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Paying too much attention to coverage like obama did in 2008 but not paying attention to price and bringing down cost. the federal regulations and mandates are the primary cost driver. so trump is getting it right on bringing down the regs. we have to put that in law. if they put that in law, put bucket two in this bill, youll get more people to yes. thats a total winner. >> stuart: for years and years weve been trying to bring down the ever-escalating cost of healthcare itself. >> right. >> stu...

With state risk pools, et cetera, but dont ruin the entire healthcare system for 300 million people. the free market system is whats made us rich. common and india are coming out with a free market system and getting rich. >> the current legislation, if passed as it is right now, would ruin it for 300 million americans? >> the law enacted -- obama is in a death spiral right now, forever you follow that logic where we focus solely on coverage for 18 million but never lowered the cost curve, never...

His and other large companies reject one officials assertion that it will mean business as usual for them. he met with administration official earlier this were and followed up with a letter that said make no mistake. the cost imposed on delta and our employees are very real and they are escalating. the cost of health care law and formal medical inflation would "mean that the cost of providing health care to our employees will increase by nearly $100 million next year. a small part of that cost ...

People who are already sick and then. now, that system which has to do with the preexisting conditionso is going to drivein up the cost for everybody. for everybody. that would be true whether its a government system or whether n its private insurance companies administering. thats the cost driver. >> we have to leave it there. see you next week on the air. coming up, remember, our discussionco continues every sunday on "panel plus." find it on our website and n sometimes better than on tv and f...

To the nondoctor executives at the hospital in millions of dollars in salaries and bonuses. >> another -- you said another cost driver is nonprofit hospitals, theyre making big profits, and the article points this out. quote, in hundreds of small and midsized cities across the country, the american health care market has transformed tax exempt nonprofit hospitals into the towns most profitable businesses and largest employers, often presided over by the regions most richly compensated executives...

>> nonprofit means you dont pay taxes, and you dont have to give the money to shareholders. instead, you can distribute it to the nondoctor executives at the hospital in millions of dollars in salaries and bonuses. >> another -- you said another cost driver is nonprofit hospitals, theyre making big profits, and the article points this out. quote, in hundreds of small and midsized cities across the country, the american health care market has transformed tax exempt nonprofit hospitals into the to...

>> another -- you said another cost driver is nonprofit hospitals, theyre making big profits and the article points this hout. quote, in hundreds of small and midsized cities across the country the american health care market has transformed tax exempt nonprofit hospitals into the towns most profitable businesses and lanlest employers, often presided over by the regions most richly compensated executives. for example, md anderson cancer center at the university of texas, a nonprofit, had a 26% o...

Focused on the economy. they see it as a big job coster. when you talk to entrepreneurs and businesses and you ask them, why arent you hiring? some is uncertainty around tax policy, which you talked about last night. some of this is about health care policy, people view the obamacare law as a huge cost driver to hire new people and one of the reasons that people are not hiring. >> greta: you dont expect that whatever happens tomorrow to go to the senate and be voted on? >> you are right that the...

the white house called the killings a vial testament to an illegitimate regime that responds to peaceful protests with unspeakable brutality. the video of some of the 34 children killed has surfaced online. the images are simply too graphic to broadcast, showing children under the age of 10, some with missing limbs, and severe head wounds. the syrian government denies responsibility and blames al qaeda terrorists for the attack. well, this was a scene in several syrian cities today. pe...

All the way into the united states into canada. >> it doesnt seem like the border fence and beefed up border patrol and national guard inhibited drug smuggling all that much. it seems all these narcotics are still getting in here. am i wrong? >> thats right. because product for them is not the cost driver. they can lose product and they dont care. so they will run a shipment of a ton of marijuana through and then they will actually call and give themselves -- say hey, we are running this shipmen...