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Information here. you say you have a vasectomy and you're 70 years old and you say you now qualify for maternity coverage. looks like you don't need that either, my brother. premium is 2.5 times his current plan so his premiums have also gone up. you're seeing so many of these. >> this is from l.m. it says here is my experience. i went to sign up, did get through but the application process didn't happen. but more important are we still on for tonight. i'm meeting you in the park at midnight. you said you're going to wear overalls. magenta overalls, is that right? i'll be there in the mask and...

Fought against discriminatory issues. as far as the essential health benefits, correct me if i am wrong, do men not have to buy maternity coverage? sebelius: policies will cover maternity coverage for the young and healthy. they will have a choice of a catastrophic plan which has no maternity coverage. >> the men are required to? sebelius: an insurance policy has a series of benefits whether you use them or not. >> that is why they are increasing because we are forcing them to buy things they will never need. thank you, madam secretary. of the men often do need maternity coverage for their spo...

Care, who don't want many of these benefits, they won't have that option of going with a plan that no longer meets the test. >> well, first of all, most people don't have that option now. 95% of the people in this country who get their insurance through their employer get coverage if they're a male, for maternity coverage, and if they're a female, they get coverage for viagra. let's be fair here. comprehensive coverage means that we all pay for things that we don't use. we pay for insurance we might not use. the whole point is you never know when you need it. and you cover it for some things y...

Is as you said, and here is where you get the a, because by making plans more expensive, by adding stuff that people do not need so that you are 60 years old and you are a single guy, you are getting maternity coverage and you are paying for it. subsidizing the uninsured. instead of subsidizing them directly with a tax and being honest with that what you are trying to do is disguise it by hiking the premiums and here is what people leave out, hiking the deductibles. and that's where people are going to get real sticker shock. >> all right. but you know as well as i do in the political culture ...

That, yes, the if you like your plan, you may not be able to keep it. he insists for the vast majority of americans who are now signing up for medicaid or have employer-based insurance, we should note, you're likely to be able to keep your plan. not guaranteed, but likely. there are some employers who are shifting things around. the second thing that jay carney was saying though, look, in the end these folks who are losing their plans even though they like them are going to get better insurance over the long run. they're going to have maternity coverage, all these great things the white house ...