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On the front pages. going to happen. won't be news. there will be part of the law what will still need to be improved. and if we can stop refighting old political battles that keep us gridlocked, then we can actually make the law work even better for everybody. and we're excited about the prospect of doing that. we are game to do it. [applause] >> but today should remind us that the goal we set for ourselves, that no american should go without the health care they need, that no family should be bankrupt because somebody in that family gets sick, because no parent should have to be worried abou...

Insurance? why are they so mad about the idea of folks having health insurance? em many of the tall tales have been debunched. there are still no death pams. armageddon has not arrived. instead, this law is helping millions of americans and it will help many more. i've said this ever about, i will always work with anyone who is willing to make this law work even better. but the debate over repealing this law is over. the affordable care act is here to stay.

Somebody else decides that the gig is up. >> you know, steve, i mean, that's precisely why the insurance companies have wanted a deadline, and the people who are most concerned about this, because of the fact that they worry people are just going to wait until they get sick. >> that's exactly right. look, we have seen this before with the lifting of other deadlines, the employer mandate and other things. the insurance companies will say look we need time to figure out the rates for next year. we have to do what acchaers do to make the law work for us and for everybody. it goes beyond -- charle...

>> you say repeal isn't what most americans want? >> right. the vast majority of americans want lawmakers to make the law work as best as possible. that is not true of republicans associate with the tea party. a lot of them say that lawmakers should make the law fail to move on to a better solution buch. but the vast majority do want to work it out. that is going to be a tough needle for the republicans because they are counting on obamacare as their golden ticket for reclaiming the senate. but a lot of voters want to hear about improvement of the law not getting rid of it. >> and if 1-4 are p...

Facts and figures are correct. so it seems like you could come up with any kind of excuse. and my question to you is does that mean that the law then involutes, it falls in on itself and doesn't work because you don't have enough paying customers? >> there's this bizarre sort of catch 22 where the individual mandate is a bad piece of a bad law but taking it away may actually make the law worse because right now insurance companies, you know, there's something called guaranteed issue where they have to offer insurance to anyone who asks for it. which means you can wait until you get sick to pur...