wendell potter, thank you very much. >>> all right, congressman barney frank's name was brought up, citedas the authority, the man supporting the bill. but that is not exactly the case. he will be here to react coming up next. >>> a big day for congress today, back in the swing of things, back to work. house of representatives holding one of its first floor votes since the government shutdown ended two weeks ago. and what did they vote on? they voted to gut a major part of dodd frank reform. >> i think we're a day in front of halloween, and here we are handing out treats to the likes of j.p. morgan chase city, and bank of america. you know, it is fitting on this day that we should be doing the people's business. and yet, here we are, handing out treats and goodies to huge banks. >> the bill, which would allow the mega banks greater leeway that caused the big crash, to prevail. the senator, with all but three republicans, in a touching display of moxy. but get this, the improvement act was pretty much written by city bank along with its big bank co-horts, here is what was written, and here

. >> do whatever you want, i'm not yielding >> for more, i'm joined from los angeles with wendell potter. he's an executive with the health insurance company, and mike from the kato institute. it's great to have you back. it got ugly there on capitol hill with blame flaking in every possible direction. and wendell, her group said that they had two weeks to do an end to end test. and another said they had just two days. others say that they do months of testing and the federal government could not pull off an effort as difficult and complicated as this, and are they right? >> they're off to a rough start. and i think in the coming days and weeks, the website will get much better, and we can't judge whether it will work in the next few days. it's a very complicated undertaking as i've written before. and i think we'll eventually get there. i think it will be sometime in november. >> michael, health and human services asked congress for an additional $1 billion this year to set up the affordable care act and apparently, the republican house turned the agency down. so do credential republica

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let's bring in the former vice president of corporate communications for cigna health insurance, wendell pottermr. potter, good to have you with us tonight. i'll take the liberty to say that you know obama care, you know the affordable care act better than anybody. and i appreciate your time here tonight. i want to know about these people that are getting the phone calls. i'll go to you, the expert. who are the people getting the phone calls that their insurance isn't going to be any good anymore. he is plain that to our viewers tonight. >> well, frankly, they're people like my daughter, who got a notice that her plan will be discontinued. and here's why. it's because her plan was among those that are inadequate. the commonwealth fund recently did a survey or study showing up to 30 million americans are in plans that are inadequate. as soon as they sign up for these plans, they're in the ranks of the underinsured. meaning, as you said, if they get really sick, they're going to be on the hook for a lot of money. >> your daughter had junk insurance, mr. potter. >> she did. >> okay. but that's the

bureau chief for american radio networks and former health insurance industry whistle blower, wendell potter. and let me first read a statement, the white house is saying president obama has complete confidence in health and human services secretary sebelius after the health care rollout. jennifer, the hill is reporting that behind the scenes obviously the president is sieging, not happy but he is giving kathleen sebelius the room and time needed to make the repairs and it is her responsibility there. >> that's right. she took full responsibility at the hearing today and said this is my fault, i'm going to fix it. we saw democrats really support her. very few democrats asked tough questions of her. most spent their time supporting her or supporting the law, even though republicans spent a lot of time attacking her. interestingly republicans have been calling for her to be fired but did not actually ask her to her face today to resign her post. >> wendell, a lot of questions initially people thought would be about the website and why it is not operating as it should. but we heard many republi

joining me now our rapid response panel, wendell potter, center for public integrity, senior fellow and "the deadly spin." also, the hip-hop doctor, randy woodfield, national association of free clinics. and dr. kory hebert, professor at lsu health service science centers. all right. gentlemen, great to have you with us. wendell, you first. republicans were trying for a long time using these scare tactics and misinformation. was today a good day? >> i think it was a great day for americans, because we're finally able to see that the law is working. i would have been disappointed if there hadn't been a crush of the system, because it would have signified people weren't interested. but what we're seeing is pent up demand for insurance, access to care. >> we saw 2.8 million people have visited healthcare.gov since midnight. 81,000 people have called the number. and 60,000 people have requested live chats. so fox news, they're expecting low enrollment, doesn't hold much weight at this point at all. dr. whitfield, have your patients, the people you have seen at these free health clinics, hav

joining us now to discuss the recent health care revelations is wendell potter, the former vice president of operations for cigna insurance. he is the author about corporate is killing health care. he joins us now from burbank. you've written that this was a train wreck that was waiting to happen and that during your time at cigna they had a similar experience on a smaller scale. tell us what happened there. >> when you're attempting something this significant, you can anticipate problems. yes, at cigna several years ago, the company was migrating its membership base from old legacy computer systems to the new platform, and it took months in planning and there were glitches in the rollout. it's just almost inevitable. the administration should have known and prepared for these glitches. it's not something that cannot be prepared, but they should have been prepared for this in terms of how to communicate with the american public about what to expect and to give the public guidance as to what to do while the problems are being fixed. >> we've heard an awful lot from politicians, from policy