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The blue cross blue shield, the blues said 85 percent of the people who selected a plan haven't paid the premium. what does it say for obama care here. >> it is bad news. you may sign up for obama carry on the website. but if you are not paying the premiums, you are not covered. it is that simple and buying a airplane ticket and showing up on the counter. they will not let you on the plane. that will be the problem for doctor appoints. and if you haven't paid the premium, you are not covered by the insurance plan. and the numbers that they are talking about earlier this week. and guess what, o...

They are not giving us those numbers. we're not going to know for a year or two. but is it looking better? is it looking -- >> you look at the numbers and talk to the insurance company folks who obviously, they have a vested interest in this. it's getting a little bit better and the sense was that they knew the enrollees towards the end would be skewing younger and skewing healthier. the question is, does it at least give over 30%. 40 is the massachusetts target. the idea of paying -- how many have signed up have paid, there is an important study that's been done by the insurance company that ...

Tomorrow repeal vote. >> republicans held hearing looking at the impact on patient and doctors. they noted $17 million people will be added to medicaid he argued is already overwhelmed. >> right now, less than half of all physicians accept new medicaid patients because of a low payment rate and high administrative costs. under the new healthcare law, enrollees will overwhelm emergency rooms. >> doctors express concern over the 104 panels and boards associated with the law. >> in my home practice, two-third of my employees are dealing with the bureaucracy. while only one-third of them are deali...

Government might cut their payment rate by 29.5%. they like being paid quite well by the government, but they don't like when the government. >> john: you know, that's part and parcel with this, right? >> if you let the government make your payment then the government is also going to be the one to cut your payment and gets to decide. that's how it is. >> john: what's going be to be cut. it's not working, we're going off the cliff. 46 trillion dollars in the hole. >> ultimately you'll see the government step in and much more aggressive regulating the practice of medicine and decision what serv...