we have on the line and reporter for kaiser health news services. he's a senior correspondent.re you on the line? caller: yes, i am here. host: can you explain to us what united health care's announcement means? caller: sure. united health care's largest health insurance company in the united states for all types of insurance. medicare, medicaid, as well as the obamacare insurance. insuranceinto the exchanges a little bit later than most insurers. they did not participate much in the first year of 2014. they wanted to wait and see how things would play out. they came in and a big way in 2015 and 2016. they answered in 34 states to do business. they lost money. 2015, thest year, estimated they were this close to $500 million. they thought it would get worse this year. week theynced this did not want to continue losing money. they were going to make the decision to pull out of those states. a lot of people think it will have some impact in those states where they only have one insurer. there is concern that if the one insurer leaves, there will be more freedom to raise prices and

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for the pbs newshour and kaiser health news, i'm sarah varney in memphis. >> sreenivasan: now, a startlingabout slave labor in thet world of seafood. this week, we're looking at some of the pulitzer prize winners, and the "associated press's" p 18-month-long investigation won the prize for public service. it tracked how slave labor in southeast asia is used in a supply chain that brings seafood to american restaurants and supermarkets. fishermen were beaten and caged, and reporters even hid in the back of trucks for days to pursue the story. since then, more than 2,000 slaves have been freed. martha mendoza was part of that reporting team, and joins me now. martha, what was the catalystt for the investigation in the first place? unfortunately, we have heard of slave-like conditions in different parts of the world benefit. what made you want to follow this? >> slavery at sea was not a secret, but the stories being told came from rescued slaves. and, there were, there was noo traction because the response was these guys are safe.af this is not really a problem anymore. we set out to do what

saturday morning, kaiser health news senior gallwitz dent phil joins us by phone to discuss the unitedofhe decision by health to leave most of the created by xchanged the affordable care act. sabrina schaefer, executive director for the independent join us to m will talk about the iwf's recent policy proposals geared toward by ing working women shifting responsibility for family lead programs from taxpayers to companies to the individual. global center for policy solutions maya rockymoore on s about her report boosting minority entrepreneurship. carolyn lukensmyer, from the university of arizona, for civil stitute discourse, ways to restore civil politics. let's join "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. morning.saturday join the discussion. >> american history tv on c-span 3, this weekend, saturday evening at 6:00 eastern on the historian edward book, mper discusses his the myth of the lost cause. warthe south lost the civil and the north won. seeking to justify their split from the union and their defeat. among the disputes, myths of the civil war, including the reason it st

another 20,000 would have only one insurer if no new entrants replaced united health care. the kaiser family foundation goes on to say the company was less likely to offer one of the lowest cost plans for most enrollees. they did offer a low-cost option but it was often closed to its competitors. the weighted average premium for a silver level plan would have been about 1% higher at united not participated in 2016. that's according to the kaiser family foundation. we are taking your phone calls on your experience with your health plan under the affordable care act. st. bernard, louisiana. david is on the phone line. good morning to you. caller: good morning. host: what is your story? what is your experience? caller: i'm a commercial fisherman. i live down here in louisiana. it's been a godsend for us. most all my friends have it. most of the deckhands have it. we don't make a lotf money but it make about $30,000 a year. before my insurance was $720 a month. now i went down at $254. some people might say -- it's great for us. i have hepatitis c. my wife was sickly. nobody would touch u

a new poll came out that found that 47% of americans have an unfavorable -- unfavorable view of the health care law. as the kaiser family foundation report shows america's opinion of obamacare is tilting negative. 47% unpopular marks in 2016, today. a year ago -- a year ago -- this poll said that 42% of the people had an unfavorable view. so there we were a year ago, here we are now. the number keeps climbing. only 41% of the people have a favorable view of the health care law. it wasn't supposed to be this way. six years ago democrats in washington were very confident that the law would be extremely popular today. as a matter of fact, senator chuck schumer from new york went on "meet the press." went on "meet the press" back in 2010 and he said it's going to become more popular. he said "i predict that by november those who voted for the health care law will find it an asset." well, we all remember what happened in the 2010 elections. we all know that democrats who voted for the health care law did not find it an asset. democrats lost six seats in the senate that year and they lost control of the house of repres