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Month, no questions asked. >> thats right. we must make public colleges and universities tuition-free. >> yes we are supposed to be for free college. >> healthcare is a basic human right. >raise your hand in your coverage plan would include coverage for undocumented immigrants. [cheers] brian: there you go. the list could go on. we just only have a three hour show. who is going to pay for all of this. ask someone who agrees with some of these plans, chris, the author of dignity seeking respect i...

Without a valid marriage, only one parent would be able to adopt a child. in which case, the parent not rec sieognized as a legal garde would lose custody rights. medical partners, if your partner falls ill you may not be able to make medical decisions on their behalf. health care for smame-sex coupls those on their coverage plan could lose their coverage instantly. and loamong the legal privilege lost, spousal privilege. you cannot testify against their spouse regarding private communications. ...

Snaking river spot checking groups of people as they wait for the countdown. revelers are wanded for weapons as they patrol the crowd. sand trucks are available at every intersection leading into times square to prevent vehicle attacks. aerial patrols helping to give the nypd counterterrorism unit a fair and robust coverage plan and make mention that there is no credible threat this new years eve and with 6,000 officers on hand, they want to make sure it stays that way. eric: new yorks finest. h...

Place other pieces of legislation so you can purchase insurance across state lines, bring about medical malpractice lawsuit abuse reform, do the kinds of things that will drive down premium costs for folks so theyre actually able to afford a coverage plan that works for them. >> dr. price, your goals sound lofty and good. in some ways, is all of this an exercise in futility? all of this hand ringing today, because even if it does pass, even if you are able to cajole the recalcitrant republicans ...

Important question because it gets to the fact that everyone under the current law is treated exactly the say. every question here, every patient is unique. when i treated a patient with the same diagnosis, the treatment may have been different because the patients are unique. thats what we want is a system that recognizes the uniqueness. they provide health coverage that is the same for everybody. that doesnt respond to the patients needs. you have coverage plan that worked for you. it was more...

>> different question. the question is should denise be able to buy the kind of coverage plan she believes is most important for her. the answer to her is an emphatic yes. the question you asked is what kind of health care should be provided to individuals. there are certain things we ought to do as a society, and we encourage, thats the kind of education that is so important for folks so they know whats best for them and their families. >> but should it be required. mumps, measles. >> i believe...

Comments a distancing. he says, first of all, the press, no matter what they have said all these years or what president obama said even if they had a functioning website, people on obamacare and found the deductibles too high and coverage unaffordable, they didnt care what the press said. if it is still impractical coverage plan and still unaffordable, the voters will know. hes saying the republicans when he talks health care. its an interesting way of distancing himself from what they end up p...

Costs. >> age is also -- and this is a part of obamacare that didnt work which was to try to get as many young people on the system. they needed 40% of folks under 35 in the system to keep premiums down. it hasnt gotten to that. how do you do it? how does it do it here? because this system seems to essentially say to folks under 35, dont worry about it. if you dont want to get health care were not going to make you do it and that only increases premiums for older folk, does it not? >> no. what w...

The cost of the coverage increases. so they have pegged it to age. there is an opportunity to put some means testing in there, but thats not the most -- thats not the correlation factor to what it actually costs. age is the thing that correlates best. >> but age is also -- i mean, this is also -- and this is a part of obamacare that didnt work, which is to try to get as many young people on the system. they needed 40% of folks under 35 in the system to keep premiums down. how do you do it? how...

we wont make you do it. and that only increases premiums for older folks, does it not? >> we say to that 30, 35-year-old individual, you know that you need health coverage. what were going to do is provide you a system that allows you an array of choices that you can choice the coverage plan that works best for you and your family, not be dictated to by the federal government and have to purchase something that you most likely do not need. >> we have two pieces of information we do not have y...