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Mandate penalty was stronger. i wish the federal government had done more to get states to expand their medicaid programs." what do you mean by you want the mandates stronger? what do you mean by that precisely? >> well, basically any insurance plan, the way insurance works is people pay in when they're healthy and benefit when they're sick. the only way to make that work is to make sure that everyone's in when they're healthy so the money is there when they get sick to pay out. if you have a system which does not insurance the health you're in, insurers will kick the sick out and not provide ...

Costs are too high and the system has been inefficient. >> my biggest thing is it just comes down to cost. my, you know, when it comes to business and family, i don't really care about politics. >> the tax credit is not compensating for the increase of the premiums going up, so the tax credit is really not helping us out in terms of lowering the cost. >> reporter: and their health insurance may soon change. dramatically. >> hey, look, we need to get obamacare relief to families as fast as possible. >> reporter: as republicans move to replace obamacare, they must decide whether or how to preven...

Hispanic vote which is really important in must-win swing states. florida especially. and to a degree nevada, maybe even new mexico. >> the msnbc/telemundo polls yesterday shows it is very difficult for any republican right now to get a lot of substantial number of latino support because, among other things, of the rhetoric we've been hearing recently. >> yeah. but one of the things that a lot of supporters of jeb forget, it is not just immigration. many hispanic, latino voters, when they look at the economic positions of the candidates, by and large, hispanic voters support obamacare. they su...

For our long-term economy? "the washington post" health policy reporter sarah cliff joins me now. thank you for being here, sarah. >> thank you for having me fly's a back and forth over the idea of whether people purchasing health care through obamacare and having the flexibility to leave the jobs is a good or bad thing. what does the cbo report really say about that? >> it does say as you mentioned that we will have the equivalent of 2 million fewer jobs, whether through people not being in the workforce or reducing their hours. in about a decade from now because of the health care law and yo...

Hampshire, arkansas, and louisiana, running ads against democrats who support obamacare. >> those individuals who like the coverage they already have will be able to keep their current plan. >> reporter: senator mary landrieu flew on air force one with obama last november but skipped out on a public appearance at his speech in new orleans. if obamacare is a drag on senate democrats, the president's fund-raising skills are still an asset. >> i give you president barack obama. >> reporter: in 2013 obama headlined eight fund-raisers to bring in the bucks for senate democrats, including this one i...