society that the affordable care act was designed in part to take care of. and it ll take about 20 minutes for a decent reporter in one of those states to find out if a, those people saying they lost insurance is a real person or b, if they found another policy. i m not in politics anymore, but all mary landrieu has to do is say in my state x-hundred thousand people have health insurance. i voted to make sure they were covered. so democrats can all repeat and rinse and repeat that ad. so barack obama is not on the ballot in 2014. they can keep saying obama, obama, obama, but all the democrats have to do is find people who have insurance and put them on tv. john feehery, here s another strategy that s at work by members of your party. republicans at the national level have largely failed in crippling the health care laws we ve described. resistance from state leaders have refused the law s expansion of medicaid.
rates of social mobility where you could climb up. you could it was a lot easier for people to make something of themselves. and now if you compare us with other countries in the world, we don t have the kind of social mobility they have. and that s not american to lose that capacity to have people rise up in the system. well, i also think when you see the election of people like elizabeth warren, like bill de blasio, and others that ran unashamedly as progressives and liberals, it also puts a lot of pressure and it gives a lot of room depending on who it is in the center. i think that s right. and i think the lack of really strong progressive voice has hurt president obama. obamacare is not a radical program. obamacare is based on republican ideas. it s trying to keep the private insurance market alive.
for the affordable care act because now not only do i have health care coverage, but i also have peace of mind knowing that i can never be denied coverage based on my pre-existing condition. and that s an amazing feeling. i mean, does eric cantor believe these people aren t reliable? i don t think he does. i don t think he pays attention to those people. but let s be clear about the political goal of what eric cantor is trying to do. he doesn t care about making sure the affordable care act works. he doesn t care about the data being collected properly. this is about scaring americans away from signing up by suggesting there s something wrong. and this is about undermining the legitimacy of the presidency. and the clips you played in the opening, the same language they used about cooking the books, it s the same kind of language they re using about when we talk about the affordable care act and those numbers. all designed to undermine the legitimacy of this president. you know, c
and he says, quote, we will continue to address other areas where greater transparency is demanded. including the disclosure of reliable and complete enrollment data. reliable data? the data we re getting now is reliable. republicans just don t want to believe it. and you know what else is reliable? these same old silly games from the gop. joining me now is congresswoman janice schakowsky and karen finney. thank you both for being here. thanks. happy new year. happy new year, congresswoman and karen. congresswoman, eric cantor says we need reliable enrollment data. why are they so desperate to ignore the real numbers? they re making a huge miscalculation themselves if they think going after obama care is a good idea now.
health insurance. it s great news. but don t expect the right to believe it. well, it s 2014. that means it s the year of obamacare. but is the white house playing a numbers game with your health care? you ll notice that if you ever have a number that looks favorable to obamacare like the 2 million, it s immediately announced. but they have no idea how many are enrolled. or they tell us they have no idea and they have no idea how many are the young and the healthies. a selective release of information which is highly suspicious. the 2.1 number has some eyebrows being raised. eyebrows are raised? highly suspicious? come on. this whole thing is ridiculous. but it spread to gop lawmakers too. in a memo today eric cantor says house republicans still want to repeal the health care law.