trying to get more details but this could be major.....
http://www.bloomberg.com/...
The reason this could be huge is that he is supporting a delay in the individual mandate of a year - and without the individual mandate, the arithmetic of the ACA starts falling apart....
Manchin, 66, said he’d be willing to delay the individual mandate as part of the budget negotiations because the Obama administration in July gave businesses an extra year to provide their workers with health insurance.
And then this:
Manchin also said he’d be willing to negotiate in a debate over raising the nation’s $16.7 trillion debt limit. He said he’d support “efficiencies” in Medicare and Social Security and using most of the savings for debt reduction
OUCH!! exactly the opposite of what the President is saying. Stay tuned - looking for more details