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work like a charm, that s my fault. that s something that i ve got to do some examination of how that happened. joining me now, ben la pope, former press secretary for president obama s re-election campaign, now a founding partner of the insight agency. ben, are you surprised by two things one, what s happening substantively in the individual insurance market, in which there seems to be a fair amount of disruption. whether that s coming from the law or the insurance companies is one question. and are you surprised by the level of represstension and backlash there has been around those cancellations? i think, no doubt, it was a surprise to the administration. look, there was 60% churn in the individual market beforehand. in many ways, these were sort of wink and a nod plans. they said they covered you, but they had astronomical deductibles, and once you got sick, day dropped your coverage. and the goal of the affordable care act was to strengthen plans not on in that market, but

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131108:08:12:00

minimize disruption. but part of what we re seeing, of course, is the power of the status quo. and jim, what you re saying there, once the status quo becomes the way people are covered under obama care, the power of the status quo switches from being on the side of the broken, current insurance market, to being on the side of obama care politically. not only politically, but, again, affordable coverage that people can depend on. which, again, republicans are going to be in the position of taking away. no more being ripped off by the insurance companies. from now on, they re going to be ripped off from republicans trying to undermine the president s program. ben, the president s approval ratings right now are right around 41%. they re about where george w. bush s were at this point in his presidency. they re far below where president clinton s were at this point in his presidency, which were up around 59%. a lot of that having to do with the economy. how do you see the president sit

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131108:04:05:00

work like a charm, that s my fault. that s something that i ve got to do some examination of how that happened. joining me now, ben la pope, former press secretary for president obama s re-election campaign, now a founding partner of the insight agency. ben, are you surprised by two things one, what s happening substantively in the individual insurance market, in which there seems to be a fair amount of disruption. whether that s coming from the law or the insurance companies is one question. and are you surprised by the level of press attention and backlash there has been around those cancellations? i think, no doubt, it was a surprise to the administration. look, there was 60% churn in the individual market beforehand. in many ways, these were sort of wink and a nod plans. they said they covered you, but they had astronomical deductibles, and once you got sick, day dropped your coverage. and the goal of the affordable

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131108:01:12:00

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20131108:01:12:00
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