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Differentials based on these factors will push premiums higher primarily on people that will be struggling to pay the premiums in the first place. >> reporter: a new regulation is 127 pages long dictating every aspect of how employers must run wellness programs, such as smoking cessation and gym memberships and the like an and they are not required to offer wellness programs. some could drop them all together. in the state exchanges there is apparently some flexibility was washington d.c. recent...

Implement, but theyre voicing concerns and the pain that its going to instill in america. theres going to be huge consequences to the implementation of this bill. its going to be very costly for some business, very burdensome, its going to effect democrats and republicans, and theres going to be a lot of screaming in the country. and were going to have to fix it. but, please, not a 38th time. >> i dont think the problem for obama care is the fact that its part of the irs -- the irs is part of th...

But were not at that in the legislation that you put out just yet. so it does mean, going back to their hours are going to go from the drawing board, right? 40 to less than 30. >> it could possibly mean going we know a -- back to the drawing board. >> neil: a lot of this is but what those senators are trying to do is a lot more already happening. >> a lot of states arent pallatable than whats going on prepared. in the house because they want the $40 an hour to tell you there is a platinum gold, ...

Writing the law. now, the administration says that congress is underfunding the implementation, but politically thats not going to work. the administrationoi gng to have -- its going to have to be a smooth operation. theyll get credit if this health care law is successful, but if its a disaster, that thats going to hurt the democratic party. now, republicans have been struggling with this, jon. just this week the house republicans try today change obamacare, and a lot of the rank and file republ...

Your setup there is the problem. this is going to be the first of any of a number of delays. i mean, we have already seen chunks of obama care taken out. you have seen the class act repealed. you have seen problems with -- you have seen challenges in the courts, some which werent successful. you have other challenges potentially coming one from oklahoma, you have the hobby lobby question. you have difficulties in the implementation of any of a number of these things. you have had governors resis...

Megyn: we are getting new information on the capture of richard engel from nbc news. hes describing how the rebels kept him and his team tide and beat up. they made them choose which one would be shot first and then held mock shootings. well ha this in a live report in moment. the presidents healthcare overhail was based on a critical net work of state exchanges. an online site that would help you figure out what plan you

Answer. >> cant tell you that but i can breakdown how the states are divvying this up. the deadline is here. they have to decide if they are going to set up their own marketplace for private health insurance or if they are going to leave it to the federal government. tell me if you notice any trends. 20 states have gone for the later option outright. they are not creating their own exchanges. montana republican state legislature requested to set up an exchange there. they will have a federal exc...

Federal government has always stood up for that proposition whether it was katrina, ike, gustaf, theyve come forward and done that. nothing different here. >> here is my point, and this is where i part ways with the republican party in an enormous way. 2/3 you have cancer and you dont have health insurance, thats hurricane sandy. >> christie did tell jon stewart that he may change his mind on a state-run exchange later. joining me now former dnc chairman and former vermont governor howard dean. ...

That means to the extent the obama administration is subsidizing these health care plans, there is question whether thats legal if these health care exchanges are run by the feds as opposed to the states. now youve got 16 to 25 states that will have the feds involved in some part. it raises a new constitutional question behind this law. i want to ask you this. you say hhs, health and human services doesnt have the dough. they dont have the money to set up all the exchanges for the 16 plus states...

Really doesnt happen. ive got to tell you though as a governor who believes in federalism and believes in the 10th amendment instincts tiffly, my gut to have the state run it rather than the federal government. youll get things like the food stamp program and special education anthes a mandate that for years has been mandated by the federal government and the school districts in their country and never comes close to covering the cost of that. i think that most of us who said no and deferred to ...