andrew from the medical center and our very own jim acosta. thanks for being here, guys. jim, address this. what are the changes people really care about that are going to affect them this year? >> democrats really like that question, poppy. in the next two to three months aspects thf this bill they think the public will really like. children with pre-existing conditions. insurance companies no longer able to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions. a high-risk insurance pool set up for people who can't get insurance because of pre-existing conditions. another thing that will happen with the next two, three months, people who are young draults, maybe graduating from college, not yet 26 years old, may not be able to get health insurance, they will are able to stay on their parents' insurance policy until they turn 26. that's something that a lot of middle class families like and democrats want to get that message out with those changes coming. >> and, of course, down the road coming years later. let's address the issue, andrew, of pre-existing conditions. significant

. >> jim acosta this morning, thanks so much.s are not the only ones in the house reluctant to vote for reform. one small group of democrats may not support the senate's version either. jason at mier is one of them. he joins us to talk by why he's having second thoughts about all of this. >> the conversations with the president who's been putting on the pressure. >> exactly and what he thinks of this so-called slaughter option to deem the bill passed. >> still coming up on the most news in the morning, the top tax scams to watch out for. they are out are falling for them. christine romans, minding your business. 17 minutes past the hour. i have clients down the block. across the street. in the same zip code. basically next door. i see the rewards every day of the people that i help. she said, i couldn't have done this without you. -i'm craig. -i'm mark. my name is kari. and i'm an ameriprise financial advisor. [ male announcer ] meet us at ameriprise.com. >>> christine romans qus minding your business this morning". >> tax time,

. >> jim acosta, appreciate it. >>> so what does the health care reform mean to you at the bottom of the hour, cnn chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, looks at the new law's inpact on those of us who already have insurance coverage. later this morning, live coverage of president obama as he signs that bill into law. that's scheduled for 11:15 eastern, 8:15 pacific. >>> tensions rise on the israel/gaza bored. a missile strike took out a weapons storage facility. four people were hurt. the israelis say the attack was in response to firing rockets on israeli homes. >> it was a spat between friends played out on a global stage. we are talking about the u.s. and israel. ties strained when the israelis announced planned construction in east jerusalem, disputed land with the palestinians. what was worse for the u.s. was the timing of the announcement. vice president, joe biden was visiting israel. prime minister netanyahu is visiting the wlhite house. >> it cannot be a one-way street in which israel makes all the concessions and the palestinian authority makes none. that's got to

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cnn's jim acosta tells us what to look for in these days ahead in this process that's called reconciliation. >> brooke, just because the democrats are talking about reconciliation doesn't mean both parties will be joining hands and singing kumbaya on capitol hill. with health care reform clinging to life in congress, democrats are about to try a radical procedure to save the patient. and house speaker nancy pelosi said on cnn's "state of the union," they'll do it with or without republican support. >> they have had plenty of opportunity to make their voices heard. >> reporter: the likely path ahead would require some tricky legislative surgery. first the house would vote to approve the senate bill that's already passed. then the senate would use one of its little known rules called reconciliation to fix its original bill. removing portions that were unpopular like the last-minute sweetheart deal to nebraska democrat ben nelson. >> i think americans should know that when we hear the words about reconciliation, it is simply a majority vote. >> reporter: under reconciliation, only 51 votes are