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Million people according to the numbers we confirmed today. young people who stayed on their parntss' plans. they aren't going to go on and the exchange and pay a lot more. they'll stay on their parents' plans. you need those people to buy these plans so the older people who are suffering from preexisting conditions or other problems can get that care without a huge surge in premiums. >> we do need to get as many people in so we can balance the risk pool. that mean you need healthy people in there. young people should sign up. you never know when you're going to get in a car accident, get hurt...

Low. -- law. would reduce the deficit. that is nonsense. a typical employer and businessman can opt out of the health insurance and not provide option of health insurance and pay a $2000 fine per person. why would he not do that instead of paying $10,000 for family coverage. he will back out . cvo refuses to acknowledge how many will be on the government program. it really is sobering when you look at figures. there were problems as we discussed earlier off camera that there would be long-term coverage for preexisting. and now they are off of the table. >> long-term coverage simply became so e...

People who are bothered, quote, unquote, by a less chronic condition. they chuck those people into the big number. that number is released today perhaps politically because today there is the house vote -- bill: the debate begins today, expect the vote tomorrow. but a lot of republicans agree with that, do they not? you don't want to kick people off preexisting conditions. >> that many right. there is middle ground. a lot of republicans wants high-risk pools that would establish people with chronic conditions that could not get individual insurance policies. so there is common ground there. bu...

>> the patient can go online and look at their labs, communicate with the doctor's office and refill prescriptions and make appointments online. we set that up about seven months ago. we launched this. already we've had 30,000 patients sign up. >> reporter: they have become so popular a number of insurance carriers are now paying for online visits. both doctors and patients say they can benefit from this because it cuts down on the way times for routine medical questions or follow-ups but experts do stress that e-mail and these e-visits should only be used for simple stuff. if you are having a...