now i am just angry. when you first heard the president say i will fix this and step in and tell those insurance companies what to do. did that give you hope? no, i didn t believe it. when you listen to what he actually said he is extending your current plan into the next year. so, if it weren t cancelled now it would be a year from now. your insurance company said call back because there may be answers. you don t know what it will cost if anything? i put a phone call and i was able to speak to someone just three days ago, and they had no answers for me and told me to call back on monday. that s great. you only have 6 or 7 weeks to get insurance. betty, your situation you and your husband will own a business. and you have 30 employees and so
hearing and how can you help ladies like betty and tin a. first of all yes. we get happens of phone calls and e-mails and letters and text from people in my district. all of the other members of congress are hearing the same thing. it is reflective of what we are hearing. it is unbelievable. and not only small businesses but insurances. they are see doubling and tripling and quad rupling of the premium and the deductible. the first amount that you have to pay before you get a dollar of insurance. some of the deductibles are 13,000 a year. people are saying why bother buying insurance. you are self insured at that point. and the worst is not happening yet. the small businesses like you saw. small businesses are hit next. that s the next tsunami and it
now i am just angry. when you first heard the president say i will fix this and step in and tell those insurance companies what to do. did that give you hope? no, i didn t believe it. when you listen to what he actually said he is extending your current plan into the next year. so, if it weren t cancelled now it would be a year from now. your insurance company said call back because there may be answers. you don t know what it will cost if anything? i put a phone call and i was able to speak to someone just three days ago, and they had no answers for me and told me to call back on monday. that s great. you only have 6 or 7 weeks to get insurance. betty, your situation you and your husband will own a business. and you have 30 employees and so
hearing and how can you help ladies like betty and tin a. first of all yes. we get happens of phone calls and e-mails and letters and text from people in my district. all of the other members of congress are hearing the same thing. it is reflective of what we are hearing. it is unbelievable. and not only small businesses but insurances. they are see doubling and tripling and quad rupling of the premium and the deductible. the first amount that you have to pay before you get a dollar of insurance. some of the deductibles are 13,000 a year. people are saying why bother buying insurance. you are self insured at that point. and the worst is not happening yet. the small businesses like you saw. small businesses are hit next. that s the next tsunami and it
cancelled plans would be extended in 2014. he doesn t have the power to do. that new york governor cuomo is not going along with the plan. he said the new york state exchange is working just fine. that left gena without insurance. does she hope to get her plan back or doesn t she? betty owns a assisted living facility in maryland with 30 employees. her renewal premiums are increasing more than 40 percent. tina and betty are joining me now. thank you so much. thank you. you know, what was your reaction when you found out your policy was cancelled? that was a surprise to you. it was. it was complete disbelief and