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Have to go get it and the law said they cant do without it. this is it, i think a piece of >> a human tragedy . stadly, the poorest among us will be hit the worst. people are making decisions and the american pern is snart and they know how they run their lives and they should be able to make those choices. >> many are buying milk to stend their children to college and not buy insurance. now their insurance will be more expensive and less likely to be able to afford it . now pay a penalty . life...

Have to go get it and the law said they cant do without it. this is it, i think a piece of >> a human tragedy . stadly, the poorest among us will be hit the worst. people are making decisions and the american pern is snart and they know how they run their lives and they should be able to make those choices. >> many are buying milk to stend their children to college and not buy insurance. now their insurance will be more expensive and less likely to be able to afford it . now pay a penalty . life...

Washington, d.c. is theyre worried about growing government jobs, not private sector jobs. getting rid of the income tax allows us to grow private sector jobs. >>brian: the main thing you want to get the presidents attention on is medicaid. you want to sit down with him and republican governors. what kind of response have you gotten from president obama because theyre asking you to go with, in your words, a 1960s model. you studied medicare for two years before you got this job. >> governors kno...

They didnt want to change their pension plans to 401(k). ill just imagine what the prompter looks like because they refuse to roll. the union has reached a tentative deal and will be back on the field tonight. our reporter has more from outside penn station. no rain? >> no rain, brian. look what im doing. im tebowing. >> brian: youre not happy. >> there are a lot of people tebowing this morning. let me tell you whats going on, this agreement was reached right around midnight our time right here ...

>> andrea: think about to dan ab point what the schools have gotten themselves in to. its not their rule to provide generous or lavish benefit package or their job to -- they are focused on nutrition. is there assails bar in the school. i -- salad bar in the school. we had tissues and paper towels. some of the kids have to buy tissue and paper towels. basic supplies when all we had to worry about in the day was remember the smelly marker, mr. sketch? i used to sit and sniff them in class. maybe ...

State model. a one size fits all programming that just piles on benefits. and at a certain point there are diminishing returns . the benefit package is much greater than them going back to work. when you start this type of model and take the individual out of the equation and all about benefits, this is that type of scenario . i am glad aei is pointing it out. >> gretchen: it is call would the welfare cliff in action. single mother and income $69,000. and the net income for welfare $57,000. and ...

Stockton is one of thee city to declare bankruptcy. public safety employees were costing city on average $150,000 each per year. vice mayor miller is joining us on the phone. >> thank you for having me. why has stockton run out of options at this point. is there any way to bypass bankruptcy. ? >> no. if there a way we would have opted for it the council made conditions. reduced our work force and cut pay and benefits through elections and imposing them and we ran out of options and nothing else ...

The america. look at the joblessness in america today and look at the loss of manufacturing. thats what weve got to bring back. i think as i say, we will now by the end of next year have 1,000 new employees directly in mississippi, the indirect and induce is about 7,000 jobs that are impacted. i want to do this in other states. >> yeah. >> the governors got to be able to lay it out, i have to make money, good for the state. everyone is so intrigued. the press this weekend, how could haley barbou...

Exchanges are going to work. we dont know what the minimum benefit package thats going to be required for those businesses to provide. so there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty still out there, and, frankly, most of it looks like its not good. jenna: real quick final question. what is next for you and for your association? how are you helping guide employers as to what to do next? >> in the short term for us wed like to see this repealed and start over with real healthcare reform that lower...

That is very important. the other thing is that robert was talking about possibly premiums going up because of a richer benefit package. but the most significant thing about getting a better benefit package is that people pay less in deductibles and copayments. when you focus on premiums, you are not focusing on the overall cost savon the point is that for many americans come you are not denying the fact that they are going to have to pay more money, right? >> you know, americans are paying more...