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Further. not only would junk insurance be extended, it's a trojan horse, but insurance companies would be allowed to sell new junk policies with things like lifetime limits on coverage. this totally goes against the affordable care act. the bill would gut the consumer protections put in place by the law known as obama care. well, earlier today, here we go, upton's bill passed the house with the support of 39 house democrats. and the liberal community across america, they're wondering, what the heck are these folks thinking? upton said today he thinks the bill is a better fix. >> what our bill ...

Call 1-888-xarelto or visit goxarelto.com. i want it fixed so the affordable care act will succeed. will succeed. not be torn down. as the president has said, the promise of the affordable care act is far more than just a website. the promise the affordable care act is a benefit to 105 million americans who have been protected against lifetime limits since 2010. >> that was senator tom harkin this week listing one of the many reasons to be thankful for

Dissatisfied. what we have done to increase the consumer protections that are in place for the families and those folks. we have said, you can't drop people when they get sick and need it most. we said that you can't -- have lifetime limits so that suddenly people think they have got insurance. next thing they know they have $ $30,000, $40,000 out of pocket expenses. over the long term that's the right thing to do. but in this transition, there are going to be folks who get a cancellation letter when a website is not working. they're looking and saying, what am i going to do now. we have to ma...

Care for awhile, the average increase was double digits. if they actually got sick and used the insurance, they might find the next year their premiums had gone up or the insurer might have dropped them altogether because now they had a pre-existing condition. women were being charged as much as double compared to men. so this is a market that wasn't working. and a whole lot of people were dissatisfied. and what we've done is to increase the consumer protections that are in place for those families and those folks. we've said you can't drop people when they're sick and need it most. we said yo...

You. >> the notion that you're safe now from being kicked off your policy -- >> no more dropping your policy. >> i don't think those things have penetrated yet to the public. >> no more lifetime limits on the care that you can receive. >> with all this attention, they might actually have to sell the plan in order to keep it going. >> i've got one more campaign in me. >> and people might finally then realize what's actually in it. >> the campaign to make sure this law works for every single person in america. >> let's get right to our panel, and joining us now is the "washington post" jackie ku...