they are cool to the language in the mary landrieu bill because they feel it would make it permanent this potential for insurance companies to continue to sell these policies to people that they consider to be substandard, the policies being substandard, and so there might be a balance to strike there but at this point the white house hasn t said which bill they like, think legislation they like but they are open to it. you have nerves of steel, jim acosta. we ll check back with you to see if the try he has finally been planted. reporter: sounds good. see our government can work. reporter: that s right. who knew? jim acosta thanks so much. while insurance executives are meeting with the president, americans with those canceled insurance policies are wondering what the president s proposal means for them and most importantly, how much is it going to cost them? chief business correspondent cl christine romans has that side of the story. many fear their premiums will go up if
policies that don t have the benefits that the obama care has. listen to some of the debate on the house floor about this issue. yesterday we heard yet another empty promise from the president. that he can delay the provisional of laws under obama care that have already cost a staggering 5 million americans their health insurance. notice, that he has not changed the law. he has simply said that he will ignore the law and he invites health insurers to do the same. this is a constitutional abomination. don t by into the gop spin that they re offering a solution to address the insurance policies that have not been renewed by the insurance companies. they can paint this in a different color and dress it up any way they like, but don t be fooled. this is just the 46th republican attempt to strip americans of their access to affordable health insurance. now, whether or not that s true, the question at this point is going to be how many
frankly they don t have much trust in government anyway. the president s approval rating is at 39%, congress approval rating is at 9%, that s pathetic. but going back to just focusing on the president, ana, he was such a likeable guy when he first took office. he was beloved by many americans. i don t know that you can say that anymore. it s sort of like this squandering of likability, which does lend power to the office, whether you like it or not. doesn t it, ana? well, you know, i think that s part of it. i think he came in riding a wave of hope and change and he was going to be the you night unite going to do things differently, this would be one america. i think people are disillusioned, broken-hearted, they expected different things from this president and we ve seen him go through a very, very hard tile. i also think there was a high degree of political stubbornness by this white house and this administration in not admitting these mistakes and continuing on
that was in san jose, california, earlier. the president touted the affordability of the new health exchanges they re being called being set up for millions of uninsured americans. so this is how it works. people will be able to sign upstarting this october. the administration hopes to enroll about seven million people in the health insurance plans through these exchanges. now, california has been a leader in implementing one of the first exchanges. listen. if you re one of nearly six million californians or tens of millions of americans who don t currently have health insurance, you ll soon be able to buy quality affordable care just like everybody else. and here s how. states like california are setting up new online marketplaces where beginning on october 1st of this year you can comparison shop an array of private health insurance plans
now already for 85% of americans who have health insurance. by the way, all of this is what the republican party has now voted 37 times to repeal, at least in the house of representatives. and my suggestion to them has been, let s stop refighting the old battles and start working with the people like the leaders who are on stage here today to make this law work the way it s supposed to. we re focused on moving forward and making sure that this law works for middle class families. and that brings me to the second thing that people need to know about the affordable care act. if you re one of nearly six million californians or tens of millions of americans who don t currently have health insurance, you ll soon be able to buy quality affordable care just like everybody else. here s how, states like california are setting up new online marketplaces where beginning on october 1st of this year you can comparison shop an