mind the white house is not releasing key data points. those people who have not paid for their enrollment that could suppress the numbers. keep in mind the young adults who have signed up we don t have the enrollment data on that. that s very critical to the overall performance of the affordable care act. what a difference a working website makes. six months later. no doubt people who tried to get on couldn t get on. they still have a couple of weeks if they still want to get on and in some states where they have their own computer programs they have at least a month to still become eligible. reporter: that s right. the white house says and you heard the president say if people were in line at the stroke of midnight last night they will have some more time to sign up and the other thing to watch is what happens with premiums, the people that signed up for obamacare, what happens to their premium, the amount of money they pay for their health insurance. does that skyrocket. is ther
right. if the law works, the law is on its path. even now, it s hard to repeal, increasingly hard to repeal as millions of people sign up for it. i m not sure, jim, it reflects the reality of the health care system. i wonder if it reflects the reality of the news business, where we cover one thing at a time, so we covered health care, and now robert gates book and now chris christie. if there are problems with the health care, the affordable care act, like lots of people aren t recognized by the insurance companies, or there s more catastrophes people are using the system, right. it s one thing about enrolling. we ve only been talking about enrolling. people are using. it will be back as a story f it works well, then this is the republican nightmare that other issues will take over from the affordable care act. go ahead, perry. big date is march 31st. we know the enrollment data shows lots of young people are not enrolling. the enrollment is really among people who are old
this like any other piece of big legislation, this thing has done a lot of good. it could be better. when eric cantor and the leadership finally decide that they should join in an effort to make this thing better, they ll find willing help on the side of the democrats. eric cantor says in the weeks ahead republicans are going to specifically push for more transparency when it comes to the disclosure of enrollment data. is there any room for improvement there? there s lots of room for improvement. eric cantor who from moment one have taken this plan which was tested by a republican governor using ideas developed by the heritage foundation, they have labeled this thing as an experiment in socialism. outrageously. they don t have right now the credibility to say oh, now what we re about is making this thing better. so when they begin to act in good faith, which we have not yet seen. they have 50 efforts to repeal, but when they begin to act in
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.
stand, even now in december, they re still going to be behind the eight ball a little bit. i don t think they re going to get to a million enrollees by the end of the year, but it s possible they re moving in the right direction. sure looks like it based on enrollment data, but i don t think they can throw something else and hope that it s a shiny metal object here. i think they ve got to clear the decks with health care. i think they ve got to make their staff all focused on getting it done. yes, i think the minimum wage is a potential wedge for them, but i also think the republicans are going to cave quickly on this. they re not that stupid. one area where the president has taken a hit was on trust. americans were asked to rate the president on the qualities of being honest and straightforward. 37% said good, 43% said poor. if you look at january, his numbers have taken a big hit and those numbers have essentially been reversed.