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>> everyone needs to remember that there wasnt a lot of thought given to obamacare by a single entity making sure that all the pieces fit together. it was put together by a bunch of special interests, and thats why you get this rude goldberg contraption, were having all these problems. patti ann: dr. marc siegel is a member of the fox news medical a-team. thank you for joining us, doc. >> hi, patti ann. thats not exactly an endorsement. patti ann: no, not at all. the federal government has just ...

>> greta: time is running out. deadline is december 14th when states must decide to set up their own health insurance exchanges. 63 to set up exchanges and nine undecided. one governor is on the fence is bob mcdonald. today this is surprise, democrats in the virginia senate urging the governor to call a special session. governor mcdonald joins us. >> thanks for having me on. >> greta: in terms of setting up these state exchanges. if you dont set up a state exchange it goes to a federal default. ...

Medical care for the poor, but the state exchanges. the federal government rile expected the states to say, yeah, well sign up for this. it maximum it very difficult to implement obamacare. at the same time a bunch of state attorneys general led by attorney general pruitt of oklahoma are challenging the constitutionality of the exchanges. the supreme court says you cant force them to do on medicaid, why can you force them to do it on the insurance cases. i think we will see a significant supreme...

Scratching your head. republican governors who were the biggest opponents of the law have decided to let the federal government run their state exchanges. >> in the end, if it is state name only wed rather have the federal government government do it as much as it pains us living in federalism in the end. it is better they do it and not incur the additional cost to taxpayers that a state-run exchange would expose us to. >> joining me is a health care correspondent from national journal and this ...

Shannon: you mentioned the state exchanges. so is it your best guess that despite the promises otherwise, folks may not be able to keep their doctor or insurance they have now? >> you are absolutely right. even with large businesses, a large portion said well end up putting a significant portion our employees on these exchanges. we are already seeing in some cases where -- you hate to use the "r" word but thats what it is. rationing of care starting to come into play. with these exchanges you ar...

Stays on schedule is set for wednesday. jenna: they are back from break and ready to go. back to work for the lawmakers. shannon thank you very much. another big issue including the healthcare law right now are the state exchanges and the medicaid expansion. as part of the supreme court ruling states can now opt out of new federal funding that would expand their medicaid coverage. of course there is a consequence to that. there is also a consequence to deciding to not set up the state exchanges....

Opt out of them. the "washington post" making the point that the deadline for that is january of 2014. if they are not set up, the federal government is supposed to step in, but theres all manner of disagreement as far as how prepared the federal government is to set up state exchanges if the states dont do it. >> youre putting your finger on part of the whole debate in the courts which is federalism, right? whats the proper role of the federal government. conservatives have argued the federal g...

Its not going to make medicaid better. we are going to run out of money. the things we care about we wont be able to afford. it will $1.9 billion tax increase. >> if you dont do the state exchanges, does the law does not provide make an exchange for you and forces you into federal exchange, is that wrong? >> i believe its going to be repealed it will be a rallying cry on top of jobs. if it becomes law we are not going to i remember implement those exchanges because they will come to the same con...

He had a web ad, not a national television ad. so i think theyre trying to wait and see how this plays out. you see him wrapping this into his general rhetoric about the economy and frame being obamacare as a drag on the k economy. i think hell continue to do that, but i think in ways hell be vague about this, talk about states rights but not necessarily get into these very on the ground battles about state exchanges and the expansion of medicaid. >> it is a fine line he does have to walk. as we...

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