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>> take him at his word. all right. there's been a lot of stories about individual people who have lost their current plan, one by cbs's jan corcoran. i want to play a little bit of it and ask you about it on the other side. >> that includes 56-year-old diane barrett. last month, she received a letter from blue cross blue shield informing her as of january 2014 she would lose her current plan. she pays $54 a month. the new plan would run $581 more a month. >> now, i found that story to be over simplified, because the further interviews with diane barrett showed what she has now is a junk pla...

The truth. >> take him at his word. all right. there's been a lot of stories about individual people who have lost their current plan, one by cbs's jan corcoran. i want to play a little bit of it and ask you about it on the other side. >> that includes 56-year-old diane barrett. last month, she received a letter from blue cross blue shield informing her as of january 2014 she would lose her current plan. she pays $54 a month. the new plan would run $581 more a month. >> now, i found that story to be over simplified, because the further interviews with diane barrett showed what she has now is...

Covered. prescription drug costs, they are required on this plan, as well. rehabilitative services are covered. this includes things like physical therapy. laboratory services must be covered. preventative and wellness visits are going to be covered and the pediatric services must be covered. the two biggest kickers in all of this, and it's just a quick bullet point out there, no lifetime limits on coverage, and preexisting conditions are covered. these are the standards that obama care is bringing to the marketplace. this is an upgrade. we're upgrading, honey. what do you think about that? yo...

Health care law. what do you say to constituents who heard the president say if you like your plan, you can keep it. >> well, most frankly, there are some real junk insurance plans out there that people have been buying, pay for, but they don't have the coverage, the minimum standards that we now are going to have. so if -- if i have a plan that includes that, well, i shouldn't use myself as an example because as a federal employee, i'm part of the exchange. but if someone has a plan that has the coverage with those standards, they do get to keep it. if they have a junk plan, that's not going ...