sending out saying he s got the biggest crowd at inauguration. clearly untruth and claiming barack obama was not born in the united states and insinuating that. th this is part of the bigger picture of the media itself. it is sailing the idea of truth sometimes when it comes to healthcare, what are republicans hoping for at this point. mitch mcconnell, you know of how he is, trying to pull it all together does not have a lot of time. mcconnell only have a week, what are you hearing? i guess there is reports they sent the ceo of this proposal from ted cruz that would allow insurers in states to sell some plans that don t live up to the obamacare standard as well as they share one insurance plan that does live up to the standard. they re trying to get to that
operation recovery six million people have had their policies cancelled because they didn t meet the obamacare standard. now they re thrown into either chaos or a plan that is way more expensive than what they were paying before and a lot less coverage 0, so to say eight mental people are happy, no, that s a stretch. the next wave will be small and medium sized businesses that have to either end or change their health insurance as well. eight million people have an option they did not have before. there s 129 million people who would have been denied because of their preexisting conditions. they have canceled. monica, nothing didn t have. all the time. no, i think insurance drops you anytime they feel you re being too costly. now the government is dropping you. exactly not [overlapping speakers] the message that we only hear the people who are against and that s the issue. we must get the good stories out
it. now, that s going to be still still continue to be a tough sell. we ll see how that plays out over the coming months. all right. secretary sebelius, thank you so much for being with us this morning. i think we ve probably lost sound here or something. i can hear you. okay. thanks for having me. the first negative thing she s heard about obamacare. she s a little taken aback. also yesterday the president of the united states did one interview with cbs where he said i think we re on our way to making sure no american ever has to go without health care. there are still 40 million uninsured people in this country. i don t get how that s even close to being right. forget like the 5 million that lost their plan because it didn t live up to the obamacare standard. how many of the 7 million are the 5 million? add in the employer mandate which is coming to a theater near you, as well as the personal mandate which is coming to a fine in your taxes.
texas attorney general, greg abbott, is the one at the 11th hour where they say we ve been trying to sell you these other kinds of policies. nobody is buying them so you can buy the catastrophic which does not rise to the level of the obamacare standard. he s changing the very law he passed four years ago without asking congress. i asked gavin to put together a list two hours ago, to put a list of all the delays. i just got it a second ago so i ll ad-lib it. on 11/23 extend enrollment until march. on 11/22 the enrollment date extended until the 23rd. high risk poll extended one month. payment deadlines for insurance extended. he s not checking with anyone. you cannot do this. the state policy says you cannot extend it to anyone who would otherwise be out of compliance. he s saying no, now that illegal policy, you actually do have to offer. and greg abbott, the texas
if your policy is canceled, you are out of luck on january 1. and there we have to talk to those private health insurance companies who are dismissing people who have insurance. that s the beauty of this new health security law, is that no longer will we see that because people now will have access to a choice. by the law, they have to kick them out if by january 1 their policy doesn t meet the obamacare standard. those policies which were policies that didn t give real good coverage may have to end. but if you apply by december 15, you re set. if you don t apply by december 15, what you re typically going to find is that by january 31 or february 1, your new policy will kick in. let me just ask remember, you ve got 700,000 americans who today have already applied. they have applied, haven t enrolled. they applied, finished their paper work. now they re waiting to hear and on january 1 they will start their coverage. that means over 100,000