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Saying they should eat their own cooking because they could see the problems that will be percolating up from these insurance exchanges. now, reports are out that the president said he would enroll them in the insurance exchange. we don't know. we have yet to determine the quality of the health insurance plans under the new exchanges. we know that the federal government gets very, very good plans. they have a vast array of choices, of over 200, i think, and so the question is -- taxpayers already pay $27 billion towards these existing federal insurance plans. we know that insurance exchanges h...

Exchange. but how will it measure up against the coverage they currently get under the government plan? and will taxpayers end up footing the bill? here to explain is elizabeth mcdonald from the fox business network. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> last week, this started percolating that a couple of republican senators, grassley and coburn wanted to introduce this amendment because they were scratching their heads and saying wait a minute, you want this health care reform for all americans but you're not going to take the same plan. >> right much the way the law was written, they get...

You create a marketplace that is not accessible to most americans, how effective can it be? >> well, first of all, every american who wants, will be able to keep his insurance. second of all, every american will have access to it the insurance exchanges. that right is guaranteed in the legislation. >> if you were to look, and my understanding is the only people that have access to that -- to the exchanges are those who are unemployed or in a small business. >> no. no. >> is that correct? >> no. any american will have access to the exchange. >> okay. >> small businesses, large businesses, peopl...

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