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The white white house says that is a half million people, but another major tweak like this puts them in a difficult position. >> what is important to understand is the pool of people who are covered in the catastrophic policies are separate from those in the broader market place. for people who are going into the exchanges and buying coverage, they are pooled together. if you take out young and healthy people and they buy coverage that is separate that will be everybody in the market place and they will see it increase. it creates a tremendous amount of insta belt. >> many republicans accused...

Breach. it is putting one in eight americans at risk. the lawsuits are already coming in all "happening now." >> but first, just a short time from now, president obama will make remarks before he and the first family head out on a big christmas holiday. his year-end press conference, 2:00 eastern time this afternoon, less than 24 hours after an 11th hour, well it is more than a tweak. it's a big change to obamacare. hello, everybody, i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. jenna: what that change means is the big question. gregg, nice to have you with us again. hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. the wh...

We're in very good health, so we may just decide that it's not worth it paying $1,500 a month. it's a lot of money. we might decide to drop all coverage and pay the bounty. >> now, at the moment you've got catastrophic coverage. you've got a very large deductible. >> correct. >> but as i understand it, you cannot keep that policy. you can't keep catastrophic insurance. all kinds of coverages are being forced on you, have i got that right? >> right. that's how i understand it, too. i was on the phone with my insurance carrier yesterday and they basically told me that i am -- okay, i can stay on...

Enrollment period. >> it stinks. >> otherwise everybody would wait. >> john has it right, this is not insurance at all. it's prepaying next year's expense. for younger person that is true. you want kitkati catastrophic coverage. you should choose what you want. >> we have the leave it there. next up, privacy concerns erupting over reports that the government is snooping. just about everything. phone calls, e-mail, credit cards, you name it. should you fear it? the "cashin' in" crew on it at the bottom of the hour. up next, after three months of protests the t.s.a. keeps fixing the plan to allo...

To get sick, go to the emergency room and those of us who are covered are going to have to pay for them any way. >> if that's what this law was really about, then they would have hapb dated catastrophic coverage. that's what what they did. they are trying to take the money out of young and healthy americans and put it in the pockets of insurance companies for regulations that congress is imposing on insurance companies. it was part of the deal they made to get the insurance company's support for the bill. megyn: how as a practical matter does the stop businesses from hiring? >> right now the p...