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Pre-existing illnesses that really had no where to go, the bill actually funded about $5 billion for 50 states to form temporary risk pools immediately so that people were uninsured, pre-existing illnesses could get start getting health care. i don't know if it initially or helped businesses add people to their health care roles, but, clearly, it stopped small businesses by dropping people by having 35% tax credits for those who are, if they spend money on health care insurance. and, clearly, we've seen even my kids, you know, with the expansion of coverage for those who are up to age 26 and t...

Care through these temporary risk pools and those risk pools actually got started 90 days after the plan was enacted. >> this is a perfect example, also, because that is a great example of a concrete, deliveerable from the law, but it's also, it's absolutely a moral requirement that our country have a social contract that produces that kind of result, but it doesn't necessarily result in some massive, tangible political benefit because that is a small subsection of the population. sam sph. >> i'd like to ask the doctor if the temporary risk pools, are they functioning at capacity? in other wor...

Lifelong democrats. they're not going to change their position and decide to vote for mitt romney now because he won't change his position on immigration or not. we need to realize this say long-term effort for the republican party to ensure that our message of limited government and free enterprise is accessible to a group of americans that happen to be of hispanic descent. >> how about the supreme court, the big decision is health care. several different scenarios there. how important is this going to be, do you think, ultimately, in the race, if they strike it down, or if they uphold it or ...

Health care in detroit was from florida, was a gentleman who had actually been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. he was able to afford the psa, the screening test. he had symptoms of prostate cancer and it took him a long time to actually find the prosthetic biopsy. once he identified the fact that he had prostate cancer, he could not find anyone to treat him. we received the call in our practice. this is occurring across the nation. what we have seen since the law has been enact aed, especially with these temporary risk pools, that is the 50 states got $5 million. our state of michigan...

Here. >> hi, chris. how are you? >> you are working in a community health center that are attending to the needs of folks who don't have very much money. i want to start with are their lives improved under the affordable health care act, and things that we do not know about one of the under the radar aspects of the bill that have not given much publicity? >> definitely. in cities like detroit where we've seen a loss of almost 60% of our primary care physicians and with a population of almost 800,000 people and 200,000 people uninsured, this act will actually, in its full enactment will cover a...