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GENERATING A LOT OF REACTION
FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY.
JOINING ME NOW FROM CAPITOL
HILL, CONGRESSMAN STEISRAEL.
YOU SAID OBAMA CARE COULD BE
IMPROVES, THE DECISION TO DELAY
INSURANCE CANCELLATIONS FOR A
YEAR, THAT IS ENOUGH?
>> IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT.
I HAD SEVERAL DOZEN CONSTITUENTS
ON LONG ISLAND IN NEW YORK, CALL
MY WHOFS RECEIVED THESE LACK OF
COVERAGE NOTICES AND THEY
WEREN'T INTERESTED IN WHO WAS TO
BLAME.
THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT WAS
GOING TO BE SOLVED.
TODAY THE PRESIDENT TOOK A VERY
IMPORTANT STEP IN SOLVING THAT
PROBLEM.
I CAN TELL CONSTITUENTS THERE IS
A SOLUTION.
SECONDLY, LOOK, WHERE THERE NEED
TO BE BE FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WE
OUGHT TO DO IT.
I DO NOT SUPPORT REPEALING,
DEFUNDING AND REVERSING THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
SO LET'S CONTINUE IN THE SPIRIT
OF COOPERATION TO MAKE THESE
IMPROVEMENTS BUT LET'S NOT GO
BACK TO A SYSTEM WHERE TOO MANY
AMERICANS WERE TOLD THAT THEY
WERE LOSING COVERAGE, THAT A
PREEXISTING CONDITION WAS
KICKING THEM OFF THE COVERAGE.
>> HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY
PELOSI SAYS THAT YOUR CAUCUS,
HOUSE DEMOCRATS, ARE GOING TO
OFFER UP YOUR OWN FIX TOMORROW.
WHAT'S IN THIS FIX?
>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO DOUGH
INTO A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT
WHETHER THERE IS A NEED TO
CONTINUE TO PURSUE LEGISLATIVE
RESOLUTION TO THIS.
I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD
AN IMPORTANT STEP AND HE CAN DO
THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY.
IF THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO DO
THIS LEGISLATIVELY, THEN I'M
OPEN TO THAT.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS NOT THE
PROCESS, WHETHER YOU DO THIS
ADMINISTRATIVELY OR WHETHER YOU
DO THIS LEGISLATIVELY.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE SOLUTION
AND THAT'S WHAT MOST AMERICANS
WANT US FOCUSED ON.
>> THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR
CAUCUS, LIKE CONGRESSMAN DOYLE,
EXPRESSED RELATION FRUSTRATION
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH THE
DIFFERENCE WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS BEEN DOING, REACTION WHEN IT
COMES TO OBAMA CARE AND
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WEBSITE,
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SHALL WE
CALL IT A BROKEN PLEDGE OF NOT
BEING ABLE TO KEEP YOUR HEALTH
PLAN IF YOU LIKE YOUR HEALTH
PLAN.
YOU ARE SOMEBODY, AS THE CHAIR
OF THE DCCC, BODY IN CHARGE OF
ELECTING DEMOCRATS TO THE HOUSE,
YOU HEAR FROM A LOT OF DEMOCRATS
WORRIED ABOUT RE-ELECTION, UPSET
ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM
THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU
SUPPORT THE HEALTH CARE BILL
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS
THAT YOU'RE HEARING THAT NEED TO
BE FIXED BEYOND WHAT PRESIDENT
OBAMA DISCUSSED TODAY?
>> WELL, LOOK, THERE ARE TWO
PLAJ COMP
MAJOR COMPLAINTS A WEBSITE THAT
HAS NOT WORKED, MUST BE FIXED
AND THE NOTICES THAT PEOPLE
RECEIVED THAT THEIR COVERAGE WAS
BEING TERMINATED.
BOTH FIX -- BOTH SOLUTIONS NEED
FIXES AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
THE FIXES.
GOING FORWARD, PEOPLE DON'T CARE
ABOUT THE POLITICS OF THIS
STUFF.
HONESTLY, THEY SHOULDN'T BE HUNG
UP ON WHO TO BLAME.
HOW DO YOU GET IT FIXED?
HOW DO YOU GET IT SOLVED?
EVERY POLL I'VE SEEN ON THE
ISSUE SAYS THE SAME THING, MOST
PERSONS PREFER A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS WHO VOWS TO FIX AND
IMPROVE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
VERSUS THE MEMBER OF CONGRESS
OBSESSED WITH REPEALING AND
DEFUNDING THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON
FIXES, IMPROVEMENTS AND
SOLUTIONS AND NOT GET HUNG UP ON
THE PARTISANSHIP AND POLITICS OF
REPEALING AND DEFUNDING THE LAW.
>> CONGRESSMAN, DO YOU THINK AS
THIS BILL WAS BEING SOLD TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE AND THOSE PUSHING THE BILL
WERE AS FORTH RIGHT ABOUT SOME
OF THE ISSUES AS THEY COULD HAVE
BEEN?
SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO IF YOU
LIKE YOUR HEALTH PLAN YOU CAN
KEEP YOUR HEALTH PLAN, BUT ALSO
THE FACT THAT IF YOU LOOK AT
SOME OF THE TRADE-OFFS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE MADE, GENERALLY
SPEAKING WHEN IT COMES TO THE
INDIVIDUAL INSURANCE MARKET,
WOMEN WILL PAY LESS, MEN WILL
PAY MORE, OLDER PEOPLE PAY LESS,
YOUNGER PEOPLE PAY MORE.
HEALTHY PEOPLE WILL PAY MORE,
SIX PEOPLE WILL PAY LESS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS FULLY
CONVEYED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IF YOU CAN GO BACK IN TIME, DO
YOU THINK THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
MORE HONEST SALESMANSHIP.
>> MORE PRECISE EDUCATION AND
SALESMANSHIP, NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT.
BUT YOU CAN'T GO BACK IN TIME.
ALL YOU CAN DO IS MOVE FORWARD.
AND SINCE GOING BACK IN TIME IS
PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE, WE SHOULD
FOCUS ON WHAT IS IN OUR CONTROL,
WHAT IS IN OUR CONTROL IS
CONTINUING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
AND FIXES TO THIS LAW AND NOT
ALLOW A SMALL GROUP OF
REPUBLICANS OR A LARGE GROUP OF
REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES TO CONTINUE TO
AMBUSH AND SABOTAGE THIS LAW.
WHAT COUNTS IS WHERE WE END UP.
HERE'S WHERE WE NEED TO END UP,
WITH A LAW THAT PROVIDES S
EXPENSIVE COVERAGE FOR AMERICANS
AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONS MOST OF
THE CASE WORK IN MY OFFICE ON
HEALTH CARE ISSUES WAS FROM
CONSTITUENTS DIAGNOSES WITH
BREAST CANCER OR PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS TOLD BY INSURANCE
COMPANIES YOU LOSE, LITERALLY,
YOU LOSE YOUR POLICY.
I DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT
SYSTEM.
>> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS TO
AUTOMATICALLY BE ABLE TO GET
INSURANCE, OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO
PAY MORE TO PAY FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS FULLY
AND ADEQUATELY CONVEYED TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS
CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE FIXES
WHERE WE CAN AND MAKE THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS WHICH IS A FAR
BETTER ALTERNATIVE THAN JUNKING
THE ENTIRE LAW AND GOING BACK TO
THE SYSTEM WHERE AMERICANS HAD
HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES
CONTROLLING THEIR HEALTH CARE.
WHERE FUNDAMENTAL HEALTH
DECISIONS WERE MADE BASED NOT ON
HOW DO WE GET YOU HEALTHY BUT
ENLARGE PROFITS AS AN INSURANCE
COMPANY.
I DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO
THAT.
CAN THIS LAW CONTINUE TO BE
IMPROVED?
YES, I'M ALL IN ON THAT.
WE'LL WORK WITH DEMOCRATS AND