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Way to solve it was a one size fits all mandate thats increasing premiums by $2,100. cbo said it didnt reduce premiums. >> let me go on the last point here. theres a lot to get into. i want to go to medicare. you want to go to a premium support system. youre privatizing medicare. theres no other way to look at it. you want to make it more private insurance companies in the medicare system. >> no, chuck, thats still not right. if you read the plan, it says the government -- you continue to have a...

Reforms, and get an out of pocket -- put that into medicare and save taxpayers $114 billion with medigap reform. so seniors can choose the program if they want. but with premium support, youre actually driving down taxpayer spending and saving beneficiaries significant dollars. the medigap reforms alone could save seniors hundreds of dollars per year in medigap premiums, plus give them protection. right now, theres no protection against out of pocket spending for the first time wed put a limit o...

Reforms to medicare and medicaid. i asked him about his plan to cover folks with pre-existing conditions. all right, on pre-existing conditions, its pretty clear to me that you are allowing some insurance companies to discriminate on pre-existing conditions, because you would have a special high-risk pool for people with pre-existing conditions. so i get on one hand you would have lower insurance premiums, because youd allow insurance companies to essentially discriminate for pre-existing condit...

its a probably thats never been wassed by a quake in this country until now. first responders may be getting reasons. stand by for dr. sanjay gupta and details of a new medical study. im westbound westboun im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> how did their political leaders do big things like reduce the debt if they butt heads over a scheduling speech. were learning more about the duty-up over the presidents make-or-break jobs speech this week, and how the date was finall...