sebelius: they do. it applies again, sir, to the group market where 90% of covered americans get their policies. this market has always been the wild west. >> americans received those letters about cancellations. they are eligible to purchase plans on exchange? sebelius: or out of the exchange. they can go outside the exchange, inside the exchange. their insurers can offer them plans. they have choices they'v it nevd before. >> 80% of their premium dollars will come back. >sebelius: that's true. >> note is not in texas, but i don't know any state that has 80% requirement. sebelius: no state has it, i would suggest, not broad base before the affordable care act. >> let me give an example of a case worker, providing $25,000 maximum benefit for their employees. most employees didn't know it. until one constituents found out she had cancer. the bill ended up being $300,000. and so that's some of those plans that are not being allowed to be sold now, is that correct? sebelius: not only with the plan have a l

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sebelius: qssi.they built the hub. >> they were not only the developer of the hub and the pipeline, but also an independent tester of the system. you've acknowledged inadequate testing played a significant role in the failed launchcommas aren't you concerned to qssi has lost its ability to be an objective arbitrary administrator? because they are part of the problem. sebelius: no, haven't lost my confidence in them. i think the test and they did is validating the piece of equipment what we said since the launch. we did not do adequate end-to-end testing. that was not the qssi's is possibility. >> will you be paying qssi more than they were to be paid under their original contract? sebelius: that discussion is underway in what the role will entail, yes, sir. >> hard-working american taxpayers have already paid for this invitation once. do you think it is fair to ask taxpayers to pay more so that qssi can now attempt to do something that the administrator and the cms team were unable to do right the fi

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democrats and kathleen sebelius said they blew. it but the president blew it. he said if you like your health care plan you keep it. the washington post awarded him four pinnochios and he knew it was not true before he continued if you like it. you keep. it millions of people are kicked off their insurance plan. is there a lingering credibility problem as a result of that promise? >> there is for folks that are opposed to the law. and here is the explanation. there are standards that apply to insurance policys that you and i buy. there were none before and a lot of americans were ripped off by insurance companies that were claiming to sell insurance. you get sick they denoticed coverage. and there is a minimum standard that will apply. the test is not what the president said and how it corresponds to people's experience. but some of the folks who do not are access to the policy, will they get a replacement policy that is at a cost equal to and less. >> that is the irony, is that the administration is saying actually with the affordable care act, we'll give you

kathleen sebelius was getting grilled on capitol hill.n edwinfield asked b about the four pinocchios. the washington post is calling your former boss a liar. that's outrageous. i want to show you this. >> the washington post gave the administration, the president, yourself four pinocchios on if you like the insurance you have, you can keep it. would you recommend to the president that he stop using that term? wouldn't that be helpful in this debate? >> sir, i think he used the term at the time the law was passed. >> and as of september 26 also. >> that's why we -- >> you don't believe the washington post and -- >> i haven't seen it. >> >>> four pinocchios? for lying. not truthful. dishonest. >> there is a category of pants on fire. when i was in the administration republican critics often got pants on fire. >> pants on fire, from me. millions of people had their plans cancelled. austin. >> that is not correct. >> 300,000 in florida. 900,000 in california if you listen to health care experts as their plans evolve because of the changes mad

a lot of then probably think sebelius. that would week ago.ikely grow day by day, and it looks like sebelius is already already been fired, fired from overseeing this thing. jeffrey zients, the fixer, has been brought in. my betes she notice allow today get within miles of this. >> i think the administration will remove her from public view, and zients gives off an air of confidence, intelligence. i have a colleague at the washington examiner who was on a conference call with him and said comparing the two, sebelius and zients, it was night day. when zients is talking you think, this is a guy who might actually be able to solve this difficult problem. he has the same attitude as -- valerie jarrett is another person that gives off the air, and sebelius doesn't carry herself that way. >> the web site debacle may be only the tip of the iceberg here. half of the 14 million americans who have individual policies with insurance carriers are getting cancellation notices because of obamacare. lit'll lay says because of obamacare. then you have million

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that is health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius. she is the head of the agency that oversaw the rollout of the affordable health care act, and the troubled website that has been plagued with so many glitches. we're joined in studio, and we're going to be on the air for just a short while more. jeanie your thoughts? >> i think it is what we expected. i don't think we're going to get the details for the people on the right to feel comfortable. the bigger issue is the president's promise that people could keep their health care and this wouldn't cost people more. we didn't hear that today. the truth is 50% of those people with individual plans. they are going to be paying more. she really needs to address that issue and she hasn't. >> jason? >> i agree. i think the website can be fixed. i think it is a bit of a distraction. i think each day it will get better. the code won't be beautiful, but i don't think it has to be beautiful. it has to be secure and work, and'm

kathleen sebelius standing her ground and pressure mounts for her to step down. i am alsis camerota. >> and i'm bill hemmer. sebelius responding to critics says she doesn't take orders from them. >> the people who call for me to resign are people i don't work for. and don't want it to work. >> the republican from louisiana, what did you think of that? >> bill, that is the most arrogant thing i can recall hearing over my lifetime. think about it. secretary sebelius doesn't work for me in doesn't work for you or the american people? who pays her salary? look, i am a public servant and she is a public servant. we answer to the american people. now she may take orders from president obama, but she works for the american people and i am one of them. >> you came out with a statement two hours ago. this is how it reads in part. secretary sebelius's flippant attitude for accountability why she failed to heed the warnings and or pass the warnings to the president. i hope she doesn't come to capitol hill and try to give congress the hillary clinton treatment what differenc

what were they saying about kathleen sebelius and her testimony? >> reporter: in a nutshell they were helping to make the case that the affordable care act, notwithstanding the problem, is beginning to work. they pointed out states where there are, indeed, those exchanges that have been set up where people are getting online. they are getting insurance. here is it representative butterfield from north carolina. >> my republican colleagues do not want this website to work. i'm convinced of that. they want to block the aca at all costs and even shut down the government to stop the law. but the last four years they have taken every glitch, every simple glitch and hiccup and tried to exaggerate its significance. that's happening today, and it's so disappointing. >> reporter: and the democrats say the republicans are in a word being hypocritical when they claim to want to do something to see that the system is working. del? >> randall, there seems to be contention as to who ultimately bore the blame. secretary sebelius cleared that up very quickly. >> r

>> the question is, is sebelius the right target?olitically the president is at the top of the administration. republicans have to grill sebelius, in terms of a political face, in 2014, she's not the most the best person for them as a target. so i think they're going to try to find a way to make this a hypocriticalal argument against the president and tie in the president, himself. >> let me just ask you on this point. i'm looking at it in political points. that's the point of this segment. is it enough to really generate grass roots support, tea party, whomever, to renovate the republican party in 2014, is the sticker shock of the higher premiums and the pink slips, as i call them the cancellation of the insurance, is that going to be sufficient to rile up the tea party types as was the case back in 2010 when this all first surfaced? >> you know, this new story about all the people losing their insurance due to cancellations that, is one of a long list of broken promises that go along with obama care. i do believe this is a transfor

it seems to me it's secretary sebelius' job. i would feel like the president was big footing me out of there in some ways. why bring in this other guy. >> it does seem like maybe they are trying to remove her as the face of this project. president obama has always liked bringing in people from the outside to clean up these mess that, whether it's the irs that come from time to time. but, yes, sebelius is out there now kind of on the campaign trail, trying to sell the program despite these problems. so, i think it's just kind of -- they have divided up the duties and president obama thought zintz is the guy to do it. >> you said brought in outside. very little money compared to the hundreds of billions of dollars one estimate was a billion dollars for this web site. is he from the outside? >> not like are from the government we are paying more for him. >> no he was s. within the government. >> so there is savings. at least we are not paying for that? >> there you go. >> today secretary sebelius says don't believe what you have he

sebelius struggled to explain why.red until the new law. >> the policy that they had may not exist, but they have a lot of choices of new policies. >> reporter: republicans called it unfair. >> some people like to drive a ford not a ferrari, and some want to drink out of a red solo cup, not a crystal stem. you're taking away their choice. >> and pointed questions why slice -- >> i am not eligible for the exchange. as i have coverage -- >> you can decide to drop your coverage of the employer. you have the choice to decide not to -- >> no, that is not true, sir. >> now, it is true, she is prohibited from being on an exchange, but it's not because she a cabinet secretary or on a federal health plan. it's because she's 65 and a medicare recipient. people who are getting those benefits cannot also enter obama care exchanges. >> dana, thank you have. >>> still ahead, is the obama care website vulnerable to hackers? cnn has obtained an intern memo with a warning. >>> and i'll asked michele bachmann to popped to president obam

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bill: who is kathleen sebelius?rn in 2008 as head of hhs before that a two-term governor of kansas. was the state's insurance commissioner. first daughter of a former u.s. governor to be elected governor herself. later this hour we'll talk to congressman of bill johnson. he wants kathleen sebelius fired today. the congressman is coming up in a matter of minutes. we're on twitter. last hour it was the whole thing in colorado, trying to get young people to sign up for the health care law. martha: she may be wishing she was still in kansas these days but she is not anymore. it is a whole different ballgame. let us know what you think about that. bill: you got it. meantime there are details in the deadly terror attack in benghazi. we're learning some of the suspects behind the ambush include jihadists with ties to senior members of al qaeda. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live on that in washington. who are these suspects? >> reporter: thank you, bill, good morning. fbi is searching for five sus

sebelius, on the other hand, has to cope with it. so they knew going back march 2010. >> they knew before the law was passed. that's right. >> and they knew as time went on that they were creating such tough regulations that the grandfathering clause would no longer hold up. so, in other words, somebody like yourself or other experts who follow the fine print, you probably saw this a couple of years ago. >> it was in the june 14, 2010, federal register, but the fact is most americans listening to the president shouldn't need a lawyer or have to read the fine print. when he says if you like your plan, you can keep it. he didn't say if you had it on march 23, 2010, and it complies with all of the fine prints we're imposing. that's not what he said. >> bill grace, the president all during this period when the hhs was null feig the grandfather clause the president was still out there telling people if you like your insurance, you can keep it. if you like your doctor, you can keep him. this is just a point. i have worked with president re

host: we showed you kathleen sebelius.e want to show you a bit of president obama's speech in boston last night feared we will come back to you, julie rovner. [video clip] >> right now, the website is too slow, too many people have gotten stuck, and i am not happy about it. and neither are a lot of americans who need health care, and they are trying to figure out how they can sign up as quickly as possible. so there is no excuse for it. full responsibility for making sure it gets fixed asap. we are working overtime to improve it every day. if you had one of these substandard plants before the affordable care act became law, and you really like that plan, you were able to keep it. that is what i said when i was running for office. that was part of the promise we made. but ever since the law was passed, if insurers decided to downgrade or cancel these what weard plants, said is you have to replace them with quality, comprehensive coverage. that was a premise of the affordable care act from the very beginning. and today, that

we are about to have kathleen sebelius's response. of obamacare. >> no consumption expenditure on health care. everything from health insurance to drugs rose by just over 1% in the past year. this is the slowest increase in 50 years. madame secretary, what does the at tell us about what has happened to health care costs since the aca became law? >> you are right and the last three years. and the extraordinary cost increases year over year. the medicare plan and the medicaid plan, private insurance, and underlying health care costs which affect every american. some of that is to do with the features currently in place around different care delivery and payment systems we are helping to drive given the tools we have on the affordable care act. more quality outcomes, trying to prevent hospital readmission than looking at infections, medical, and prevent people in the first place or help them stay healthy in their own homes and their own places. the private insurance costs are going at the slowest recent decades. >> that is true. >> and a

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kathleen sebelius clearly in the hot seat today. answering questions from members of congress, democrats and republicans, some very, very testy questions, all of our reporter and analysts are standing by. dana bash is up on capitol hill. gloria borger is here with me. so is elizabeth cohen. we've got our white house team in place. we're going to have full analysis right now. let's go to dana bash up on capitol hill. you watched these three and a half hours, dana. give us your thought how this went down because as i say, i this i a lot of people were watching. >> well, certainly people who are genuinely interested in trying to get answers that they don't have. there's no question hat secretary came with every intention of falling on her sword and she did several times, making clear that she was wrong would be up and running, that people would be able to activate it october 1st. see told tshe off the bat apolo. what i also thought was interesting beyond the sort of show you see in so many hearings, a real attempt on both sides, but mo

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it's not about firing sebelius, it's about firing the left. at one point this democratic congressman from pennsylvania said that being against obama care at the start disqualifies you from criticizing this disastrous rollout. on the contrary, it just proves that everybody who was critical was right. >> everybody on the left pack your bags. >> they're the only people creating laws that don't work. >> we've got to leave it there. >>> has he been lying about his signature law from the get-go? a prominent paper gave him four pinnochios. what else has the president misled the public about? we've got a list. we want to know about your experience about logging on to healthcare.gov. so go there and then log on to our facebook page and tell us about your experience. we'll read some of those comments later in the show. [ buzzer ] hot dog? i'm buying. i'll use my capital one venture card with double miles you can actually use to fly any airline anytime. ♪ what are you doing? i'm saving one for later. my body keeps it warm. it's like a little hot dog stea

perhaps stealing the spotlight away from kathleen sebelius.ms massachusetts ran into when they started their own heal mandatory health insurance program. >> sounds a little under the weather there. >> we asked viewers what they would ask sebelius. >> which policy did she successfully sign up for? is she is not the first person to apply then none of us should have to. >> facebook follower wants to ask the question why aren't you taking responsibility for what's happening in your department? don't you receive a weekly situational report of programs within hhs? and christopher tweeted us, why in the world would you think you speak for the middle class. tell us again how working class people benefit? >> thanks for your responses. all of this is am coulding as another victim of obama care is coming forward speaking on hannity letting him know his healthcare plan is being canceled. >> i got this letter in the mail monday of last week the letter says my plan has been canceled it runs out december 31st. >> wait a second. that's what a cancellation let

luke, tell us about secretary sebelius and the wizard of oz? >> reporter: well tour'e -- sorry, ari. you guys look so much alike and both red sox fans too, right? because kathleen sebelius is former governor of kansas, some wanted to throw out the proverbial we're not in kansas anymore wizard of oz reference. that was done by joe barton who said we were having this parallel universe like the wizard of oz because of problems with the health care rollout. you saw the reference to red solo cups by representative blackburn. then midway into a rather aggressive grilling from house republicans, take a listen. >> the president is ultimately responsible for the rollout, ultimately -- >> no, sir. we are responsible for the rollout. >> but who do you answer to? >> i answer to the president. >> right, so is the president not ultimately responsibility like a company ceo would be? >> sir, he's the president of the united states. >> it is the president's ultimate responsibility, correct? >> you clearly -- whatever, yes, he is the president and is responsible

sebelius struggled to explain why. many of those plans do not have beefed up coverage required under the new law. >> the policy that they had may not exist, but they have a lot of choices of new policies. >> reporter: republicans called it unfair. >> some people like to drive a ford, not ferrari. and some people like to drink out of red solo cup not out of a crystal stem. you're taking away their choice. >> reporter: republicans came armed with constituent horror stories ant questions why sebelius herself isn't on the exchange. >> i am not eligible for the exchange. >> you have the choice to decide not to choose -- >> that is not true, sir. >> reporter: now, it is true she is right. she is prohibited from being on obama care exchange. but wolf it's not because she is a cabinet secretary or because she is on a federal health plan now. it is because she is 65 and a medicare recipient. and people who are getting those benefits cannot also enter obama care exchanges, wolf. >> interesting, dana, thank you very much. >>> sti

but sebelius gave several excuses.espite the red flags she was optimistic the website would run smoothly insisting the president never knew about any problems until after the site went live. >> i think there are some challenges that could be smoother, it could be easier to access, and that is really what we're working on. nobody says the site is working the way we wanted to. the president acknowledged that yesterday. nobody could mean more frustrated than i am and the president that it isn't smooth. jenna: democrats getting a closed-door briefing on the limitation of obamacare. more on this part of the story. we're getting some of the first reports on the closed briefing. what are they saying? >> democrats say the obama administration is making progress, jenna, fixing some of the obamacare rollout problems. they say the meetings are encouraging. and the calmest man says there was no mention the meeting of delaying the obamacare fines for those tha who don't have insurae by next year. they have been pushing for that del

secretary sebelius obviously explained that is not the case. what i'm always intrigued by in the health care industry and insurance industry as if these companies were operating always in good faith, that they were not dropping people because of preexisting conditions and other issues, that folks will now be protected with under this health care law. >> it's a very good point, tamron. in the past, in fact, right now, insurance companies can and do drop you from coverage because you get sick or just because they don't want to continue offering a policy. this has been going on for many, many years. what's going on now is a continuation of what's been going on for a long time. congresswoman blackburn, i know her district well, i'm a fellow tennesseen. it encompasses a big rural area and rural residents are especially dependent on the individual market and they have not been able to get coverage they can afford and been black balled because of preexisting conditions. many people in her district especially will benefit. she never acknowledges that,

lawmakers are call for kathleen sebelius to resign.arilyn tavenner apologised for the problems. >> mass eavesdropping on france and spain are not true. keith alexander told a house intelligence committee that his intelligence teams operate under strict oversight. and he would rather take a public media beating than allow terrorists into the country. that'll do it for this edation of al jazeera america. "the stream" is next. news on the top of the hour and log on to the website for the latest news. it's aljazeera.com. thanks for watching. you are in the stream. it's designed to help, but many say foster care needs an overhaul. the real lives of foster parents, foster children and the system that may be failing. >>> could you take in a child and offer care at one of the most vulnerable points in their lives? >> well, we got interested in foster care kind of by accident way back in probably 15 years ago. there was a girl, a local girl stay.

secretary sebelius says no need for an extension. there will be plenty of time for people to sign up for coverage. a crisis on her watch, as the secretary at the center of the problem prone health care website drew a crush of media attention. and even a long line for spectators who came to learn what has gone wrong. >> you deserve better. i apologize. i'm accountable to you for fixing these problems. and i'm committed to earning your confidence back by fixing the site. >> reporter: hammered by questions, sebelius continually took the blame for a rollout she even called a debacle. she admitted her department failed to do enough testing to catch and fix flaws notice enrollment website before the launch. >> do you believe that two weeks was enough time to complete testing of the entire system? >> clearly not. >> reporter: confusion over a promise made bit president. >> the president said if you like your health care plan you can keep it. so is he keeping his promise? >> yes, he is. >> reporter: they say people without employer programs

. >> woodruff: secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius faced 3.5 hours of questioning on capitol hill today about the troubled affordable care act. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. also ahead this wednesday, an exclusive interview with senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell on the challenges facing his party, and on various political firestorms, including whether sebelius should resign over the botched health care rollout. >> i don't think albert einstein could make it work. it can't work, it won't work, and i feel sorry for her to have to be put in a position where she's trying to make something work out that won't. >> woodruff: and worries about pint-sized players taking big hits and getting head injuries. we delve into the debate over kids' sports, and the risk of concussions. >> woodruff: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> my customers can shop around; see who does good work and compare costs. it can also work that way with hea

. >> kathleen sebelius.ee this as a business decision. should the president stick with somebody who has so far presided over what many thing has been a business failure in terms of the implementation of obama care. what do you think? >> well it's a huge list. i'm a friend of kathleen's, i'm a friend of her when she's in kathleen, speaking on behalf of the z-team, i like kathleen, i feel sorry for her and the position she's in. obviously, it's a huge screwup but it will get worked out. >> warren to the shutdown with the debt crisis. there's always been some crisis involving washington debt ceiling s, shutdowns. how do we try to bring an end to all of this and actually move forward for the benefit of the american economy and the american people? >> i think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. i mean, it is -- it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation, and then have people threaten to tear it down because

. >> the health and human secretary, kathleen sebelius questioned. >>> more efforts to get bashar al-assad back to the peace talks in geneva. >>> and freedom for four french hostages, who return home after four years in captivity. >>> non-stop for the past two hours, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius answering tough questions on capitol hill. she is explaining the problems with the troubled affordable care website. >> so let me say directly to these americans. you deserve better. i apologize. i am accountable to you for fixing these problems, and i am committed to earning your confidence back by fixing the site. >> randall pinkston is live on capitol hill. randall, see beal us has apologized but has she said how they are going to fix the problem? >> republicans especially are pressing sebelius on the website, and they didn't support the act in the first place, and they are pointing out the fact that president obama promised people that they could keep the insurance that they had if they wanted to, but many americans are reporting that that is not happening. here is an e

kathleen sebelius isn't being held accountable either.e some of the chain of command issues, if you will. we haven't heard about her probably come out she is the administrator of the centers for medicaid and medicare services that is not being held accountable and who is responsible for the affordable care act excel. including, of course, the health care.gov website. so let me start with you, mike. this is a time when we need to know who is in charge of this and the administration won't tell us. they won't even tell us how many people have enrolled. >> i do a talk show every day, so don't get me wrong. don't get rid of kathleen sebelius, i need this woman. [laughter] >> we have the best technology programs in the world. they all work and that's why they have been disqualified and they can't get a government contract. so i think that she should go. >> did you just blame all this on mr. obama's integrity? >> i may have. >> i think that he put himself first and nice. how many times we have integrity and the foundation for what turns out to b

. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said computer specialists are working 24/7 to get healthcare.gov working properly. >> you deserve better. i apologize. >> sebelius blame d the slowness of the site on robs with a ver vie verizon server. >> i'm angry. >> cbs news obtained this internal government memo from september 27th. it discusses incomplete security testing on the website. >> we have exposed millions of americans because you-all, according to your memo believed it was an acceptable risk. >> secretary sebelius said the memo authorizes further testing and consumer information is secure. >> it's not just on capitol hill, frustration is high for maryland counting on coverage. here is derek valcourt with more. >> waitress cathy kelly one of millions accounting on the affordable care act for the health insurance she doesn't have. >> for my age i need health care for surgery if it comes up or whatever might come up. i need some kind of health care to help me out. >> she said she was able to log into the healthcare.gov website but said she's still in sticker shock

lou: health and human services kathleen sebelius had a bad day on capitol hill. telling congress, president obama kept his health care promise and obamacare is working and apoll squeezing fo apologizt does not. i'm lou dobbs. >> good every ending -- evening, hhs secretary sebelius testified today. on the obamacare roll out. sebelius took responsibility for the web site failure, while making the claim that the web site had actually never crashed. >> we were anxious to get the web site up and running. and functional, which we have failed to do. to date, i would suggest that web site has never crashed. it is fund. al bufunctional but at a veryslw reliabilitiy. lou: at that moment, the hoff move system was down -- healthcare.gov system of down, and stayed down, sebelius offered a apology, and told the committee to hole her accountable for the ale lure, and insisting that the t presidd not lie when he told americans they could keep their health care insurance if they liked it. but when pressed if the president of the responsible for the law failures, she said, whateve

so mark, isn't kathleen sebelius' to fix?d she not leave until it is fix. >> loyalty is a two- way street. she should have offered her resignation and the president could have turned it down. if you want to restore. one of the biggest problems, americans have lost confidence in the system. if you believe in this, and this is lost confidence and having the same people deliver the flawed website and deliver 2 million people and losing their health insurance after the president said no one would, that doesn't inspire confidence. we need new leadership. >> all right. guys. >> the real test in the end of march. >> we'll watch that dead line, too. there are concerns about the messy roll out and how it could affect coverage for millions of americans. perhaps you are one of them. could the trouble tarnish the legacy of this president. a fair and balanced debate coming up. >>> authorities found a drug tunnel in a popular tourist destination that you know well by name. >>> researchers planning to use bees to save human lives. it is all

a congressman who says it is time for kathleen sebelius to pack up and go.untability, it does -- that does not mean washington does. judging from harry reads latest comments ever will. it turns out that he thinks we have a big tax problem in washington, but not that we are taxed too much but too little and he feels the same way. ben hamper shut up. tonight we. : ala. a year after

before we get off the sebelius topic, i want you to hear about who she works for. listen to this.ughter] >> the majority of people calling for me to resign, i would say, are people who i don't work for. gerri: well, so she says i don't work for them. the majority of the people calling for me to resign, i would say, are people i don't work for. wow. i thought she worked for the american people, what did you think? >> no, gerri, we work for her. she doesn't work for us. don't you understand that? [laughter] that's the whole idea behind obamacare. that was a pretty amazing comment to make by the secretary of hhs, but with it also, i think, it kind of expresses an arrogance in this administration that they are kind of above the people and the rulers. that's, by the way, one of the reasons i've never liked this program very much. i mean, look, let's just kind of come right down to it. it is just an example of the fact that central planning doesn't work very well. i mean, nobody could have really pulled this off. how are you going to create a health care system for 200, 250 million peop

it's one thing to see kathleen sebelius testifying.'s going to be quite another to see the president of the united states. he's speaking live during the show from boston, the birthplace of romney care. we heard i'm sorry from sebelius. we heard her refer to this as a debacle. do you think we'll hear a mea culpa from the president of the united states? >> i don't know. i'm in favor of political accountable. it seems like there's not much in washington these days when something goes wrong. >> on either side. >> and you have to give credit to sebelius for apologizing and taking responsibility. look, at the end of the day, the president is the president. he can't shirk responsibility. this is his program, the success. the success of his second term and his legacy will depend on getting this right. there's no point in him trying to pretend it's not his responsibility. he owns this and he knows it. i think on this question of the president and saying that if you want your insurance -- want to keep your insurance, you know, you can, this is r

sebelius needs to answer. because, at the end of the day, if we're going to ask the irs to be in charge of the back end, the question is how do we do income verification accurately at the front end and then take into consideration the fact that these folks we are going to verify their income once we see the employer man at a time kick in, the 40 hour workweek for many employees will be gone and down to 30 hours, maybe 29 hours. so we're having a brand new conversation a year from now about how the implementation has to be once again kick started because of the new rules and the new opportunities that are coming their way after the first one year delay of the employer mandate. so piece mealing this bill together over the next several months and other the next year o two is not going to be great way for the american people to feel comfortable with a brand new entitlement that we both know is going to be very difficult to afford. we haven't started talking about the fact that it adds $6 trillion to our debt. >> s