booing might be in order. a nonpartisan panel recommended that insurance companies be required to cover birth control for free, as a way of preventative care under the new health care law. a recommendation the obama administration signaled it would follow. despite the white house already publicly agreeing to exemptions for religious institutions, some religious leaders argue that the language doesn t go far enough. according to the new york times, after protests by roman catholic bishops, charities, schools and universities, the white house is considering a change that would grant a broad exemption exemption. the changes would essentially render the medical panel s recommendation null and void, allowing any employer to claim religious reservations, and thereby deny coverage costs. like some conservatives, i m a believer in words like personal responsibility and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. the more difficult we make contraception access for poor and middle class women and
that coverage. $30 a month to cover your entire family? but for other families in florida, the same coverage costs $180 a month. and retired state employees, like a retired firefighter, it costs up to $1,243 a month. 41-times what governor rick scott pays. is that fair? but rick scott s idea of getting real with the common man is to spend a day in someone else s shoes by working, for example, at a doughnut shop for a day. customers handed him pink slips to represent the need for jobs, not doughnuts. you should be ashamed that i have to go out and buy things for my daughter s classroom. i m just fine. thanks for coming. this is a guy who laid off thousands of state employees and cut benefits and turned down federal funds for health care from the affordable care act.
but for other families in florida, the same coverage costs $180 a month. and retired state employees, like a retired firefighter, it costs up to $1,243 a month. 41-times what governor rick scott pays. is that fair? but rick scott s idea of getting real with the common man is to spend a day in someone else s shoes by working, for example, at a doughnut shop for a day. customers handed him pink slips to represent the need for jobs, not doughnuts. you should be ashamed that i have to go out and buy things for my daughter s classroom. i m just fine. thanks for coming. this is a guy who laid off thousands of state employees and cut benefits and turned down federal funds for health care from the affordable care act. listen, folks.
welcome back to the ed show. thanks for watching tonight. health care reform is good for the country, but it is especially good, and the story has not been told enough, for small businesses. the thing that gets me, the republicans know this. small businesses are going to get a tax credit worth 35% of their health care costs. it s going to jump to 50% in the tax credit in two years. this is right out of their playbook. the insurance exchange will provide more bargaining power. they ll be able to purchase better coverage at a, buzz phrase, lower cost. the small business majority group predicts coverage costs could drop by as much as 30%. this will encourage more americans to take a risk, take a
we re talking about polling, that the american people have weighed in on, they support the components that are included in this bill because they want to make sure that we end an abusive practice by insurance companies. but mark, the composite of all of those, the difficulty the president faces, is that he has not sold the public on his version of health care reform. that s the reality of his situation right now. i spoke to one very close ally of the president s on this fight saying he thinks 40% chance this ultimately gets done. where are we? i think that there s a strong chance that it s going to happen because it needs to happen because, beyond the politics of washington and the infighting, the fact of the matter is there s a problem in this nation, and that is there are many people uncovered and for those who do have coverage costs are exploding. so i think that the president rightfully went back and had a discussion, which was a health care summit. some may have said it didn t