you know, if you look at the people who are going be eligible these are working people who are low wages who don t have healthcare. they are exactly the kind of people most governors should want to help. chris: let s start some would say we have already been talking about it. let s turn to the politics of this. governor romney says that he will end obama care on day one of the presidency and says it raises taxes by $500 billion and cuts medicare by $500 billion and adds trillions of dollars to the denver he sit. are you happy to see deficit. are you happy to see obama care be a referendum this this election? i think the facts are different than that. the congressional budget office made clear that the healthcare law saves not spends money. it puts important mechanisms in place to help get control of healthcare spending more broadly. when was governor of massachusetts governor romney put a plan in place that has many of the features that the affordable care act makes available o
meeting on wednesday. representatives from the romney campaign and about eight editors and reporters from the post and at the end of the meeting, the post said we re not issuing a retraction. we stand by the story. well, the next step in this is one of their columnists, jennifer ruben did again an equally devastating column about a 10-page point by point rebuttal that was presented at the meeting to the washington post by governor romney s people. and i have to tell you, it is a really unbelievable recitation. i don t understand how anybody reading the recitation vs. the actual article itself can in any way say that this reporter had it right. it appears very likely that he had it wrong. now, the next step, the ombudsman, you know, who is the editorial referee steps in at the washington post. his name is patrick pexton and
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you know, if you look at the people who are going be eligible these are working people who are low wages who don t have healthcare. they are exactly the kind of people most governors should want to help. chris: let s start some would say we have already been talking about it. let s turn to the politics of this. governor romney says that he will end obama care on day one of the presidency and says it raises taxes by $500 billion and cuts medicare by $500 billion and adds trillions of dollars to the denver he sit. are you happy to see deficit. are you happy to see obama care be a referendum this this election? i think the facts are different than that. the congressional budget office made clear that the healthcare law saves not spends money. it puts important mechanisms in place to help get control of healthcare spending more broadly. when was governor of massachusetts governor romney put a plan in place that has many of the features that the affordable care act makes available o
electing mitt romney in november. the high court ruled 5:4 thursday that the the affordable care act also known as obamacare, is constitutional under the federal taxing powers, but while republicans plan to make that new tax a campaign issue, the president s chief of staff says that very few people would actually have to pay it. the only thing in this bill that puts a burden on individuals to pay more is a penalty for those who can afford insurance and choose not to buy it and to be clear, that s 1% of the population, in massachusetts, where this was tested in the plan that governor romney put in place, 1% of the population ended up paying the penalty. reporter: and lew says the tax, what he calls a penalty will not be a burden to the middle class and that it s now time to focus on the economy and jobs and to move ahead with implementation of the affordable care act, harris. harris: he may say it s time to move on, but something tells me the conversation will