‘Mr. President, Come Out Here’: No ‘ObamaCare Navigators’ Available in Iowa

ANCHOR One Iowan we ░░░░░░░░ with calls it a ░░░░░░░░ of bait and switch ░░░░░░░░ Not only is he ░░░░░░░░ his current insurance plan ░░░░░░░░ the alternatives could be ░░░░░░░░ more expensive Channel 13 ░░░░░░░░ Aaron Brilbeck has his ░░░░░░░░ BRILBECK President Obama sold ░░░░░░░░ on the promise that ░░░░░░░░ CLIP OBAMA Nothing in ░░░░░░░░ plan will require you ░░░░░░░░ your employer to change ░░░░░░░░ coverage or the doctor ░░░░░░░░ have Applause Let me ░░░░░░░░ me repeat this Nothing ░░░░░░░░ our plan requires you ░░░░░░░░ change what you have ░░░░░░░░ CLIP BRILBECK But now ░░░░░░░░ are being dropped from ░░░░░░░░ health care because of ░░░░░░░░ people like 57 year ░░░░░░░░ Terry Jones a boat ░░░░░░░░ from Fort Dodge The ░░░░░░░░ he works for is ░░░░░░░░ its insurance because of ░░░░░░░░ JONES They offer the ░░░░░░░░ care plan that they ░░░░░░░░ while the insurance company ░░░░░░░░ re getting it through ░░░░░░░░ stopping that plan because ░░░░░░░░ doesn t work for ░░░░░░░░ BRILBECK Jones is diabetic ░░░░░░░░ his wife has health ░░░░░░░░ too He has tried ░░░░░░░░ day since the healthcare ░░░░░░░░ website went online to ░░░░░░░░ up but he can ░░░░░░░░ He can only guess ░░░░░░░░ what his coverage will ░░░░░░░░ JONES But this one ░░░░░░░░ close to what we ░░░░░░░░ paying a month now ░░░░░░░░ does not come anywhere ░░░░░░░░ close to what benefits ░░░░░░░░ re getting BRILBECK The ░░░░░░░░ gov website lists almost ░░░░░░░░ Des Moines organizations that ░░░░░░░░ help We called ten ░░░░░░░░ random None could help ░░░░░░░░ Primary Health Care this ░░░░░░░░ Mary How can I ░░░░░░░░ you BRILBECK Hi Mary ░░░░░░░░ m trying to sign ░░░░░░░░ for the Affordable Health ░░░░░░░░ Act and I m ░░░░░░░░ for application assistance OPERATOR ░░░░░░░░ k um Well we ░░░░░░░░ we re taking names ░░░░░░░░ you a patient of ░░░░░░░░ BRILBECK I am not ░░░░░░░░ re just a you ░░░░░░░░ listed on the healthcare ░░░░░░░░ website OPERATOR Oh really ░░░░░░░░ k I didn t ░░░░░░░░ that we were helping ░░░░░░░░ that are not our ░░░░░░░░ JONES You can t ░░░░░░░░ out like you said ░░░░░░░░ co pay do they ░░░░░░░░ their prescriptions right away ░░░░░░░░ is that part of ░░░░░░░░ deductible BRILBECK Jones takes ░░░░░░░░ 1600 per month between ░░░░░░░░ and his wife Without ░░░░░░░░ medicine will cost him ░░░░░░░░ per month The President ░░░░░░░░ he knows the frustrations ░░░░░░░░ are going through START ░░░░░░░░ OBAMA The website has ░░░░░░░░ too slow people have ░░░░░░░░ getting stuck during the ░░░░░░░░ process and I think ░░░░░░░░ s fair to say ░░░░░░░░ nobody s more frustrated ░░░░░░░░ that than I am ░░░░░░░░ CLIP JONES Mr President ░░░░░░░░ out here There s ░░░░░░░░ lot of people more ░░░░░░░░ than you BRILBECK The ░░░░░░░░ House is admitting that ░░░░░░░░ in the individual market ░░░░░░░░ lose their coverage but ░░░░░░░░ people will be offered ░░░░░░░░ taxpayer subsidized coverage instead ░░░░░░░░ Are you saying it ░░░░░░░░ even worse than you ░░░░░░░░ even able to show ░░░░░░░░ there because there are ░░░░░░░░ places than the one ░░░░░░░░ called that don t ░░░░░░░░ know they re on ░░░░░░░░ list BRILBECK We called ░░░░░░░░ different places Of the ░░░░░░░░ that we called we ░░░░░░░░ t find one that ░░░░░░░░ knew they were on ░░░░░░░░ healthcare gov website ANCHOR2 ░░░░░░░░ Thanks.”