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Credits, seniors will get relief and this big coverage gap they experience with prescription drugs, they will get preventive care services for free. all these different ways will provide peace of mind for america's families and obviously if the affordable care act is struck in some way, some of these things could go. >> doug, what's your best case against it? >> i think the american people have been clear in their views of this. for two years now it has been an extremely unpopular law. americans see it as a vast government overreach. they -- >> that doesn't mean it's illegal, though. what is t...

Health care, not marketing or administrative services. there's a whole host of preventive services that people can get without cost sharing so not paying an out of pocket co-pay or paying your deductible, different ones for adults and women and children. there's a whole host of benefits for seniors that are already in place. one of those big things is changing the prescription drug, what they call the doughnut hole in medicare which is that coverage gap for when medicare pays for your prescription drugs. they're narrowing the hole down and provide more coverage for seniors. they also gave seni...

Health care, not marketing or administrative services. there's a whole host of preventive services that people can get without cost sharing so not paying an out of pocket co-pay or paying your deductible, different ones for adults and women and children. there's a whole host of benefits for seniors that are already in place. one of those big things is changing the prescription drug, what they call the doughnut hole in medicare which is that coverage gap for when medicare pays for your prescription drugs. they're narrowing the hole down and provide more coverage for seniors. they also gave seni...

Americans think that insurance companies should be able to drop them or deny them coverage for pre-existing conditions, they say no, overwhelmingly. if you dig down and ask them if they think young adults should be able to stay on their parents' insurance until they're 26, they say, yes, they should. if you ask seniors whether they think the donut hole should be reopened and that coverage gap in prescription drug to medicare should be remain open, they say, no, of course not. health care reform when you ask americans about them, they overwhelmingly support them and that is exactly what the rep...

The program are paying a lot less. the average prescription payment have dropped from $1,500 a year to $900. you know, i remember hearing someone say that would happen. >> seniors who fall in the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole will start getting some help. these reforms will not cut your guaranteed benefits. >> a promise made and a promise kept. republicans, you better hope the supreme court upholds this law next year. otherwise enjoy telling your constituents that you fought to increase their medical bills. that will go over really well. . the afternoon tour begins with more pain and...