing stages despite being in the building stages of development. as a result of all of this graham says con...

Often unpopular and misunderstood 3-year-old law. clinton acting as the explainer in chief said the law was not perfect, but he urged supporters and critics to work together. whether we like it or dont, we all would be better off making it work and fix it. instead the keep replaying the same old -- >> reporter: thats a tall order. with republicans on capitol hill and in state houses across the country, keeping up their opposition. >> its not working and hurting americans. >> we didnt just say no...

Mandate requires all americans buy health insurance except native americans. >> exempt to me means that we dont have to participate, were not required by law to participate. >> reporter: that means native americans, unlike others will not be fined for not having insurance. >> yeah, it does create a rather unfair situation in the end. >> reporter: indian tribes already receive free health care through the 4 billion dollar a year, taxpayer-funded indian health service. >> it hasnt been that very g...

Health care exchanges, the state exchanges, if they ever even get going are going to be a problem in terms of having mainly hmo-style insurance. mackenzie report says it looks like half of them will have hmo-style. what is hmo-style? that is widely unpopular insurance since the 1990s, that restricts your choices dramatically. the idea is to keep down premiums. the idea to use limited networks of doctor the doctor you might be using may not take insurances. hospital you use may be shut out entire...

To not prosecute certain people, not turn in certain people they find here illegally. seems to be another step down that path. >> and the amazing liberties the president thinks he can take with obama legislation that he signed, his party and through congress he decided to waive the employer mandate, change rules of coverage for congressman and congressional aides, he can decide federal exchanges will be able to provide subsidiesubsidi just state exchanges, even though the research said thats not...

Way with a lot of preventive services and a lot of medical services that werent previously covered, its got to be more expensive. premiums will continue to rise. they were rising already. theyre going to continue to rise. on the state exchanges, you have platinum plans, gold plans. you have bronze plans, silver plans. all of them are very, very comprehensive which going to be expensive. now, if you have 133% to 400% of the poverty line, if thats where you are in terms of income, you will qualify...

Sentence which means staying in juvenile custody until he is 21 years old. >> one part of obama care is rolling out early which means you can have your very ohno bam ma care account. >> kathleen seb beelius says yo can go on-line to healthcare .gv to sign up. all you can do is create a user name and pass word. you can wait until october 1st before you can sign up on insurance plan on the state exchanges. down on its luck detroit now looking to see if it has anything valuable they met life you to...

That is a tax, plain and simple, and that has to affect the companys hiring. >> what if the company pays the fine which is less than they were paying for the health insurance in the first place and kick them on to a state exchange? couldnt that lower the cost. >> thats why i said in most cases, yes. >> if there were state exchanges which is part of the problem, isnt it, john? >> yeah, 34 of 50 states have opted out of the state exchanges. aetna, united health are getting out of places like calif...

>> yes, absolutely. what the job market wants is certainty. weve got no certainty with this law. they are talking about trying to fix the law. youre talking about fixing something that hasnt even been implemented. why did you pass something broke to begin with? thats the problem we have. 34 of 50 states have opted out of the state exchanges, 24 of 50 states have said they dont want the medicaid expansion because they simply cant afford it, and small businesses around the country are saying if we...