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we will monitor the us more issues for the health care law next week. serious concerns that key parts not only to be delayed >> over 20 million americans remain unemployed and underemployed the early failure of obamacare and it has put the economy in jeopardy but obama tries to chase a subject focusing at best of medical interest for most americans. i am lou dobbs. lou: good evening. the failures of the affordable care acts are piling up the white house says only three out of 10 could successfully navigate through health care .gov.
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fox news consume -- confirmed over 70,000 people have received cancellation notices from their insurance providers now reports today that more people are opting for a medicaid and over private insurance despite insuring all of those cited the poor kentucky over 60 percent tuzes medicaid over obamacare but the president chose to ignore the crisis in order to focus on college tuition, the gun-control and of course, illegal immigration and attend a couple of the york city fund-raisers. and with a national campaign to our trying to review calls while leaving the
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mountain of repairs to health care.gov former executive jeffrey simes neither is willing to give the biggest user to the question, how many people have actually enrolled in obamacare? ed henry has the report. >> even has hhs secretary sebelius was in texas schaede knowledge wildly incorrect how it would work. >> we will not stop. >> even though she was wrong in pledges today the site will be working smoothly for the vast number of users by the end of november although there are plenty of issues to clean up.
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washington examiner found a script file produced for testing still life featuring characters from star wars like to baca. although the team says they have announced they have hired a contractor to fix this site. which is already in sight -- in charge one of those that face a grilling on thursday. >> i haveot heard what did you apologize to the american public. >> one top official the acknowledged he had trouble in rolling. >> i logged on to create an account. i never received a confirmation e-mail. >> it did not work. >> it did not work. >> after telling cnn earlier she was aware of problems before the launch today sebelius adjusted that a little. >> actually i did not realize it would not be operating optimally before the launch. redo that if we had had another six months we
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probably would test further. >> the republican isis said he may subpoena health care .gov documents to nail down the timing to find out when sebelius would be pressure to push back of a limitation which she will testify next wednesday. >> i will ask to support or a delay until it is right or repeal as. >> although they say republicans just want to fix -- repeal sodas harder to resist any changes when former top white house aides have slammed the rollout now at least some democrats are pushing for a new enrollment deadline and to be extended. going to school in brooklyn did not mentioning health care at all. >> real world math lessons got be seeking if it is too late to send congress year. [laughter] or maybe a remedial course.
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>> just yesterday at top qssi official testified he had no knowledge of the tax surge today they announced that very company is in charge of it. lou: ed henry from the white house. the obamacare fiasco pretty the political balance of power for the election with the implementation foreseeing some senate democrats many of the same people face reelection and they are responsible for much of the entitlement existence. carl cameron with the political ramifications of being on the wrong side of obamacare. >> affordable care act has facing difficult reelection
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is scrambling for cover. gigi he urged the president to extend the deadline nine others joined her with the g.o.p. suggested that just weeks ago. alaska covet carolina and colorado, louisiana and arkansas representative sulfates representative sander pounded back home. >> in voting against any delays of obamacare. >> incoming call for delay in the individual mandate ian west virginia and moderate is sponsoring legislation to make it one year. >> should be a transition year was no fines. the latest fox news poll that favoring democrats over siege although the republicans need six more seats from the majority all the republicans are hoping that the derailed obamacare
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could eclipse that. >> compared to the shutdown compared to we will get the obamacare rollout something tells me the critical stories, last longer under the 70 days a government shutdown. >> very pushed the shutdown off and democrats are distancing themselves. the g.o.p. plucky at those 10 seats that are vulnerable next year while democrats who already have the senate majority are looking to add a pickup in georgia where? speech to blisses retiring and mitch mcconnell faces a two-party challenger is hoping for the upset. >> talk about raising campaign money some say on the sidelines to see how that internal fight with the two-party plays out in the meantime democrats are
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picking up more cash. lou: obamacare not the only entitlement driving us into a for tax of higher debt and higher costs and higher taxes and disturbing news census figures showed there are more americans on welfare now then working full-time more than 108 million people receive some form of means tested government welfare in the will care such as medicaid and food stamps by comparison nearly 102 million people work full time during the same period. president obama is approval rating at 42% with his disapproval rating is 52% still well under water with the latest tracking poll but it is likely much lower with the allies abroad with the latest disclosure by the nsa
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leaker edward snowden. officials alerted that our public enemies are bracing for the fallout after documents in detail in cooperation with the united states may have been a compromise. the information could embarrass the united states or collaborate with countries such as iran, china or russia and to spy on friendly nations such as germany and france. james rosen has our report. >> barack obama swept to office promising to improve america's standing in the world. >> who is the person that will be best equipped to repair all the damage that has been done to america's reputation overseas? >> five years later america's reputation is suffering the worst battering since the iraq war amid revelations from edward snowden the nsa has been
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stalling on three dozen rolls leaders. the european parliament the sending of a delegation to for the legal remedies in brazil is holding a $4 billion boeing contract entered the debris is u.s. line the no spying pact with berlin and friends by the end of the year. >> we are experiencing hot awkward situations country by country and by leader. >> been a rhodes told the summit i don't thank you can say there has been across the border impact on foreign policy it is very unique circumstances. but brazil is that the more significant end of the spectrum. in the mideast obama is abandonment of the strikes against syria the secretary of state moving towards detente with iran in military aid to egypt had alienated persian gulf allies like the united arab air of its -- united arab
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emirates and saudi arabia. >> can we count on anything he has told us? to the historical relationship is that worth anything? >> they expect more snowden revelations to surface and they have no working blueprint how to handle it. >> it is not that if we have a communications plan in our clutches how allegations may or may not be leaked. >> west german intelligence officials headed to washington next week one of the concerns is that the european allies may seek to use the espionage controversy as leverage with the ongoing trade talks. lou:, which more on the nsa in the for policy decisions and the stone wall of the administration throughout the broadcast.
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we will be right back. >> glitches, the text search juneberry messages of the source code. the obamacare debate focuses on health care.gov and we look at obamacare from the point of view of the doctors. next.
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lou: bring you up-to-date on pharmaceutical boost the fda calling for tighter restrictions on some of the most commonly prescribed painkillers that contained hydro koto such as i like it did an autopsy conte these new rules are to be approved later this year with a limited hebert of refills without a follow-up this
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federal data shows overdose death from prescription painkillers have quadruples since 1989, more than 16,000 deaths in 2010 the most recent data available. our next guest knows about painkillers croswell as the pain inflicted on the health care system doctors in ditchers wreaking havoc potentially creating a national shortage of 90,000 doctors and 800,000 nurses by the end of this decade. joining is now ceo of vital springs technologies. dr. marc siegel from the fox news medical team and also the gentleman good to have you here.
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where in the world are we going with this system? settle here doctors discussing the debate and i wonder why not? >> the first part there is a big doctor shortage of people understand if you bring in more patients than paid doctors less it is basic business sense you will have a problem so access to medical care is a huge issue on top of that one of the things we are not speaking about is the idea of the 27 new regulations for obamacare will apply to the employer based insurance what we talk about with the state exchanges would be 7 million. the reason refocused. lou: you have a lot of numbers. 110 million? >> these are the people that
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get insurance from our employer. we're not going to the changes we are already employed -- have coverage but this talks about what kind we can get. lou: 90 million people come through corporate health care plans. we have another 80 million but half of those will be stripped from their ranks from the insurance companies themselves. >> that is rare was going that because of the regulations of obamacare of lot of the policies that people have are in jeopardy they make and the publisher of the state exchanges. >> there was a report today more people are signing up for a dedicated than even attempting obamacare.
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washington, kentucky, 60 or 80 percent of the new enrollments are for medicaid what is that impact? >> there is a lot to infer from the trend especially when you looked at the risk pools. those states that saw this surge of medicated will mentor also the same states that aside up -- that signed up but you get a dichotomy was split of the wrist ian the blue state instead of the risk of the individual. but that read state that typically has more uninsured in and sicker individuals will end up having more uninsured people that fall to the?
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-- fall through the? lou: but the 2.7 million people that are setting up they cannot that is the strategy. lou: the strategy but they are principal to sign up for medicaid. we have competing government programs we create a perverse marketplace as a result. >> not to mention half did not approve the expansion so to his point you could end up with the position you cannot afford this states exchanges if you could get to them and you don't qualify for medicaid because your state did not have it i am not a huge fan of any of these entitlements you talk medicaid you talked
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entitlements talk about bronzer silver you talk about a subsidy. our problem is the entire program is based on and subsidies. lou: i am with you but we are caught in the cortex of higher medical costs higher insurance premiums higher government debt and bigger government spending and by the way few were doctors, if you were nurses and a health care system that seems to be the last thing anybody is talking about. >> is a court you were loading down and the horses are fewer and fewer. lou: i got the metaphor but we have the affordable care act but doctor, i want to understand common is it your
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judgment t problems go away if they could fix health care.gov or is there a worsening of the issue? >> this is the tip of the iceberg and what has been in the industry the last 20 years the issues with the web site are only the tip of the iceberg in this symptomatic of much deeper problems of infrastructure. there is a problem with consumers getting on the web site and also determining eligibility. lou: what about hospitals for care? >> able be crushed because the financing mechanics that are to get rewarded is of doctors or hospitals can communicate or produced a debt that shows they produce
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sufficient care. if they look like anything health care.gov that data will never surface that means doctors and hospitals are at a disadvantage date number one. >> he talks about the larger part of the system those who have medicaid have lower quality of insurance unnecessarily the hospital bottom line goes down and those are in trouble under obamacare you cannot find a doctor who was happy that is in private practice. lou: that the obama and administration would bail them one of the great large looming problems you cannot bail out doctors who are not enrolled in medical school or trained nurses that are not available. thank you very much. coming up, as a new book
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extortion and chronicles how washington's corrupt capitol hill power, greed power, greed, corruption and politicizing the executive branch. the author of
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lou: the obama administration has a long history of rewarding its friends and punishing political enemies. joining me now to explain it the extortion and tactics and maneuvers president of the government accountability institute and author of the new best seller, extortion. peter, a great to have you back. >> great to be on with you. >> last night we talked about congress and the ways it alliance its pockets to do business but in fact, institutional corruption is what much of it appears to be. the executive branch is
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every bit the same league and its favorite device is the foreign corrupt practices act. what are some of the companies it has attacked? >> here is what is interesting. created 1977 written by attorneys which is the law firm of eric holder that people came from and for 30 years you had on average three cases per year when president obamacare into office it exploded. whais concerning about how this law has been used is this has been targeted against companies or entities that the administration deemed to be anti-obama so over the last several years you saw everyone from coca industries to news corporation to h-p with a
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loss vegas the hands that is largely owned by a gentleman in to republican causes. >> did you have seen industries that are very supportive of congress. with the oil and gas industry. with a sweep letters that you are going after your industry it is a major intimidation to all. >> to be used to raise money. to line the pockets of a specific administration. >> actually the statistical
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studies that have been done that if you are a company or individual giving campaign donations to the right people you will, and half to have the book thrown at you so there is evidence that this works and the tightening is very disconcerting. after only a couple weeks after obama said in a radio interview we will punish our political enemies, that is where they send out to the independent oil and gas industry we are now coming after you. and in 2010 they went four / one republicans as opposed to democrats so the timing is suspect as well. >> and we will punish the
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enemies. the declaration of purpose or intent face seemed to have felt. and enter the form practices act to drops to half of that does that distortion rate declined to have some constraint on the administration? >> there isn't unrtunately but a lot of companies are realizing that we will might even fight to this but give them what they want because even if we end up winning in some sort of trial it will
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affect the stock price. the part of the problem is this department of justice is more politicized than any of the nixon did ministration. you don't have to look any further than when obama was elected in 2008 the department of justice was populated with no less than five campaign bumpers including the attorney-general they were raising huge sums of money and that is unprecedented not happening before. lou: if you want to know how your bookworks it is called extortion and in bookstores now. we need a lot of people to understand how this government works.
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think you for being here and your contribution. we will be right back. >> obamacare is health care.gov still not working but they want our most private and personal information. cybersecurity expert joins
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lou: united states now warning allies as prospective enemies about a sensitive leaks from edward snowden it yet to be published more of a massive intelligence gathering effortsell as.gov -- health care.gov we have a former adviser to the state department's anti-terrorist assistance program. great to have you with us. the spectacle of this
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country advising potential enemies and allies about what is coming to the state department spokesperson say they have no plan how to deal with it could this government look any worse? >> i try to stem the politics but as a taxpayer becomes very disturbing that sensitive secrets are out there and the positions are out there and we know we spy on each other in these things happen but especially with a nuclear capable ivory and how the saudis said the rate is released work together. and that will stop cooperation that could only hurt us. lou: in a non-political way the only superpower could not control the activities of edward snowden.
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they allowed him to escape and to blish it. this is madness democrat republican independent? >> we are patriots as part former deputy director of the nsa i have to tell you his jaw dropped we were shocked somebody at this level to take disinformation out of the nsa on the thumb drive. i talk behavior analysis id it took a lot for me just to get into the building i am so shocked she could get out and they didn't have of those great healer controls down to that level of detail and somebody at his level of experience and lack of time could get this information. lou: with another prospective, and a matter how difficult it is there
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ribby a greater public outcry i personally believe if the illness they were not spying or targeting the agencies that they did i think some of it is pure nonsense horror puffery and driven to bring partisanship into it to attack the nsa. we saw this in the '70s and '80s civic there is a famous saying that says everybody spies on the ready we know it and they know it but we tacitly acknowledging it but we did not publicly acknowledge that because it reveals sources and methods but people die because of the us and our ability to collect intelligence the requirements are bigger company once another night beloved but we are naked and blind and we cannot see it
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is what you don't know that you don't know that gets us into trouble. lou: and the source code buried within it the you have no right to privacy but why would that be there and why should anyone trust the government with confidential information? >> they say we cannot guarantee the security either if you give us the most sensitive information your identity or health care information so it is a huge issue of trust i give you my credit card trustee you keep that safe and when they don't there are repercussions the government has a lot of immunity so this is their version is seems like it is get out of jail free it is not our problem but my opinion?
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i would delay the rollout even plot -- even beyond the deadline until you can guarantee that my information is safe. lou: a little political. >>. [laughter] i tried to stay away. lou: go to our facebook page and check out fox business .com for a look at why the disney corporation is expanding in china and ready to build a facility that dwarfs the orlando and losses angeles holdings if you will excuse the pun. "fast & furious" come irs is targeting a scandal, gauzy and we will show you why obamacare in that "chalk talk" they are no different next.
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lou: the rollout of obamacare is in deep trouble with another problem that could be far more serious than the health care.gov disaster threading the program 20 states have announced they are participating in the affordable care act expansion of medicaid. for it to work and pass to be affordable. as of right now it is not. for -- more people are enrolling in medicaid than buying insurance washington state 87% signing up for it in kentucky 82% in the york 64 percent juices medicaid. it should not surprise anyone the least of all the obama is administration that people are choosing free over relatively expensive for medicaid over private insurance. joining us now to assess
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what is happening, alice and are fox news contributor david coming and editor and publisher one of the all-time, a great to have you with us. were you shocked 108 million americans right now on means tested welfare and at the same time the newly enrolled italy in medicated and not obamacare? >>. >> i am not surprised from date number one the president said he would transform america pushing the entitlements state downed overthrow and does not want us to work any more. look for if i could get some free stuff from the government i would probably try it but i am considered
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rich because i work for my money. i an not but i am the higher lerner and his mind set but what i see it will be a shock is when medicaid balloons the cost because we know that will happen in 2015 is and that when the government backs out and does not pay one suppressant ? lou: then the states begin to up the ante of the portion they are paying a of medicaid. by your reaction of what is happening? we are a number 24 of obamacare the promises are not kept. >> by my count is five months six days until the deadline comes. it is frustrating and hard to get on i am not yet at the panic point.
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>> know they said they would panic, least of all me. >> you are not concerned? >> i am but the fact that they have smart people doing it if they don't get it done in a month than there is something wrong. but people use this as an excuse to undermine but they don't like in the first place. lou: let me ask you. projecting forward to march 31st the rabil time span is 3.five years previous to the launch of obamacare through the 24th day of october that is how long it took to wrap this up as the abysmal failure what makes us think we will see anything better beyond the web site? >> they had three years and about six days of testing
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with very little load testing that system was not even tested at big $680 million boondoggle and we have to work on how we fix the structure because how will you use or get what you were promised? it is a skyscraper with no foundation. lou: there even fighting with medicaid. we'll be back with a shocking statement by a clearly out of touch harry reid did the senate majority of readers think all of america is okay reaching further and deeper into their pockets. next. stay with us.
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lou: the "a team" is your buck first the senate majority of leader harry reid clear the way he is the democratic party leader weighing in on taxes during a radio interview. >> the only people that feel there should not be more coming into the government of the rich people are republicans in congress even rich people what to pay more lou: but here are baby boomers and the internet. >> if you are over age 50, the internet is something you are just learning about and certainly over age 60 that is a truism lou: this manning is a marvel. why are they firing anybody over the this health care disaster?
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no way was fired over "fast & furious" or benghazi or the irs is targeting a scandal had been forbidden now we should probably read gave the affordable care act the not accountable care act. we are back with the "a team" why isn't anyone held accountable? >> you ask a great question why don't we ask the president? he will not even hold himself accountable. going back to what none of us have talked about it is being swept under the rug client the delaying the golden mandate for individuals by six weeks through march 31st. lou: we reported that two days ago.
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>> but what we don't make a big deal of is democrats who were worried about getting reelected fake maybe we should delay it one year is a that republicans said? we told you so we'd need to him that all talking about that every freaking day. [laughter] lou: i am not a republican i am the independent but you have not come up with a message for years. >> my message was clear. lou: i have to move on. your message was clear. this is the administration was troubled by those who cannot get their message to get there by kristol is right we have 10 new voices to save the late the individual mandate.
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>> each of these house domestic politics and in the end maybe it doesn't come together an a couple of months there is the argument to make. lou: aware word day before to get their right? >> you know, that. lou: don't suggest otherwise. >> you understand. that is not what they really want. >> the republican messaging is very bad and i agree winter%. number to the percentages of the wind is a joke they will win reelection is just another shift of the argument. every one of these guys won by 50% or more. said democrats are playing politics but the people in their beds states that should be in trouble not the clear winners of the next election. lou: it will be interesting
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to see how well plays out. we will have a lot of work to do to stare up with what is transpiring in the nation's capital. think you very much thank you orville and wilbur... ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it.
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have a great weekend. the willis report is next. gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis. tonight on "the willis report," scams and obamacare. attorneys general have new warnings for consumers. virginia's ag is here tonight. also the obama administration says it wants to hold people accountable for the obamacare mess. >> we want to make sure the taxpayers get their money's worth, so money as it's spent we will make sure people accountable. gerri: so far the only person fired is this single mom from florida. our legal team is here. and amazon.com has big plans, but not everybody likes what it's doing with all its billions. >> we're pretty excited about this. gerri: we're watching out for you tonight on "the willis report." ♪

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