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>> reporter: president obama personally responding to a texas school typier after receiving a highly critical letter about obamacare. his handwritten note is raising eyebrows writing i believe healthcare reform will be the right thing for the country. it certainly wasn't the smart political thing and i hope in the months to come you will keep an open mind and evaluate it based not on the political attacks but what it does or doesn't do to improve people's lives. improve people's lives. democratic national committee member and former chair of al gore's campaign. and the former assistant to john

Coverage? >> reporter: there's an upside to this in that the small businesses that do offer health insurance under obamacare, they are eligible for a tax credit, and it may help dent the significantly higher cost of providing a health care plan to their employees. big mystery of all, heather, is no indication yet how many small businesses are going to be affected. but likely going to be a lot. back to you. heather: dominictydi-natale, thk you. gregg: remember the irs-targeting scandal when it targeted conservative groups? well, now the obama administration is to opposing new rules finish -- pr...

Boehner. 20 million will lose their employer plans. try to explain that to those people. >> i think what we have to remember is that why this whole debate again which is all americans wanted to have access to afford panel quality healthcare. and suddenly obamacare has been the excuse for everything. many of those americans that we are talking about right now were going to lose their healthcare. gregg: debbie, seriously are you really going to make that argument. >> i am. that's why this began. gregg: i interviewed people and held up in front of the television and put on the screen the policy t...

What they're calculating is there are enough people now dependent on government or willing to be dependent on government that that message will sell. and i regret to say i think we're very close to the point where they are right. and even if obamacare's effectively a disaster, it still could be a political win for the democrats if they've converted enough americans into that welfare mindset. heather: there are all these numbers that really aren't getting out there, and can this one i saw today was put together by a group called the commonwealth fund. they said that the selection process, the p...