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They marketed and priced their product at given that that was in the law and that should be paid. so, unfortunately the republicans without the passage of a bill can sabotage the bills working, undermine the confidence -- >> if we left obamacare as is, what happens? >> cbo says obamacare or as we like to call it the affordable care act, will stabilize, will do what its intended to , open up insurance to -- and me it affordable for a vast number of the american public. so, if, in fact, the republ...

Ago standing behind president obama as he signed obamacare into law. he just voted no today on the gop bill. nice to see you, sir. >> greta, good to be with you. >> let me ask you some quick questions. the president says premiums are going down. have you read the bill and is that what you understand? >> ive read the bill, but also very importantly, ive read the cbo report that is the independent congressional advisor on fiscal matters, and they say premiums are going up 24 to 29% for the average...

Arizona, 96 out of 99 counties in iowa have some -- i have only one insurance carrier, no insurance to pick from. what about -- that cant possibly be the same for people -- that cant possibly be good. >> these are different situations. i think the situation in iowa is a reflection of the uncertainty being injected into the market based on the concerted effort of the white house to sabotage the effective implementation of the affordable care act. when it comes to arizona, people continue on the r...

Complaints about this by some on your side of the aisle mainly, and even senator graham in the senate, is that it hadnt been scored. is that you talking about the score preamendmes? >> greta, thats correct. the amendment has not yet been scored and of course paul ryan had represented years ago and recently that we shouldnt consider a bill that didnt have a cbo score. this bill didnt, in that sense, but the original bill which was passed at the same time it became one bill, the original bill, cbo...