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It could be weeks until the sinkhole is fixed completely. a vote on health care bill could come as soon as this month. the white house wants a vote by the easter recess which is just four weeks away. the president will outline details of his $950 billion proposal next hour and while he will reach out to republicans one more time, hes also trying to shore up support from democrats who are worried about how their vote could affect their re-election bids in november. senator sharon brown, democra...

System in the united states in which you should expect that you need 60 votes to do anything in the u.s. senate. so in those circumstances, i think the idea of going through reconciliation, you still need a majority. it seems to me pretty reasonable. the president has come out with what he calls a compromise health care plan. does it really actually break the log jam in congress. does it address the issue of cost, which is what this is supposed to be about to begin with? >> when you look at why ...

Expensive, hes not doing a lot to address that. $950 billion is the presidents estimate. the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan congressional budget office, which has offered estimates of what this health care will cost over time. hes put out an estimate on this and wont, unless it becomes a bill. or at least becomes the makings of a bill. the president said his proposal will actually save $100 billion, but again, no independent measure of that just yet. on monday, we thought this was ...

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The president has come out with what he calls a compromise health care plan. does it really actually break the log jam in congress? does it address the issue of cost, which is what this is supposed to be about to begin with? >> when you look at why americans who are opposed to health care are opposed to it, cost is one issue, access quality of care, choice, things like that. but in terms of cost, the president in his proposal that he put on the internet doesnt bring down the cost. in fact, if yo...

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President taking a hands-on approach, bringing to the table his own health care proposal, a $950 billion plan based on the senate bill passed late last year with some key changes. it drops the controversial cornhusker kickback, millions in extra medicaid funding secured by nebraska senator ben nelson. it delays taxes on expensive cadillac health insurance plans and it gives the federal government authority to limit excessive insurance premium hikes. >> there you go. >> important reform for this ...

He is now the director of the center for sxlengt on health disparities for the national center of primary care. good to have you, sir. >> thank you, monica. good to be with you. >> president obamas plan costs about $950 billion. were throw up some numbers here. 3 million people would be covered. the white house says it would cut the deficit by $100 billion. are we getting the most bang for our buck with this plan? >> well, i think we are because i think were in deep trouble now in terms of the c...

Score it. so we wont actually know how much it costs. >> how convenient? you go all the way back to square one, the reason we started was to get the cost of health care down. this doesnt do it. its always been the sticking point. you mentioned $890 billion. $850 billion. you name it, hundreds of billions of dollars. now we cannot put a dollar number on the latest plan. again, how convenient. but the "wall street journal" has put a dollar number on it and the number is $950 billion in a ten-year ...

Health care bill. as i look at this bill and i have read through the 12-15 page document the white house put out, all of the ideas are just rehashed ideas that were in the house and senate bill. when i talked to republicans about this yesterday, they said wait a minute, where is the medical malpractice reform, where is the ability to buy health insurance across state lines, things that republicans have been agitated about. theres none of that in that and that doesnt set up a good bipartisan summ...