premiums are going up. according to studies millions of americans won t be able to keep their coverage and spending, total national spending according to studies is projected to go up $300 billion the next decade. that is fixing the problem? not necessarily. i think the bill needs to be improved upon. that is a key difference between myself and rand. i talked about 200 billion north dakota savings from medicare bulk purchasing. find ways to control costs. preexisting conditions. people shouldn t be denied because they have a preexisting condition 19,000 kentucky kids staying on insurance as a result of changes to the law. 45,000 small businesses getting assistance with premiums. those are good things. he wants to repeal all of that. and i tell you what, i have got a friend and she is a retired bank teller she is on a fixed income. she can t afford a $2,000 deductible in medicare. that is not an option for her
haven t done a great a job. actually, i wouldn t have voted for the the bailouts. there were not enough account act in them. we had people getting bonuses after get getting the bailouts. on healthcare, we have 654,000 kentuckians getting healthcare for the first time as a result of this bill. i had a friend who has had a kidney transplant tells me how hard it is to get cover with a preexisting condition. i would like to allow medicare to engage in bulk purchasing. i m not for a $200,000 deductible and taking the healthcare back to the preworld war ii system which is what rand paul is on the record as having said. i would like to fix healthcare and he wants to repeal it and that is a stark difference. chris: you take me in the direction of what i want to ask rand paul. this a barbecuing bas a free fg