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Lifetime limits and phases out annual limits by 2014 providing economic and health security for those who need coverage at critical times. >> reporter: and it allows children to remain on their parents' policies until age 26, but the ranking republican says the hearing was designed as a marketing tool for the new law. >> it's the policy, not the marketing plan. it's easy to pick a few paragraphs out of a 2700-page law to find provisions that are popular. jenna: you know, jim, several republicans, and we've heard this time and time again over the last couple weeks, they're pointing to the chief...

Americans of the law's benefits. >> what is most convincing of all, though, is having the bill come into effect and people seeing what it means in their lives. what we're seeing is that those that had to remove pre-existing conditions, important to children and women, allowing a young person to stay on his or her parents' policy until he's 26 years old, the lifetime limits. all of those things, having preventive care, not have a co-pay, for example. as people understand what this means to their health and economic security because of reducing cost, i think will have -- people will have a more ...

>> let's talk about the repeal of the health care reform law. our brand new cnn opinion research corporation poll out today shows 50% of the american public want to repeal all provisions in the new health care law. 42% oppose. why does the american public believe repeal is the way to go. >> i'm not surety completely agree with the polls. there are polls that show a different trend. but the fact is that overwhe overwhelmingly the american people support ending discrimination on the basis of a preexisting medical condition. they oppose lifetime limits, even annual limits on care for people. a pa...

Been campaigning on before now. today the white house rolled out its political campaign on behalf of health reform, and they rolled it out in a big way. president obama traveled to falls church, virginia, to speak at one of these private home backyard events that he's been doing lately to connect with a relatively small audience. this one in virginia today, specifically zeroed in on what is happening roughly three hours from right now. which is that a big wave of changes is rolling into effect as a result of health reform being signed into law. those changes take effect at midnight. >> part of...

Despite some of the stuff that's been said out there these reforms don't cut into your guaranteed benefits. they eliminate copayments and deductibles for preventative care like checkups and mammograms. you will be getting those for free now. this is why aarp supported this bill because it's good for seniors. it's the right thing to do. it's good for young people. it's the right thing to do. it's good for people who have hit these lifetime limits. it's good for people with pre-existing conditions. all of that, all of that happens this year. and then by 2014 each state will set up what we're cal...