such things. how he decides when to go public, when to make a statement, how do you read him? i think i read him as frustrated, because, remember, we all agree on the goal here. it s widely popular in america that we should fix these broken discriminatory insurance markets. so the sick and healthy alike can get insurance at a fair price without exclusion of pre-existing conditions. we all agree on that. the problem is that some people want to do that and yet not change anything else about the system. we have to recognize about obama care is it s the least disruptive way as the president said, it s the least disruptive way to fix the system. but there s still a little disruption. and i think he s frustrated that that very little disruption has gotten center stage while the benefits to the millions of americans who are currently shut out of insurance and at risk of medical bankruptcy is being ignored. i think his hope today is to regain that debate. i think once the website starts wo
he s got to basically reargue this whole thing over again. that s something he s good at. well said. the president reserved his strongest language for those who have made it their sole mission to kill this law. let s listen to this. when i see sometimes folks up on capitol hill and republicans in particular who have been suggesting, you know, repeal, repeal, let s get rid of this thing, i keep asking what is it you want to do? are you suggesting the status quo was working? because it wasn t. it wasn t working in the individual market and it certainly wasn t working for the 41 million people who didn t have health insurance. i make no apologies for us taking this on. because somebody sooner or later had to do it. john gruber, give us a reading. you know the president, you know the policy development that led to this success. we ve got a health care law. we need an implementation. it seems like the president s rejoining the situation, rejoining the fight. tell me how he works in th
is how dare you. you can t do this. it s a law. it was passed. when the president does it unilaterally, democrats have no problem with that. i think we ll give an hour to the republican plan for health care. because i think it would go through quickly and we could do the sideshow the rest of the show. what is that guy talking about, sean spicer? the replacement plan. there is no alternative. yeah. i have no idea. all you need to know is what john boehner, the speaker, the republican speaker said today. which was there s no way to fix this. it must be repealed. mitch mcconnell the republican leader in the senate has said that it has to be taken apart root and branch. so that s their position. as a matter of fact, mcconnell s being attacked by the tea party for not being striden enough on that topic. however many problems there are with this rollout and the democratic perspective the president knew he was up against
proposes? they shut down the government over the president s health care law that started out as a conservative proposal. and even today their goal remains the same. stop the law at all costs. here was speaker john boehner just today. let s be clear. the only way to fully protect the american people is to scrap this law once and for all. there is no way to fix this. meanwhile, the senate passed legislation last week to make it illegal to discriminate against someone in the workforce because they are gay, lesbian, or transgender. will john boehner allow a vote over in the house? this legislation that i ve dealt with as chairman of the education workforce committee long before i was back in leadership is unnecessary and would provide a basis for frivolous lawsuits. i see no basis or no need.
public, when to make a statement, how do you read him? i think i read him as frustrated, because, remember, we all agree on the goal here. it s widely popular in america that we should fix these broken discriminatory insurance markets. so the sick and healthy alike can get insurance at a fair price without exclusion of pre-existing conditions. we all agree on that. the problem is that some people want to do that and yet not change anything else about the system. we have to recognize about obama care is it s the least disruptive way as the president said, it s the least disruptive way to fix the system. but there s still a little disruption. and i think he s frustrated that that very little disruption has gotten center stage while the benefits to the millions of americans who are currently shut out of insurance and at risk of medical bankruptcy is being ignored. i think his hope today is to regain that debate. i think once the website starts working, he will. once we can create the