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Massachusetts legislature you knew i was going to go there, kevin, decided in massachusetts. >> massachusetts was a state plan, ruth. 6 million people. not 330 million people. >> size may matter for getting this thing rolled out. but in terms of imposing a package of minimum benefits, you know that romney care and obama care are precisely the same model. >> wait a second. both bad ideas. both bad ideas passed by a legislature 80% democrat in massachusetts. >> well, its actually almost universal ...

And who dont yet know what their access will be. >> thats not a political problem for people that are getting their health insurance. >> we dont know how they will end up because most of them will end up in a better situation than they were before with inadequate insurance. >> ruth, who gets to decide whether theyre in a better situation? the individual or the government? >> the state. >> if you were buying a product that you like and now government says you cant because this one is better for y...

About a lot of things. well leave it at that. the one thing he was not accurate about is where he said massachusetts works because its a state plan. governor romneys on record many, many, many times saying massachusetts was a national model that, in fact, was done in massachusetts, should be done nationally, federalized and nationalized. there are a lot of differences, right. >> at the state level. im not a fan of romney. im not a fan of romney care, lets look at romney care versus obama care. r...

Republicans have a problem. the president was in boston today, hole of romney care. i know you know so much about this. in august, 84% of people in massachusetts said they were satisfied with the health care theyve gotten over the past year. when it started, it was incredibly slow. there were all kinds of problems. what if this is the same way? at some point should republicans stop pointing the finger? if it points back at them, it will be ugly. >> theyre very happy with the folks in massachuset...

Blame them for opting out and trying to create their own. correct? >> right. but a lot of states are coming forward with creative plans. the speaker of the house in florida, for example, came up with a plan where he said, we need to see who really needs help with health insurance. were going to create a state plan with these same dollars. even though this plan is supposed to be -- mostly paid for by the federal government, this expansion population, states still would have to pay $118 billion ov...

It may be a slow news summer but no lack of material for wow seriously segment. the stories that. >> reporter: the stories that pop up leaving us saying, wow, seriously? first up, if you thought you had seen every possible type, brand and flavor of republican opposition to affordable care act, think again. enter paul wy land. hes filed a lawsuit in federal court to exempt his family from having to accept contraception coverage which would be provided under his state plan as a result of obama c...

I am fed up and fired up. >> fed up, fired up. >> thank you so much. >> that was 92-year-old north carolina resident of franklin county, north carolina which is one of the 40 of north carolinas 100 counties that were subject to section five of the voting rights act. she was speaking at north carolinas 11th consecutive rally this week. shes worried about signals that republicans in her state plan to push through a package of legislation aimed at restricting voting rights. including a new voter i....

Funding and they need to craft a state plan that can use federal funding and more flexible ways, investing more in preschoolteachers salaries or may want to invest in facilities and curriculum, digital learning and preschools and looking closely, as well. lots of opportunities and lots of possibilities and i hope theres flexibility not being specific about how the funds should be spent. >> i think obamas in a little bit of a tough spot here, this is an ambitious and probably worthy plan and oper...

>> says, you know, let the mortgage market hit the bottom, you know, and the foreclosures, you know. i just -- this is about the middle class. and none of what hes offering does anything. >> campaigning in wisconsin saturday with congress paul ryan. mitt romney took questions from the crowd. one woman asked him to explain the difference between president obamas health care law and the one romney helped develop in massachusetts while governor. >> one reason i believe this obama care is unconstitu...

south korea today. but he is delivering a strong message to north korea about its plan to test-fire a long-range missile. pyongyang claims it will launch a rocket-powered satellite next month, not a missile. south korea says regardless, the technology being used is a violation of a u.n. security council resolution. and former vice president dick cheney is recovering today after undergoing heart transplant surgery. cheney, who is 71 years old, was reportedly on the transplant list for...