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Rise in premiums comes as mergers in health care industry have diminished incentives for insurers to price plans competitively.

Republicans so determined to pursue this? you know what, it has been _ pursue this? you know what, it has been something _ pursue this? you know what, it has been something that - has been something that has preoccupied republicans for more than a decade now, since this legislation was first passed, and they believe that it represents a move to socialise form of healthcare, they argue as well, accurately in some cases, that the coverage costs for people with private insurance have gone up as a r...

Legislation was first passed, lewis, and they believe that it represents a move to a socialised form of healthcare, if you like. they argue as well — accurately, in some cases — that the coverage costs for people with private insurance have gone up as a result of the affordable care act. but the bottom line here is that it remains very popular with the american people. a poll that was carried out just in february of this year showed 54% of the american people believe that the affordable care...

Since this legislation was first passed, and they believe that it represents a move to a socialised form of healthcare, they argue as well, accurately in some cases, that the coverage costs for people with private insurance have gone up as a result of the affordable care act but the bottom line here is that it remains very popular with the american people. a poll that was carried out in february of this year showed 54% of the american people believe that the affordable care act is a good thing. ...

Employers. i think 70 or 80% of americans are covered by employers. what you are dealing with is people who are in the margin who need a better plan. they look at a lot of whats been done on both sides and say whatever. nobody has come up with anything that puts me in touch with closer to my doctor. something has to be fixed, let me go back to you on this. i think they see republicans and democrats not willing to get together enough to fix this thing. >> martha: >> i agree theres al disagreement...

Then were saying as citizens its the government who gets to decide how, where, when and under what circumstances we get health care. thats giving the government far too much power over our lives. >> let me ask you this question. >> i want to get you there. dont put me off. i love you. were buddies. >> fair enough. go ahead. >> the point is, health care is a need, and we respect that need. the question is, can we have a system in america where everybody can get affordable coverage? can we have a ...

Things. and regarding coverage out of the cbo scoring, you have to remember the cbo has a terrible track record of predicting the future, and they may have made some mistakes. for instance, they protected that 5 million people would give up on medicaid which is already free to them. i hardly think that is the case. the cbo has a horrible track record of predicting the future. the reality is these folks if they were part of your office bracket pool, they would finish last every single year. predi...

Jeopardize the progress weve made in getting people into the health care system, not using emergency rooms and not costing other people their extra coverage costs. >> senator, yes or no, do you think obama needs fixing? >> i think we need to improve the health care system in this country. we can make it better. there are areas that democrats and republicans should work together on, absolutely. >> senator ben cardcardin, wer looking to you to get to work. we appreciate it. we saw it right there...

Welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. health care reform is good for the country, but it is especially good, and the story has not been told enough, for small businesses. the thing that gets me, the republicans know this. small businesses are going to get a tax credit worth 35% of their health care costs. its going to jump to 50% in the tax credit in two years. this is right out of their playbook. the insurance exchange will provide more bargaining power. theyll be able to ...

Were talking about polling, that the american people have weighed in on, they support the components that are included in this bill because they want to make sure that we end an abusive practice by insurance companies. >> but mark, the composite of all of those, the difficulty the president faces, is that he has not sold the public on his version of health care reform. thats the reality of his situation right now. i spoke to one very close ally of the presidents on this fight saying he thinks 40...