middle income americans, especially in the context of health premiums going skyrocketing up, they recognize they need some relief. so we ve got to do what we can to address that. reporter: historically, since healthcare has reviled many presidents back to harry truman and when hillary clinton came to washington, she went to the hill and that she could get it done. i am sure there are many lessons you could learn from previous presidents and perhaps previous first ladies. has the president thought about reaching out to hillary and finding out how she maneuvered and some of the best practices or some pitfalls she has come through? press secretary spicer: i think you know he has met with dr. emanuel and others. he has reached to several people through out the process to gauge both their policy ideas and strategy ideas. i think the president noted friday afternoon that we learned a lot on several fronts about