which, if set up properly, will allow you to buy health insurance the same way orbitz allows you to buy a plane ticket. compare prices and purchase a plan that best suits you. report out today by the t department of health and human services finds this type of competition will lower premiums by nearly 20%. in new york, health care costs last year are set to be 50% lower on average. on the front page, the campaign to sell the affordable care act will have to go beyond the success touted in new york. the administration needs to build more insurance marketplaces than ever expected and create an i.t. infrastructure and work with red state bureaucracies that want to see obama care fail. even the most tuned in health care consultants have trouble predicting whether the federal government can get the law off the ground. joining me now, msnbc policy analyst, ezra klein, columnist of the washington post, editor of wonk blog. you and sarah did a fantastic job with this piece. thank you.
uninsured will be able to get the insurance through exchanges which, if set up properly, will allow you to buy health insurance the same way orbitz allows you to buy a plane ticket. compare prices and purchase a plan that best suits you. report out today by the department of health and human services finds this type of competition will lower premiums by nearly 20%. in new york, health care costs last year are set to be 50% lower on average. on the front page, the campaign to sell the affordable care act will have to go beyond the success touted in new york. the administration needs to build more insurance marketplaces than ever expected and create an i.t. infrastructure and work with red state bureaucracies that want to see obama care fail. even the most tuned in health care consultants have trouble predicting whether the federal government can get the law off the ground. joining me now, msnbc policy analyst, ezra klein, columnist of the washington post, editor of wonk blog. you and
rise, costs are going to rise not just on health care, but on other items as well. so, ed, let me ask you this, if the deficit will not be reduced because of the increased costs, many speculate. that s right. and employers wasn t hire new people because the government is going to hire the health care plan they have to purchase. will they also layoff and shed workers, so if you have a job you need to be equally concerned? i think you should be, as it goes forward, you re probably going to see more people become part-time workers, cart of carter enterprises and cke announced he s going to layoff people and hire more part-time people so he doesn t have to give them health care. many employers right now and big corporations have health care consultants and evaluating everything and it s turning out to be a lot more burdensome than they originally thought and a lot more expensive than they originally thought. he ever company is different. if that s true, he ed, let me ask you this, pr
effort to avoid disruption to the morning commute. officials say a half dozen protesters were arrested there in philadelphia. we ll keep you posted as we get in more pictures from both l.a. and philly. meanwhile, the iowa caucuses now just over a month away. the republican presidential field looks like it s becoming a two-horse race. this timeitch. the latest american research group poll shows gingrich topping the field in the state of south carolina with 33% support. impressive enough on its own. he s up 25 points as gingrich just as last month. romney in second place in that state with 22%. he s down three points since last month. gingrich rises in the polls. there is growing scrutiny into his bowork after he left congre. he maintains he wasn t a lobbyist even as a new report digs into his dealings. the times reporting that through his health care