you are on with julie appleby. caller: i was going to say good morning but it is never a good morning. don't everybody out here know we are all stupid anyway? the governors and congressmen and senators do not understand these law. graduatesnely college 60 years old, we do not understand it. i had an accident, put on social security. i was not making enough money to keep my kids with food in their mouths and roof over their head and pay my mortgage. i went back to work at a different job, got a college degree. got hurt again. worked for an ivy league college. they did not like the idea that i got hurt with them, to. so what did they do? they just did away with my job. away with your job, they do away with your insurance. they all actually talked me into cashing in my pension. so i have none of that. when peoplefense say this is an entitlement. 1968 for mysince soul so security benefits. >> let's let julie appleby jumped in. talking about folks trying to understand this law. we have heard a lot about the navigators o

so, julie appleby if someone gets a letter like this what should they do? >> host: they should look at it very carefully. understand what it means. they don't have to act right away. consumer advocates tell me folks should take time to understand what it is the purchase already, how much is there deductible, how much is the deductible per person and how much might have to pay before the insurance kicks in, how much might you have to pay for the entire year. something called the out-of-pocket maximum. so look at that and see what your insurance is offering. your insurance may be offering something very comparable but double check. that isn't your only option. you don't have to roll over into another plan offered by your insurer. you can go on to the state market place or on to healthcare.gov and looked up other policies. healthcare.gov as you know has had some problems. they made some changes to the website people can simply browse plans and get an idea a step on the premiums. even if they can't get set up an account. as a policy experts say to do that. talk

julie appleby? >> guest: we heard the president and boston saying that the vast majority of people that have health insurance that works, you can keep it. so to eric's point, some of these plans were not that effective were helpful for folks and that is why this market was targeted by congress in the aca specifically because it had some problems and namely people who buy their own insurance, for example, before the law found that they could not buy coverage at any cost because they have a health condition and insurers were able to reject people that have a health condition or charge them more for perhaps it's good that particular condition from coverage and as eric pointed out, some of the plans have limited benefits and i have written about plans that have maybe 100-dollar per day benefits for hospitalization. we know that things cost more than $100 per day. so some of these plans were very limited for benefits and they are going away, but to eric's point, some people actually really do pick this c

you are on with julie appleby.r: i was going to say good morning but it is never a good morning. don't everybody out here know we are all stupid anyway? the governors and congressmen and senators do not understand these law. graduatesnely college 60 years old, we do not understand it. i had an accident, put on social security. i was not making enough money to keep my kids with food in their mouths and roof over their head and pay my mortgage. i went back to work at a different job, got a college degree. got hurt again. worked for an ivy league college. they did not like the idea that i got hurt with them, to. so what did they do? they just did away with my job. away with your job, they do away with your insurance. they all actually talked me into cashing in my pension. so i have none of that. when peoplefense say this is an entitlement. 1968 for mysince soul so security benefits. >> let's let julie appleby jumped in. talking about folks trying to understand this law. we have heard a lot about the navigators out the

. >> sreenivasan: julie appleby follows these matters closely for kaiser health news, an independent not-for-profit news organization. it is not affiliated with the kaiser permanente insurance company. so, i know that we saw images of the president meeting with the c.e.o.s today. has the insurance industry come out and made a statement on how they're going to take these changes? >> they're being very cautious right now. a lot of them, because of the logistics involved, because this is optional, are saying they're studying this but they haven't many any decisions. a lot are noncommittal. we have heard from a few insurers, like florida blue, aetna, blue cross and blue shield of north carolina who say they want some of the policies to be renewed, but we have heard from the industry trade lobby this is a bad idea. they don't like the idea. they say it could disrupt the market and cause problems down the line that could cause higher premiums in the future. >> sreenivasan: it's a mixed bag depending on the insurance companies and there's no way to interview every one of these. let's talk a

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as part of our series on the affordable health care act, kaiser health news correspondent julie appleby looks at the individual notices. wall street journal reporter nick discusses why the federal housing administration has received close to $2 billion from the treasury department to stabilize its fiscal position. washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. the best dressed list every year she was first lady. this was the outfit she wore when she and i met queen elizabeth and prince philip. another designer dress, this is cotton fabric with many of the houses the eisenhower's lived

as part of our series on the affordable health care act, julie appleby looks at the individuals who are receiving notices that their health insurance plans are being canceled. wall street journal reporter next discusses why the federal housing administration has received close to $2 billion from the treasury department to stabilize its fiscal position. washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. kept herof the items on the best dressed list. she often worked with one of her favorite designers forsooth and daywear outfits. this is a suit she wore for the opening of the sea where where she met queen elizabeth and prince philip. this is a cotton fabric with many of the

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