a year ago when they withheld the information on the essential health benefits that governors were going to have to offer in their exchanges? they held that until after election day. and then the deadline was a week or ten days later. so the governors in a lot of states looked at that and said oh, my goodness, i cannot make a decision of that order of magnitude in that short a period of time. so is it any wonder that 32 states told the federal government, if you want this to happen, you ve got to do it yourself. i think hide the ball strategy that the administration employed prior to election day, which really was i think damaging to this. representative michael burgess of texas, thank you, sir. i m sure we will continue to watch this and follow this and have you back. time only will tell how successful this has been. correct. thank you, sir. thank you. stay with us. the day s top lines are coming up. plus, how sweet it is. illinois just minutes away from becoming the 1
where women couldn t receive mammograms. where mental health was not covered at all. but is that really preferable? i mean, is that what the republicans are saying? let s go back to that? well, two points, martin. the number-one cause of personal and bankruptcies in our country has been health care costs. and most of those people were insured, or at least they thought they were insured, and found out when they got sick or needed their insurance, that it really wasn t there for them. and the second point is, insurance companies will not be required to give everyone the policy they had. they ll be able, as they have in the past, been able to pick and choose. so if you ve had a policy and you re sick, they don t have to offer you that policy again. they can go after the healthy people and say, oh, yes, you re welcome to stay insured in this plan that doesn t cover the ten essential health benefits that are now required under obama
essential health benefits, many of which you don t need. you are getting pediatric dental if you don t have kid. that s not how they sold the built. people feel betrayed. obama was in charge it and he aloud his administration to write the policies. eviscerated the policies that people were happy with. bill: your camera works very well there in washington. see you later. martha: it was a very special night for evangelist billy graham. bill: major developments with the miami dolphins. a new attorney for jonathon martin, the player who left the team is now saying and the nfl
shouldn t they pay more? under the new law, they are including essential health benefits, and those essential health benefits include maternity, pediatric dental and vision, contraceptive services and free birth control pills, none of which are young man needs or wants. [ laughter ] did you catch that? under obama care, men will pay the same amount as women, and yet, we still don t get to pass a cantaloupe with toe nails through our genitals. now to the daily show, where jon stewart is going north to of the border, dealing with mayor ron ford and his apology for admitted mistakes. i shouldn t have gotten hammered down at the danforth. if you re going to have a couple drinks, you stay at home and that s it. you don t make a public spectacle of yourself. [ laughter ]
out insurers. now insurers have to cover all these ten essential health benefits for every plan. so premiums are going up and some insurers are just dropping out of the individual market altogether. and they re forced to have this stuff and have to charge more. of course. final trick. it s a web site where you can compare and purchase affordable health insurance plan, side-by-side, the same way you shop shore a plane ticket on kayak, shop for a tv on amazon,. shop for a tv on amazon? i actually did shop for a tv on amazon today. you re getting the bill. is it easier or hard center. er? we bought a tv on amazon not really getting it but-door. you spent 40 minutes with me crew buying tvs on amazon in we got to talk. so we went really quickly, very smooth, about four steps.