it s a good question. i am not sure the failure of the exchanges would destroy the private insurance market. we have to remember that most americans, the vast majority, ar ensured through their work or through a program like medicare or tri care. we are talking about a small group of americans. that is different than obamacare exchanges. you have 48 million people who are uninsured out there. the whole goal of this is to get a bare minimum of 7 million. that s right. if you don t, and you have to get it by march according to the administration, the whole system falls. it is true. you need the risk pools to be in balance in order for people to be paying a certain premium. they certainly do need young people to balance out the sick patients that will now be insured through the market places. they can t discriminate against people with preexisting conditions. there is no question and we have to watch and see what
how will i recognize the government has actually shut down. keep the comments coming on twitter and facebook. as part of our series rx for america, look at what the affordable care act means for veterans and their families. millions of vets and families do not have insurance of any kind. that s because not all vets qualify for health care through the veterans administration. for that reason, affordable covers through obama care will provide a life line for current reserve members and families. joining me for more on this, an iraq war veteran and chairman of vote vets.org. thank you for being here. thank you. what do vets need to know about obama care. if you re a rural veteran or reserve you can opt into tri-care select. if you re in a rural state, maybe you ve served the country but haven t been service connected, there are good rates out there you can buy into. perhaps you had access with the
what do you hope to come away with here? do you see this taking a longtime step by step? do you expect resolution? well, we are extremely blessed that we were offered assistance by marcella burke from the law firm representing us. they #r they are helping us basically what we want to do, this therapy is covered under the law. tri-care is mistaken and dod is mistaken. it is you ever cked under the law and we are trying to clarify that. we are getting a lot of support from congressional help to clarify that. it is covered. our goal is we want this to be available for all of the children who need it and not just our child. there are so many wounded warriors and children that need this. jennifer, i hope that you will continue to update us on this story. i wish you all the best. give our best and good wishes to your daughter, please. thank you so much for joining us. thank you so much for o%ving me.
the horse is just a tool that we see results and helps caitlin. the goal is to keep her scoliosis under control so he shea wouldn t be life altering. she is not like a typical child. several orthopedist surgeons said it would be life altering and we don t want to go down that road. what is the reason being given over and over for denying you the coverage? tri-care told us from the beginning that it started being denied because they said it is hippo-therapy. we don t cover hippo-therapy. it is nonproven. we were never billing for hippo-therapy for those who don t know what that is can you explain it? sure. it is an umbrella term. that s the problem. technically really if you talk to a physical therapist it is a treatment strategy. it is an approach that
therapists use and the horse is merely a tool. the therapists are doing exactly what they would do in a clinic with another type of tool. they are just using horse as a tool. it is a dynamic surface to put the patient on to reach their goals. and you have documented this with to the military, and you said that the doctors say and the therapists say this is making a difference in your child s life? oh yes. our pediatric neurologist from cook children s at forth worth, the fort worth, the treating physical therapist testified at our hearing, which we won. the government judge that tri-care provided agreed with us that her therapy should be cost shared. we had to hire our own attorney. they paid for everything else, and then they came back and said we are still not going to cover it. wow. i know you are filing suit.