headaches now. and mr. leavitt says these days openly, everybody take a deep breath, this is going to be a good thing in the long run. don t get crazy about these speed bumps that we re hitting as we roll these things out. congressman cartwright, democrat of pennsylvania, thanks very much for joining us. you bet. all right. standing by for the president. once again, he s running a few minutes late. we ll get word from the president on what they re calling a temporary fix, one-year fix if you will, on his commitment if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. a one-year delay and one key component. (dad) just feather it out. that s right. (son) ok. feather it out. (dad) all right. that s ok. (dad) put it in second, put it in second. (dad) slow it down. put the clutch in, break it, break it. (dad) just like i showed you. dad, you didn t show me, you showed him. dad, he s gonna wreck the car! (dad) he s not gonna wreck the car. (dad) no fighting in the road, please. (dad) put you
overreaction to that problem. it seems like extending that question one year for the people who did have policies and wanted to keep them, that is a much better tailored answer to the problem at hand. if you support the affordable care act i was going to say, congressman, you think the president can do this without additional legislation? i do. obviously, insurance companies are not thrilled about it because it s going to change the equation, they re going to have to sharpen their pencils and go back to the drawing board. but they ve done that before. look, we get back to what governor leavitt from utah said when he was head of hhs and they were rolling out medicare part d. there were headaches there were problems. terrible conundrums. people didn t understand the new situation. but in the end, it worked out and people love it. and nobody remembers those
live their lives and the way they can live it more healthily and happily. it is an issue that should be of great concern to the country. it s at the heart of the health care dilemma. the health care dilemma at the heart of the economic problem, able to bring the american equation back to balance. i think it s an appropriate thing for fda to come out with good science saying this is what we know and let people begin to make those decisions. they will. i don t think you can walk into a restaurant these days without being struck by the difference in the menu. my wife and i actually last evening stopped by one and said look at these salads, the things there, how different it is from a few years ago. governor leavitt, we very much appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. it was a royal mob scene in london a little bit earlier today when unsuspecting commuters ran into a surprise appearance from prince william and duchess kate.
country anymore at all. it s almost depressing, and i hate to use that word on television. but we as americans follow this political fight that is going on in washington. is it damaging the country to the point where we don t believe we can get anything done anymore, including fixing a website? of course it s sory doik laos, because the real issue is that we re going to finally provide health care or make it available to all americans, millions of people who have pre-existing conditions or have never had health insurance as all. as the president said, this is far more than a website and of course it s going to be fixed. in fact, in 2006 when medicare part d was rolling out, the secretary of health and human services, leavitt, on the 53rd day after the rollout was saying, well, you know, when you roll out something this big, of course, there s going to be problems, but we re making progress. so we ve been there before. but the republicans act as if
going to think i m nuts, but, no yes. looking after an election when you re on the hope/change upswing at the beginning of a presidency, you re looking at a very different situation. and we re not just talking on the leavitt, and we re not just talking for the president. congress is, what, a 16% approval rating among megyn: if that. i think you re being generous. yeah, yeah, you re right. i gave a double digit there, right, megyn? [laughter] the bottom line is this is a very different time not only for the economy where we as a station stand not only economically, but with foreign relations. and, look, this is going to be a tough election for both people on the left and the right, and the president knows this. he is getting closer to seeing who s going to be on that platform, the election s in november, and quite frankly, he hasn t been in iowa as these other candidates have. personally, i think he should be there in person, but that would cost money, and lars would be very u