when w return, the cost of criticizing amacare. when politics and business collide. after the breaeak. >> lcomome back. it is becoming a popular punching bag for businesses. the much-maligned affordable care a act. one leading company has learned that going too far in botching heth care costs can b backfire. especially wn you add into the bashing and complaints about specific employees and their babies. case in point, aol. the ceo is an emple of wh not to say. -- tim armstrong announced on a a conference call with employees changes to the 401(k) plans. first, he blamed rising health care costs. he said they were caused by obamacare. >> we would have to actually increased payments per month on health care plans. that is where the balance of that and the obamacare act would happen. there were increases. >> that did not go well according to some employees. then, things got worse. website, to their armstrong went on to blame the cuts on to employees. ressedave birth to "dist babies" that cost the company $1 million each. the public was outraged. so was the staff. away, n

there are coanies who are right aout this and those who may use amacare as an excuse out of necessityneil: we have awsat and he god-awful sam. >> you have to come up with new incentives and under the free enterprise we ae innovative to come up with new ways to run a business. but benefits are part of that. and i have always believed in helping my employees and providing them with the best. nnil: you take your benefits, deal with the government, make sure that i give you a new compensation package and maybe tions or whatever. >> is taking away part of the freedom of the employees and freedom for myself to make that type of decision. moreover is the fact that right now if i could get my employees insurance that they could use, that is great and right now the wait is that they only get through this bause of the regulations. but we are going in the wrong direction and carl is pointing us in the wrong direction. which will be a disaster for the health care system in america. neil: thank you, my friend. do you still think that she is cooked? it looks to me that paul is the one doing what do

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