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The list is very long. employer mandates delay, out of pocket cap's delayed, small business online enrollment delayed with 200 2000 plus businesses and unions can waver, congress gets subsidies. that is what he was driving out. what makes sense for individuals? that is republicans lying out to negotiate. >> suggesting businesses got all this because they have lobbyist. or unions make the contributions the democratic party. they should have single-payer, but that is exactly what republicans are asking and what they demanded and failed to get in some of the debt ceiling and continuing resolution...

Hang on, hang on. i'll let you get to that. what do you mean the president has refused? let's talk about that here. you say the president has refused to negotiate. this thing has been -- it's gone to the supreme court. people have wanted single-payer. that didn't happen. that was negotiated down. so now that this is, this health care bill is the law, even the supreme court ruled on it, what do you mean by the president refuses to negotiate? i don't understand that. >> well, i'm talking about the current time. during this timeframe that the president has refused to negotiate or budge on the ind...

Demand. president obama and reid are actually making the republicans point. they just need to flip it back on him. >> they don't think that's a good idea? >> well, i don't know. >> because it doesn't have any wad down-side politics to it. i'm curious. >> no, i'm saying, i have a very good point. >> they can't go make and amend it. that's what i mean. >> she just said. quick. >> you mean the actual law? >> yeah. i mean say -- you could sell it across state lines. >> that's not what president obama wants. he wants a slow, painful task to a single-payer, government-run health care system. that's ...

Holes in the act. when the act was put together, it wasn't thought completely through and so we work on a daily basis. i'm hopeful we'll get something done in very near future. >> reporter: trumka says, it was mistake to take the public option off the table in the health care debate, martha? martha: steve, thank you very much. a lot of unions have been very upset about the disappearance they say of the 40-hour work week. >> reporter: that too. martha: that is their existence. they have been very upset. bill: at first glance you think they are against obamacare but they're only against it becau...

>> single-payer. that is way, way, way, way back. >> this does at least on the way, and it is not the end of the affordable affordable oo care actr but it does open the door to changes in things like the business mandate and pushing it back is responding to revolt by businesses. particularly in agriculture and retail and in restaurant business where they rely on a lot of part time employees and e holding down employment and holding down employment and full-time employees and so i think it was a revolt so that. you saw senator corker this he morning saying take a look at il and possibly change ...