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They have to pay the irs back. and they have scandal problems of their own. there are people who may have been denied the coverage they are eligible for. what the ig is saying we need to keep a close look on this and go forward with the whole plan to fix it. >> they cant fix it. >> they are saying that they cant. thats the federal level. four states have state exchanges, oregon, nevada, vermont and massachusetts. they all have the same problem with. >> glitches. >> particularly with citizenship ...

They have to pay the irs back. and they have scandal problems of their own. there are people who may have been denied the coverage they are eligible for. what the ig is saying we need to keep a close look on this and go forward with the whole plan to fix it. >> they cant fix it. >> they are saying that they cant. thats the federal level. four states have state exchanges, oregon, nevada, vermont and massachusetts. they all have the same problem with. >> glitches. >> particularly with citizenship ...

We subsequently denied medicate expansion and prohibited state exchanges and done everything within our power to stop this bill. i believe im going to be the 51st senator to repeal this bill. >> what about the no cost birth control? >> you know, i think its not that expensive. i dont think its something that we need to do. the country needs to do. people can do it for themselves. >> what do you think they can do for themselves. >> pay for their birth control. its not that expensive. >> they will...

Jon: as we said in the lead inn, obamacare was designed with thinking that just about every state would set up its own individual website. 36 states did not do so, primarily states led by republican governors who thought this thing would be a big mess and you know, they said leave it to uncle sam, if they are going to foist this upon us. now those governors in those 36 states are looking like the smart ones here. >> yes. but we should point out that there have been mixed results in the state exc...

Turnout. >> when you look at the polls, the republican base is a lot more excited about this law than the democratic base is for. i suspect what the democrats will do, bob alluded this, is cherry pick something. for example, the drug coverage for seniors. catastrophic coverage. those sorts of things. they say the republicans want to roll that back and go on the attack. you kind of net this out. substabtively, its a draw. turnout is the real problem. i dont know what can be done about that on thi...

Turnout. >> when you look at the polls, the republican base is a lot more excited about this law than the democratic base is for. i suspect what the democrats will do, bob alluded this, is cherry pick something. for example, the drug coverage for seniors. catastrophic coverage. those sorts of things. they say the republicans want to roll that back and go on the attack. you kind of net this out. substabtively, its a draw. turnout is the real problem. i dont know what can be done about that on thi...

People like the woman i just described, who i saw in pennsylvania yesterday were helping because of something we did. i think there is a strong, good, right story to tell. be proud. its helping millions of people. in alaska, a group supporting democratic senator mark bagic is proudly running this ad. >> i was lucky. i beat cancer. but the i shurns companies denied me because of my pre-existing condition. now i have health insurance again. in kentucky, democrats are hitting republicans for opposi...

Explanation why anybody covering this wouldnt point that out because it is something that youve seen in the past, if you look at the state exchanges. they say about somewhere between, 15 to 20% of the people who put it in their basket dont end up purchasing it. so you have to assume that there is going to be around that percentage of people not actually purchasing it. now, some people will say, maybe it will be a little different. maybe they will be 10% because this is coming up against a deadli...

That the federal government cannot dole out subsidies. they have to go through state exchanges. if dana -- if this gets to the supreme court and is overturned, this is the only hope for this entire bill being dismantled, and it could happen. >> i think jesse is on to something about the numbers not really adding up. remember early, the first few months, they found for every enrollee, there was, i think there were four medicaid recipients signing up for medicaid. they were going on, finding out i...

>> okay, robert, you are first. what do you think? >> we have seen more than 100 celebrities and athletes tweet or make appearances on behalf of the affordable care act. and now are seeing these celebrities on "saturday night live" mocking the affordable care act. i think this is a problem for the administration. you are not seeing a lot of interest from the young people that need to be enrolling. the young people that are supposed to be really interested in this law, im not sure they are going ...