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>> IT'S A SIZ LING QUESTION.
DOES TOM'S FIX REALLY FIX ANYTHING.
ABC POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK CLINE JOINS US.
FEENK, RICK WHAT'S THE WORD ON IT.
I THINK HE MAY BE O FOR 2 ON THE POLITICS HAD YOU 39 DEMOCRATS TODAY BUCKING THE WHITE HOUSE ON THIS BILLS NEED TO VETO.
ON THE POLICY.
IF YOU THE KEY IF YOU LIKED YOUR PLAN.
YOU STILL CAN'T SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE BECAUSE SEVERAL OFFER THOSE NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NOT OBAMACARE'S FAULT.
BUT HE WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY YOU DEFINITELY GET TO KEEP THE COVERAGE YOU HAVE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE REACTION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS TONIGHT.
>> YESTERDAY WAS THE FIX.
THEY HAD THE VOTE TODAY.
ARE THEY LIKE HIGH FIVING AND DODGED A BULLET OR ARE THEY FREAKED OUT? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE CONGRESS OUT OF TOWN AND HAVE THE WEEKEND HERE.
THEY HAD TO PULL OFF THE BAND-AID WITH WHAT THEY TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT SAID AND EXTRAORDINARY SERIES OF ADMISSIONS ABOUT AND THE APOLOGIES THAT CAME KIND OF EVERY FEW MINUTES DURING THAT HOUR.
BUT I THINK NOW THEY NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
>> IS IT ACTUALLY -- HERE IS WHAT I DON'T GET.
IS IT THE PRESIDENT'S BILL LET'S EVERYBODY WHO GOT CANCELLED, IS THAT YOU CAN NOW, IF IT'S OFFERED, YOU CAN NOW -- IF IT'S OFFERED.
WHICH I'M NOT CONVINCED IT WILL BE OFFERED.
IF IT'S OFFERED YOU CAN BUY INTO IT.
THE BILL TODAY AND IT'S FOR ONE YEAR.
THE BILL TODAY, FRED UPTON THE REPUBLICAN BILL SAYS THE SAME THING EXCEPT ONE THING ALLOW PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T CANCELLED WHO WEREN'T PART OF THAT GROUP THEY COULD BUY INTO IT IF IT'S OFFERED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD VETO IT WHY DOES HE CARE? >> IT'S NOT JUST A ONE YEAR FIX BECAUSE THE WHOLE -- THE THING IS THAT THE FIX THAT THE PRESIDENT PUT FORWARD YESTERDAY ACTUALLY COULD HURT THE LAW.
PROBABLY WILL HURT THE LAW.
BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA OF THESE SUBSTANDARD POLICIES THEY HAVE TO BE PHASED OUT TO MAKE THE FINANCING OF OBAMACARE WORK GOING FORWARD.
GET AWAY WITH IT ONE YEAR.
THEIR CONCERN IS IF YOU DO OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THE REFORMS DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
>> I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WOULD RESURRECT POLICIES.
UNDER THE NEW SCHEME THEY SELL YOU A THEN BREW BUY A LOT OF THINGS YOU DON'T NEED.
OVERBUY.
LIKE BUYING A CAMERA THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK IT BUT YOU PAY ALL THE MONEY TO BUY ALL THE OTHER STUFF YOU CAN'T USE.
GO BACK TO REISSUING THE OTHER POLICIES THEY ARE MORE REFINED AND CHEAPER.
WHAT'S THE INCENTIVE FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO TRY TO RESURRECT.
MAKE LESS MONEY.
>> LOOK, THEY HAD LESS BENEFITS ATTACHED TO THEM SOME INSURERS NO DOUBT AND PRESSURE TO OFFER WHAT THEY OFFERED IN THE PAST.
THEY ARE NOT UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO DO IT.
JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION COMES.
BUT THAT MAKES IT A REAL PROBLEM.
IT'S AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURAL FAILING ON THE FRONT END THIS WEB SITE THAT STILL ISN'T WORKING.
PEOPLE CAN'T SIGN UP IF THEY WANT TO.
THIS IS A WEEK OF REAL CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER THIS WHOLE THING IS GOING TO WORK.
I FOLLOW THE MONEY.
IF THE INSURANCE COMPANY CAN'T MAKE MORE MONEY BY RESURRECTING THEM.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
I DON'T SEE HOW THEY MAKE MORE MONEY BY RESURRECTING THESE OLD POLICIES.
>> THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WERE TOLD INITIALLY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR INSURANCE.
TOLD AGAIN YESTERDAY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR INSURANCE AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR INSURANCE.
>> THE PRESIDENT CAN'T FORCE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO REISSUE THIS INSURANCE? >> NO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> THANKS.
>> STRAIGHT AHEAD, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY SEBELIUS MIGHT THINK ABOUT HAVING A CHAT.
AT LEAST GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY ARE SENDING MESSAGES CONFLICTING WITH EACH OTHER.
THE MESSAGES ARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
>> IT'S A SIZ LING QUESTION.
DOES TOM'S FIX REALLY FIX ANYTHING.
ABC POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK CLINE JOINS US.
FEENK, RICK WHAT'S THE WORD ON IT.
I THINK HE MAY BE O FOR 2 ON THE POLITICS HAD YOU 39 DEMOCRATS TODAY BUCKING THE WHITE HOUSE ON THIS BILLS NEED TO VETO.
ON THE POLICY.
IF YOU THE KEY IF YOU LIKED YOUR PLAN.
YOU STILL CAN'T SAY THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE BECAUSE SEVERAL OFFER THOSE NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NOT OBAMACARE'S FAULT.
BUT HE WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY YOU DEFINITELY GET TO KEEP THE COVERAGE YOU HAVE.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE REACTION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS TONIGHT.
>> YESTERDAY WAS THE FIX.
THEY HAD THE VOTE TODAY.
ARE THEY LIKE HIGH FIVING AND DODGED A BULLET OR ARE THEY FREAKED OUT? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE CONGRESS OUT OF TOWN AND HAVE THE WEEKEND HERE.
THEY HAD TO PULL OFF THE BAND-AID WITH WHAT THEY TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT SAID AND EXTRAORDINARY SERIES OF ADMISSIONS ABOUT AND THE APOLOGIES THAT CAME KIND OF EVERY FEW MINUTES DURING THAT HOUR.
BUT I THINK NOW THEY NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
>> IS IT ACTUALLY -- HERE IS WHAT I DON'T GET.
IS IT THE PRESIDENT'S BILL LET'S EVERYBODY WHO GOT CANCELLED, IS THAT YOU CAN NOW, IF IT'S OFFERED, YOU CAN NOW -- IF IT'S OFFERED.
WHICH I'M NOT CONVINCED IT WILL BE OFFERED.
IF IT'S OFFERED YOU CAN BUY INTO IT.
THE BILL TODAY AND IT'S FOR ONE YEAR.
THE BILL TODAY, FRED UPTON THE REPUBLICAN BILL SAYS THE SAME THING EXCEPT ONE THING ALLOW PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T CANCELLED WHO WEREN'T PART OF THAT GROUP THEY COULD BUY INTO IT IF IT'S OFFERED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD VETO IT WHY DOES HE CARE? >> IT'S NOT JUST A ONE YEAR FIX BECAUSE THE WHOLE -- THE THING IS THAT THE FIX THAT THE PRESIDENT PUT FORWARD YESTERDAY ACTUALLY COULD HURT THE LAW.
PROBABLY WILL HURT THE LAW.
BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA OF THESE SUBSTANDARD POLICIES THEY HAVE TO BE PHASED OUT TO MAKE THE FINANCING OF OBAMACARE WORK GOING FORWARD.
GET AWAY WITH IT ONE YEAR.
THEIR CONCERN IS IF YOU DO OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THE REFORMS DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
>> I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WOULD RESURRECT POLICIES.
UNDER THE NEW SCHEME THEY SELL YOU A THEN BREW BUY A LOT OF THINGS YOU DON'T NEED.
OVERBUY.
LIKE BUYING A CAMERA THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK IT BUT YOU PAY ALL THE MONEY TO BUY ALL THE OTHER STUFF YOU CAN'T USE.
GO BACK TO REISSUING THE OTHER POLICIES THEY ARE MORE REFINED AND CHEAPER.
WHAT'S THE INCENTIVE FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO TRY TO RESURRECT.
MAKE LESS MONEY.
>> LOOK, THEY HAD LESS BENEFITS ATTACHED TO THEM SOME INSURERS NO DOUBT AND PRESSURE TO OFFER WHAT THEY OFFERED IN THE PAST.
THEY ARE NOT UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO DO IT.
JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION COMES.
BUT THAT MAKES IT A REAL PROBLEM.
IT'S AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURAL FAILING ON THE FRONT END THIS WEB SITE THAT STILL ISN'T WORKING.
PEOPLE CAN'T SIGN UP IF THEY WANT TO.
THIS IS A WEEK OF REAL CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER THIS WHOLE THING IS GOING TO WORK.
I FOLLOW THE MONEY.
IF THE INSURANCE COMPANY CAN'T MAKE MORE MONEY BY RESURRECTING THEM.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
I DON'T SEE HOW THEY MAKE MORE MONEY BY RESURRECTING THESE OLD POLICIES.
>> THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WERE TOLD INITIALLY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR INSURANCE.
TOLD AGAIN YESTERDAY THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR INSURANCE AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR INSURANCE.
>> THE PRESIDENT CAN'T FORCE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO REISSUE THIS INSURANCE? >> NO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> THANKS.
>> STRAIGHT AHEAD, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY SEBELIUS MIGHT THINK ABOUT HAVING A CHAT.
AT LEAST GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY ARE SENDING MESSAGES CONFLICTING WITH EACH OTHER.
THE MESSAGES ARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.