seemed to have high hopes from the beginning. after starting october 1st when the exchanges went live, one 1/2 tor s organization was aiming to sign up 5,800 people by the end of march 2014. it has a long way to go. we have yet to see an application from start to finish, he says. eliana johnson is media editor for national review. she joins me in studio. good to see you. i think a lot of people will see that stat and they ll be scared again. so no signups even though the goal was 5,800. what s wrong? it s the same problem you ve been hearing about from most everybody, gretchen. people can t get through the website. so these groups, you know, the navigator grants went to 105 groups around the country. those groups in turn hired these navigators. they have stopped waiting for people to come to them. they re doing outreach. they re going and trying to get people to enroll. they haven t been able to get people from start to finish through the process because of the problems through the w
problems on its hands as the awarded plan the parenthood half million dollars to help americans sign up health coverage. joining us now from new york is democratic strategist bernard whitman. okay, bernard. i have to he radio mind people that planned parenthood already gets almost a half a billion dollars of separate money. they are going to get these things called navigator grants. and the money is spread out across the country, bernard. this comes on the heels of this gao. government accounting office nonpartisan investigation into the way planned parenthood spend taxpayer dollars after in texas planned parenthood settled for $4.1 million, these federal fraud charges over how it administers medicaid. given the fact that there they are already under investigation for fraudulent billing and so forth, why the heck are we giving them a half a million dollars for obama care navigation?
woman s right to choose would prevent an extraordinary organization from delivering healthcare service that helps save women s lives. it s just not fair and it s just not appropriate. and with respect to texas. it s important to point out that these navigator grants are going to three states only texas is not one of them. there is no chance that any planned parenthood taxpayer dollars are going to be funded to parenthood organization which is have decentralized in texas. laura: which is currently under investigation by the federal government. in texas. laura: they have had to pay fines across multiple states for the way they do business. in the way they conduct themselves and the way they bill for medicaid. the way they do business to help saves tens of thousands of women s lives. laura: first of all, they are not actually saving the lives of the 326,000 children who don t get to live after having visited a plan the parenthood. that s a separate conversation on a woman s r
woman s right to choose would prevent an extraordinary organization from delivering healthcare service that helps save women s lives. it s just not fair and it s just not appropriate. and with respect to texas. it s important to point out that these navigator grants are going to three states only texas is not one of them. there is no chance that any planned parenthood taxpayer dollars are going to be funded to parenthood organization which is have decentralized in texas. laura: which is currently under investigation by the federal government. in texas. laura: they have had to pay fines across multiple states for the way they do business. in the way they conduct themselves and the way they bill for medicaid. the way they do business to help saves tens of thousands of women s lives. laura: first of all, they are not actually saving the lives of the 326,000 children who don t get to live after having visited a plan the parenthood. that s a separate conversation on a woman s r
problems on its hands as the awarded plan the parenthood half million dollars to help americans sign up health coverage. joining us now from new york is democratic strategist bernard whitman. okay, bernard. i have to he radio mind people that planned parenthood already gets almost a half a billion dollars of separate money. they are going to get these things called navigator grants. and the money is spread out across the country, bernard. this comes on the heels of this gao. government accounting office nonpartisan investigation into the way planned parenthood spend taxpayer dollars after in texas planned parenthood settled for $4.1 million, these federal fraud charges over how it administers medicaid. given the fact that there they are already under investigation for fraudulent billing and so forth, why the heck are we giving them a half a million dollars for obama care navigation? because, laura, the fact