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Affected by that provision of obama care. so, what was with all the talk about cutting back workers and accruing costs? there was a long pause, wrote stern. "after which he said he'd call e back. alison, who said this. >> we don't have insurance for our daughter, who has a pre-existing condition, so we're looking at probably $20,000 in premiums next year. >> $19,000. >> yeah. >> which is how much higher than what it was? twice as high? >> well -- >> twice as high. >> stern reported that, assuming the couple didn't smoke and was eligible for subsidies, they would get a plan for less than $8,000...

>> after that couple told eric stern they had no plans to go on healthcare.gov and actually look for a better deal because they oppose obama care in principle, want nothing to do with it, stern found them a plan that's more than 60% less than their current bill. i'm pleased to be joined by eric stern from salon.com, also deputy secretary of state for montana, senior counsel to former governor of montana, democrat brian sweitzer. eric, you write in the piece that something about watching this did not sit right with you. what was it? >> you know, based on what i know about the act, about the aff...

Outright falsehoods that were told about the health care law, but because after hannity brought on those average americans, the three couples, to tell their obama care horror stories, something about it just didn't ring true. eric stern, a contributor to salon.com, saw the show and decided to pick up the phone, do some reporting. he spoke to the actual guests and discovered their worries, well, had some holes. stern first talked with paul cox, who along with his wife, michelle, told hannity obama care was limiting the growth of their business. >> and you'd like to hire full-time employees. >> ...

Healthcare.gov and actually look for a better deal because they oppose obama care in principle, want nothing to do with it, stern found them a plan that's more than 60% less than their current bill. i'm pleased to be joined by eric stern from salon.com, also deputy secretary of state for montana, senior counsel to former governor of montana, democrat brian sweitzer. eric, you write in the piece that something about watching this did not sit right with you. what was it? >> you know, based on what i know about the act, about the affordable care act, it just didn't sound right. nothing that these...

Now, tina and robby said they have no interest in looking at the exchange because they are philosophically opposed to obama care. you know, a bronze plan on the exchange in their zip code costs -- it would be a significant savings to them. as would other plans. and there are plans on the exchange where they might not save that much. but there is at least the opportunity for them to go on and shop. and they didn't even want to do it. so what they were -- they were using the letter they got as evidence of sort of an obama care failure. and that's it. >> okay. thank you so much for this. i love t...