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0 >> so now what happens? >> i think that what happens now is you continue to talk about the shortcomings, the faults and failures. we try to get this thing fixed. thing is a big concern that if americans cannot sign up for this by the end of the year, they should be granted some type of exemption. they should not be hit with a tax. the supreme court kind of made a faux pas with that decision in the first place. but the american people should not suffer because of the incompetence of the federal government and the obama administration. so we need to continue to hone in on that. and as i've bee...

>> well, i tell people it's a dump truck on rubber tracks. >> reporter: so, ken, how will obama care impact your business? >> well, initially we don't think there is an immediate impact. the worry we have looking forward is what will obama care do to the rise in premium rates from the insurance companies within virginia. if we're faced with 50, 60, 70% increase in premium costs that we have to pass to our employees, then we have a new decision to make. and that decision is do we leave the traditional health insurance marketplace and force our employees into the exchange, or do we force our emp...

0 signed into law. and then also the medical device tax, that's another thing that everyone agrees with. we're talking about jobs and medical technology innovation, we should not have this medical device tax. >> but wait, wait, wait. stop. let me just stop you for a second. the whole idea of fairness. if we're all going to have the mandate, everyone is going to have the mandate, you're not going to gerrymander it so some people don't have it. the medical tax. >> sure. >> the medical device tax, whether you love it or hate it, that really was part of the law in the beginning. everybody had a ch...

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