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Health insurance exchanges are set to open this coming tuesday, and then millions of americans are supposed to be able to sign up for health care coverage without the help of federal subsidies, but now lawmakers want the same rules to apply to them, to congress and the administration. chief national correspondent jim angle is in washington with more. >> many have been asking questions about obamacare. why aren't any officials in it? >> if it's something that the white house and the administration is saying this is great for the american people, then they need to come be a part of it. >> if the...

That's just made up out of thin air. a lot of them rightly get upset when the obama administration does that. >> levin defends staff members who have modest incomes. >> i think they should have status to health care like anyone else who works. >> it's a very painful thing for us do but it is the right thing for us to do. >> there are plenty of other issues about obamacare ahead of this one, of course, but there's no way the republicans are going to drop the fairness issue. in washington, jim angle, fox news. new insight into the scope of the devastation from a deadly terror attack in kenya. ...

For everybody else. jim angle is on fox top story at the bottom of the hour for us live from d.c. jim, it's an aspect of the healthcare law that really hasn't gotten much attention. >> no, that's right, harris, many lawmakers have been asking a a pointed question about obama care, why aren't administration officials part of it? listen. >> if it is something that the white house and the administration is saying this is great for the american people, then they need to come be a part of it. >> the president thinks it's such a great idea that it should apply to him and his political appointees as ...

Authority to offer them, listen. >> why is this president carving out an exception that doesn't exist in the law and only make members of congress and their staff the beneficiaries of it. >> as far as i'm concerned, that's just made up out of thin air. a lot of conservatives rightly get upset when the obama administration does that by administrative fiat. >> now some worry about congressional staffers who might be hurt. but lawmakers are more determined that they have to participate if he they are going to demand that administration officials do the same. harris? >> jim, good to see you, thank...

>> if you're in a bronze plan, the premiums are going to be relatively low, you know? as hhs said, in some cases people won't pay premiums as all. but there are going to be very high out-of-pocket costs, and deductibles in some cases over $5,500. >> reporter: so a person with a plan at that level might only pay $100 a month in premiums, but the deductible will add almost $500 more a month, and that doesn't even count the co-pays, jenna. jenna: jim angle live in washington, d.c., thank you. >> reporter: you bet. jon: the devil is in the details, right? it was an epic 21 hours and 19 minutes, ...