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Even more out of line in coming decades. >> we have a medicare cost crisis, but its more true that we have a national health cost crisis. we cannot solve the medicare cost problem unless we solve the problem of cost for all of our nations health care. >> people want health care, and the average cost is rising very, very rapidly. >> this country spends more per person on health care than any other country, and by no metrics are we getting the most for our money, so theres clearly a problem of wha...

Having insurance competition. small groups be allowed to storm to purchase insurance. there are a number of things we can do to target the cost problem. by the way the president is now talking about waste, fraud and abuse in medicare. we dont need this 2700 page bill to go after that >> greta: we should have been going after that for years. we dont need a bill for crime. assume it does pass, and now we are into reconciliation peer. what are the senate democrats willing to do for the house democr...

Pretend it passed and no one voted for it. i assume they could make it happen. the question is not whether they can do it. but how the public is going to receive. >> you think they are angry about the special deals in the senate bill. wait until they hear the house of representatives sent it for the presidents signature and they were all able to claim they didnt vote for it. >> greta: i suspect you are not so magnanimous thank you want to tip them off to keep their constituents happy. you are sa...

Having insurance competition. small groups be allowed to storm to purchase insurance. there are a number of things we can do to target the cost problem. by the way the president is now talking about waste, fraud and abuse in medicare. we dont need this 2700 page bill to go after that >> greta: we should have been going after that for years. we dont need a bill for crime. assume it does pass, and now we are into reconciliation peer. what are the senate democrats willing to do for the house democr...

Pretend it passed and no one voted for it. i assume they could make it happen. the question is not whether they can do it. but how the public is going to receive. >> you think they are angry about the special deals in the senate bill. wait until they hear the house of representatives sent it for the presidents signature and they were all able to claim they didnt vote for it. >> greta: i suspect you are not so magnanimous thank you want to tip them off to keep their constituents happy. you are sa...

Citizens less fortunate? >> well, we do. anyone who needs to go to a hospital today in the united states has full access. but under president obamas bill, $500 billion will be cut out of medicare, 30 million people will go under the system -- >> larry: are you saying that people who need medical care, every person in america who needs medical care gets it? >> well, whats going to happen, larry -- >> larry: you are saying thats the case today? >> today, anyone who goes to the hospital, whether yo...

Waiting list. but that doesnt necessarily mean theyll get the high quality health care that theyre getting today. >> the emergency room thing is part of the cost problem. instead of getting the preventative treatment, early treatment, people are uninsured and show up at hospital rooms and cost us -- were already with universal health care. were overpaying for it in terms of hospital stays. >> thats what happens. they go to the emergency room where it costs even more instead of just going to the ...

Lose their familys health insurance if they switch jobs or lose their job. more small businesses will be forced to choose between health care and hiring. more insurance companies will raise premiums and deny coverage and the rising cost of medicare and medicaid will sink our government deeper and deeper into debt. >> reporter: its a tough sell to voters and lawmakers alike, who worry about the effect on patient choice and the plans price tag. >> this is a bill that should not be passed. it is no...

Pass for another year, or another decade, or another generation, more americans will lose their familys health insurance if they switch jobs or lose their job. more small businesses will be forced to choose between health care and hiring. more insurance companies will raise premiums and deny coverage and the rising cost of medicare and medicaid will sink our government deeper and deeper into debt. >> reporter: its a tough sell to voters and lawmakers alike, who worry about the effect on patient ...

We ought to be going step by step to fix the cost problem. >> republican senator orrin hatch warnd that democrats are playing a dangerous political game trying to pass healthcare legislation using the senate reconciliation rules, in other words, without bipartisan support. the president set march 17th as the deadline for trying to pass the senate bill and then move on to a package of separate changes to fixes to the massive legislation. shannon? >> shannon: thank you very much. could democrats f...