the obama administration has made another change to obamacare, ordering states to pay subsidies first and verify eligibility later. retroactive enrollment idea sparked criticism from republican house energy and commerce subcommittee chairman joe pitts who called that move outrageous. complaints about obamacare from many different people are nothing new. to hear some top democrats tell it, all of those obamacare horror stories are just made up. chief national correspondent jim ingle on a number of real people with real stories about how the law has hurt them. senate majority leader harry reid managed to ignite a fire storm by accusing those who complain of canceled policies and higher rates under obamacare a flat out lie. plenty of horror stories being told, all are untrue, but they re told all over america. senator reid pointed to ads
care edition of the political grapevine. in case you re looking for a reason to sign up for obamacare, the chicks really dig it. that according to a new survey released by who else, one of the health care marketplaces. get covered illinois says health care is the number two turn-on for singles behind keeping up with current events. more value than having a dog, tattoos, or religion. three quarters of the people would be concerned to know their date didn t have insurance because they might not take the best care of themselves. well, being in charge of implementing obamacare is hard, a really hard thing do. the boston globe reports the head of massachusetts health exchange was reduced to tears at a board meeting yesterday as she explained how tough it was to sign people up for health care with a flawed website. 50,000 applications remain untouched due to a backlog from the broken computer system. she said her staff is working hard but they keep hitting road
bill. reporter: yeah. essentially, obamacare comes up with a draw here. and that s because the obamacare implementati implementation goes forward. it is funded as it was. it does not gain any money, which is what republicans wanted to prevent. but neither does it lose money. and as you know, wolf, that obamacare funding has been the linchpin in so many of these budget battles in the last year. government shut down over that factor. here we are with a giant spending bill and the obamacare implementation funds, as they are now, will go forward. those implementing obamacare say they need more money. they re not getting it. so that s a loss. but nonetheless, they are able to go forward. and that is a change from these sharp, sharp policy funding debates we have seen over the health care law in the last year. all right. lisa, i know there s a lot more in this legislation, as well. we ll continue to discuss in the days to come. lisa desjardins joining us from capital hill. the governor
inspected. that could have stopped all of this. all right, jean, thanks very much. jean casarez is reporting on all the latest information, disturbing information, from west virginia. congressional leaders here in washington are pushing beyond the partisanship to try to come up with a $1 trillion budget. our capitol hill correspondent will examine some of the winners and the losers. she ll explain why obamacare fits into both categories. that and a whole lot more news when we come back. weeknights are for favorites. olive garden s signature favorites now just $10. including everyone s favorite fettuccine alfredo and our classic lasagna. plus unlimited soup or salad, and warm breadsticks. signature favorites now just ten dollars, monday through thursday, at olive garden. [ chicken caws ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. heartburn relief that neutralizes acid on contact
agencies they don t like, the irs. of course, there was that tea party scandal in the last year and the irs will beef down twine funding levels. the environmental protection agency doesn t see a cut from last year in this budget. but it neither does it gain very much. and overall republicans point out the epa has been cut about 20% since 2010. so they are generally losers here. and one last one, the nation of russia. there are two provisions in this bill that would affect russia. one, this would make it harder for the u.s. to buy weapons from russia, including some controversial helicopters. there are some ways the u.s. could get around that. but also in this bill, this would say that the missile defense shield plan for romania would go ahead. that s fully funded and that s something russia also does not like, wolf. tell us why obamacare is both a winner and a loser in this