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Exchange -- the insurance policies available through the exchange, the obamacare exchange in the state of new hampshire, do not include most of the hospitals in the state. there's only one hospital in the state out of, i think, 13 or 14 that's covered by that health care policy. jon: yeah. >> so people are having to drive literally hours to get to a hospital that's covered by their insurance policy. they're not happy about that, and they'll express that unhappiness this fall. jon: you just can't use it anywhere nearby. >> right. and we're likely to see a round of premium increases this fall. r...
That eager to clarify that look, this cops from a changed question. they will, i'm sure, pocket whatever talking point that they get out of this. they do that with all sorts of numbers from the pay gap, to cbo projections. they keep going around saying obamacare reduced number of people, reduced the cost of health care premiums when even the government's own actuaries say that is flatly not true. so the idea somehow they are going to be honest about this up front and much of the press will hold their feet to the fire i'm deeply skeptical about. jon: so, david, we should take with a grain of sa...
Will obamacare help anyone at election time. among republicans concern they are betting too much on obamacare for the mid terms. 2016. former secretary of state hillary clinton is hedging her bet. the former presidential candidate defending obamacare but saying she is open to evidence based changes. we are back with karl rove. karl, to what extent is obamacare going to be the strategy of both parties going to into the mid terms? >> well, i think it's going to be a big part of the republican strategy. democrats are going to try to diminish the damage that's being done to their brand and to thei...
Will obamacare help anyone at election time. among republicans concern they are betting too much on obamacare for the mid terms. 2016. former secretary of state hillary clinton is hedging her bet. the former presidential candidate defending obamacare but saying she is open to evidence based changes. we are back with karl rove. karl, to what extent is obamacare going to be the strategy of both parties going to into the mid terms? >> well, i think it's going to be a big part of the republican strategy. democrats are going to try to diminish the damage that's being done to their brand and to thei...