mr. cummings, mr. beale needed a place to live in the area. >> are you married? your wife agreed to that? >> yes, she did. >> okay. [laughter] >> jon: suddenly, suddenly, for just that one, brief, mir miraculous shining moment, democrat, republican, white, black all believed in santa again. [laughter] for more we're joined by senior washington correspondent john oliver. john, thank you for being here. what an incredible story. >> john, that story is amazing. , not so much that john beale did it, but i think maybe that he got away with with it. >> jon: right. >> the key question here is: how on earth did all those people fall for all this c.i.a. bull [bleeped]. >> jon: i have no idea, no idea. >> how could he possibly have been a covert operative in pakistan, jon, when his native american background expressly forbids him from being deceptive or crossing big water. [laughter] >> jon: wait, what? no. native americans can cross... he's not native american. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, he's not native american? jon, he's the great, great grandson of sitting bull. >> jon: john

mr. cummings, i will say something to you today. you and i do not control, we are not the committee of jurisdiction for the aca. but the problems is doctors are talking about are what we have to take a leadership role in fixing. a lot of it began in the 90s when we thought we could simply a less from the federal docket in medicare and medicaid reimbursement. these are problems that are long-standing. the reason i'm having them here today is i agree with what you said to me in a sidebar, which is -- whenever going to start fixing the individual parts of it. the aca is not going away into a talented, but these doctors, and i take dr. english particularly, are telling us about a chronic problem which is our doctors being incentivize not to take the tough patients. , and mr.ases cartwright alluded to this, in some cases it is our government reimbursement. in some cases it is how insurance companies are react. treat how the government acts and how insurance companies act the same in trying to get these doctors to be able to practice what

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mr. cummings i agree with you, it's nice to carry a plastic insurance card to say you are insured. it's quite another thing to access to care. to ever allow the insurance companies to devise the current plans and how they are structured on the affordable care act and i might say affecting small businesses as well outsider off the affordable care act leaves a lot to be desired. and i'm glad that i was put in the middle of this because for everything that something good comes of it and that is why i'm here today. as a small business i insured my family and my two employees and i had wonderful insurance. i was pleased with it. it was a small business plan and i might tell you a little fact now that you will find surprising. in 2008, just as you said, those premiums raised ridiculous amounts every year. one year was 26% for this great insurance plan. i was in sticker shock. it got to the point in $2008 that each individual in my small business plan to have a fully comprehensive plan would have cost $859. these are $2008. i did the math and i said, i can't possibly afford this so i cont

mr. cummings i agree with you it's nice to carry a plastic insurance card to say you're insured. it's quite another thing to access the care. . doctor novak talked about the health care. >> families that have been suffering emotionally because of work that was not done, lack of transparency. >> the concern is in order to cover 50 million americans, the government blew up you the system that worked pretty well for the rest of the country. >> live on the hill, mike, thank you. >>> stocks down today for a third day in a row. the dow was off 104. >>> the wife of the captive held in iran gives emotional testimony. >>> khon in honolulu with the airplane crash death of the state health department chief that verified the authenticity of president barack obama 's birth certificate. she was the only person killed of nine on board. >>> fox 26 in houston by the effort of may jor league baseball to outlaw the fierce home plate collisions. high dollar players have been juried in previous seasons. >>> this is our affiliate there, nominations for golden globe a wards. 12 years as a sleiave. top

mr. cummings, i agree with you, it's nice to carry a plastic insurance card to say you're insured. it's quite another thing to action the care. -- access the care. >> the white house is relying on a new celebrity push enlisting among others singer adam levine to try to convince young people to sign up for life insurance, but the white house is dealing with this. the non-partisan group politifact, awarded president obama the lie of the year award yesterday telling americans they could keep their health insurance plans if they liked them. >> live in washington, doug, thank you. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >>> time to look at who's talking. this morning karl rove is talking about a new ad to get young people to enroll in obama care. it is a spoof rap by obama impersonator alpha cat. ♪ when i'm in the oval office call me president barack, president barack and my critics get an attitude ♪ ♪ i tell them to stop, i tell them to stop, i tell them to stop ♪ ♪ if you need that new health care, sign up because it's hot, sign up because it's hot ♪ ♪ sign up because it's hot >> rove say

mr. cummings, i will say something to you here today, you and i do not control, we were not the committee of jurisdiction for the affordable care act. but the exact problems that these doctors are talking about are what we have to take a leadership role in fixing, and mr. horsford has left, but a lot of it began in the '90s when we thought we could simply pay less from the federal docket in be medicare and medicaid reimbursement. these are problems that are longstanding. the reason i'm having them here today is i agree with what you said to me in a sidebar which is when are we going to start fixing some of the individual parts of it? the affordable care act is not going away in totality, but these doctors -- and i take dr. english particularly -- are telling us about a chronic problem which is are doctors being incentivized not to take the tough patients? and in some cases, and mr. cart wright alluded to this, in some cases it's our government reimbursement. in some cases it's how insurance companies are reacting. and i will pledge to you today i will treat how the government acts and how

mr. cummings, i agree with you, it's nice to carry a plastic insurance card to say you're insured, it's quitether thing to access the care. jenna: our chief congressional correspondent, mike emanuel, is live on capitol hill. we saw the doctors in their white coats there. what other consequences are lawmakers hearing from these medical doctors? >> reporter: that's right, three medical doctors from across the country who are saying there are serious troubles with this law, and it's not just the healthcare.gov web site. one new york city eye specialist says for many, the affordable care act -- or obamacare -- just isn't that affordable. >> in a large city like new york city, a studio apartment is $2,000 a month. how is a person earning $50,000, which by most standards across the country is not a terribly small amount of money, but someone earning $50,000 in new york city paying $2,000 rent for a hole in the wall cannot afford a $3,000 deductible for a plan that is being advertised as affordable because they take the bronze plan. >> reporter: democrats have defended the law saying the idea of giv

mr. cummings i agree with you, it's nice to carry a plastic insurance card to say you are insured. it's quite another thing to access to care. to ever allow the insurance companies to devise the current plans and how they are structured on the affordable care act and i might say affecting small businesses as well outsider off the affordable care act v

mr. chairman and ranking member cummings for inviting me to testify today. i focus my testimony on the issue the committee asked to talk about of limited provider networks in exchange plaids under the affordable care act and i have a copy of my written testimony. i will simply summarize a few points. obviously as you have heard on the panel before provider contracting is nothing new. it is a two-way street. it is up to both the insurers in the prior fighters to come to terms. there appears to be based on widespread news reports implied that i mean the different types. with that said nobody has at this point has a definitive provider networks are different from the ones that we see out there today. we just simply don't know in part because some of those networks are still being built or those contract negotiations are still ongoing. what we do know though is in a number of cases the insurers are offering network coverage that is significantly less than what they offer in plants outside of the exchanges. the thing i would direct the committee's attention to as