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Even as they defended them they said they know nothing about the law. listen. >> promise to bring the cost of health care law. unemployment is an issue in our generation. when i graduate from college i want a job open in the marketplace for me. >> i try to keep up with the news. i couldn't tell you what the affordable care act does. >> these are the young, healthy people they need to sign up to make the the math for the law work. some of them on the campus of american university where the president was today is saying i follow the news and i don't know what this law does, three years later. th...

>> but today the president made a case for young people. >> there was a time when i was a young invincible. after five years in this office, people don't call me that any more. i do remember what it's like being 27 or 28. and aside from the occasional basketball injury, you know, most of the time, i kind of felt like i had nothing to worry about. of course, that's what most people think, until they have something to worry about. but at that point, oftentimes, it's too late. >> now karen, young adults, young adults are the key to making this law work. is this battle really about them? >> well, ...

Shows that there's some real hurdles ahead to try to make this law work. >> greyson says this really is a sea change among the president's core constituents. >> as numbers go, john, in that survey, those aren't the only ones the white house is probably concerned about. >> no. obama care is just one of the headlines. just a couple of other very troubling numbers. one in five people who say that they voted for president obama last year say if they had to do it again today they wouldn't vote for him. nearly half say if they could, they'd recall him. but as bad as those numbers sound, they're rosy...

Predictions that young people, young invincibles will wait until the last minute and when the deadline is upon them, they'll go to the sign up. do you think that's what's likely to happen? >> well, at policy, we think the key piece here is educating young people about the bill. the interesting thing with the website issues and political bickering, we haven't really had a conversation amongst young people yet about what this law is, what this law means for young people, and how to make this law work better for our generation. so our perspective is, having this conversation now and having the wh...

>> the president just last hour at the white house youth summit encouraging those in attendance to spread the word to sign up for insurance on government exchanges. young people are critical to the law's success. the white house estimates 40% of enrollee ees needs to be under 35 and healthy to keep premiums down. according to a wall street journal poll, the president has work to do. 45% said it needs a major overhaul or be totally eliminated. two people to open up the lines of communication with the way for young americans to submit ideas on how to make the law work for them. policy mike is la...