. >> host: jayne o'donnell is with "usa today," a health care reporter for that newspaper. open enrollment begins tomorrow. is it going to be ready? are the sites going to be ready? >> guest: well, i think it's going to be as ready as it can possibly be. all the work's been done. we're all waiting to see, and i'm sure the folks in the government are nervous but probably not as nervous as they were last year because there's been so much more testing. it's incredible. i think it's weeks and weeks compared to ten days. >> host: it's march 23, 2010, that the president signed the aca. >> guest: been a long time ago. >> host: what's the consensus on its success? >> guest: boy, it's still pretty divided. there's, certainly, listening to your callers and talking to people regularly, people are pretty divided. it's very politically polarized, as you well know. i hear from people, you tend to hear from people that are unhappy more than people that are happy. i've heard from a certain number of people that even if they're unhappy with certain aspects like the difficulty of finding the

jayne o'donnell of "usa today" will be out here in a little while, and we'll talk about some of the politics on capitol hill and the supreme court with her as well. starr sun insured and living in palm bay, florida. starr, you're on the "washington journal." caller: hi, my husband and i, we can't afford insurance through his work. we tried for the affordable care act, but that was still insanely expensive for us, and the deductibles were ridiculous. but over a year ago, before my son was born, we tried to get just insurance for him, and they told me that because of the affordable care act, they no longer offer child-only policies. so now -- now my son is uninsured, and that's just nothing we can do. host: i'm sorry. how old is he? caller: he is 16 months. host: ok, all right. have you looked at healthcare .gov at all? caller: we did. they said we qualified for a subsidy, but it was still expensive. we don't go to the doctor's that often, so the deductibles, and it just wasn't worth it for us. we struggle paycheck to paycheck just to make it. it's just not something we can put in our budget.

the open enrollment period for health insurance and the impact it's having on consumers with jayne o'donnell of "usa today." then a look at the effects of the healthcare law on the u.s. economy with henry aaron of the brookings institution and university of chicago economics professor casey mulligan. and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> well, as regular viewers of this program know, we've been talking about the affordable care act for several years now. it was march 23, 2010, that the president signed the a.c.a. into law, the second en rollment period begins tomorrow, runs from november 15 through february 15 of next year. this morning on the "washington journal," we're going to look at at fordable care act, who signed up, the cost, how it's working, and your input is necessary for our conversation this morning. now, we've divided the phone lines a little bit differently. you can see u

host: jayne o'donnell, front-page piece this morning >> we talked to journalist david drucker about the current lame-duck session of congress and leadership elections for the next session. this is 45 minutes. >> our conversation about the affordable care act continues this morning, the second enrollment begins tomorrow, november 15 and goes through february 15. we are going to talk about some of the economic aspects of the affordable care act. here are the numbers on the screen. we want to have you as a part of this conversation. (202) 585-3880, democrats. (202) 585-3881, republicans. .ndependents, (202) 585-3882 at the university of chicago's casey mulligan, a professor in economics. joining us on our set in washington is henry aaron of the brookings institution, and economics studies senior fellow and has covered health care for a long time. professor mulligan, i want to start with you in chicago. the white house said that here are some of the goals of the affordable care act. , put more money in family's pockets. number two, help slow the growth of health care costs. reduce long-term

host: jayne o'donnell, front-page piece this morning in "usa today" on rural hospitals. thanks for being with us. left,e about 45 minutes the house is coming in at 9:00 a.m. we are going to look at the economic impact of the affordable care act with two economists who have different perspectives on this issue. we are going to return our phone lines to our regular broken down by political affiliations. we will get back into your calls in just a few minutes. yesterday, nancy pelosi also spoke about health care and the affordable care act. [video clip] clearaker boehner made it how vocal the new congress will be on health care. they are talking about possibly having hearings and talking to mr. gruber. how does your side engage on this issue in a different way? does it give you more opportunity? gave an interesting set of observations. when that you skipped is that mr. gruber's comments are a year old and he has backtracked from most of them. that is really important. he is not even advocating the position that he said. i don't know who he is. he did not help write our bill.