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We already saw that. we already saw the administration table or even kill an element called the class act, sort of like a social security program for long-term care. worries that was too expensive. hard to implement. that has been sidelined. weve seen this big, big, massive law changing along the way. this most recent example that were waiting to hear the president kind of outline, as dana bash was reporting, this is a response to a lot of political pressure in washington, really building to a b...

>> come on. wheres the justification for this? >> this story is so stupid. . you see a guy punch a kbirl. what can you say? you cant hit the girl, even if shes attacking you. >> maybe you should be prosecuted. its a bad guy. >> do you think he knew it was a woman coming at him? >> it wouldnt surprise me if he has bad behavior like this in the past. >> why are you calling him a red neck? where is he from? >> new york. >> they are full of them out there. >> now its long island. >> anything you wan...

Support, but after we exposed the problems with it, we got democrats to come on board, and weve repealed it after two and a half years of working. bill: what was the class act? >> class act was a long-term care entitlement program, it was about a $100 billion program that was very, very poorly conceived, and it took a while, but we finally convinced the administration to put it on hold and then subsequently repealed it. bill: thats interesting. so thats one idea on obamacare. how else would you ...

A class act. i always like having you on because both sides get ticked off at you which i admire deeply. doug wilder, always a pleasure, sir. >> trust me they always do. thanks neil, always good to be with you. >> neil: i built a career on it cones and bare coidz john stossel politicians are panicking do you know why? because you are not.

Debate and republicans and democrat senators need to take very seriously, i would encourage them to listen to the people that they represent in their hometowns, their home states, even the president has acknowledged that so many portions of this law are not ready for primetime. he was the one who made the recommendation that the employer mandate should be repealed or delayed. if the employer mandate is not ready, shouldnt we be delaying the individual mandate? and theres other portions of the la...

Votes, seven of those votes have actually gotten through the senate and onto the presidents desk. the repeal of the class act, the repeal of the 10999 provision. >> but not the repeal of the entire piece of law which was passed by the congress, signed into law by the president of the united states, and approved as constitutional by the united states supreme court. >> right. you said that we had voted 41 times though and that includes that 41 includes the seven votes that were taking to repeal po...

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Radiation levels at the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan that was left crippled by a tsunami two years ago. the radiation there was measured in the pipes in containers that hold water at the facility. >> tepco is the company in charge of that cleanup. officials say just one drop of contaminated water dripped out of the holding tanks when there was a worker touched the pipe, and there is not a leak. they also said theyre making every effort to keep the work clean. tim tebow will not be su...

Of this bill that move us from a fee for service system into something other, population based, that awards quality over quantity. we have to change the system, and while we might not like some parts of the bill, we ought to be able to maintain those that we do. >> well, look, sean, the bottom line is this bill is not ready, okay? thats why they delayed the employer mandate, thats why they delayed the employer reporting requirements. they already scrapped things like the class act, big elements ...

The -- in 2010, congress repealed something called the 1099 business recording requirements which were a huge burden on corporate america. and we have gotten rid of the class act which was an unaffordable entitlement designed to explode. >> for long-term insurance. >> the idea that we cant fix this, i think they should really be going for tangible improvements in the law. getting rid of the medical device acts, some of the insurance tax thats will just passed on to consumers, i think they can --...