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Rule. all i can say is this. as i walk around this country, and ive been all over the country, people come up to me from everywhere, democrats, republicans, saying we cant afford this. we cant do this. we do not even have a solid final scoring on this. as a matter of fact, the actuary of cms said he cannot get the final shoring. they also dont include the doc fix which is $371 billion and that doesnt even take care of medicaid. of the 31 million people youre going to cover, 16 million are pushed...

I think well more than wring out the costs. i i think thats why the president brought people down to the white house, to try to wring out those costs. we spend 20% of gross domestic product. the closest country to us is switzerland. i cant believe that we cant get that money out of there. >> yeah, yeah, we do such a great job here in washington wringing out the costs. >> thats in the private sector. >> $1.6 trillion deficit this year. only in washington, d.c., could you say with a straight face ...

"forbes" magazine and theres a lot of talk, that it is look a bernie madoff kind of a bill. this bill reads to me more like an enron-style, bernie madoff, worldcom, dot-com bubble rolled into one, there are so many gimmicks and you outlined one and that is the doc fix, the $208 billion, in exposed costs for paying medicare physicians and that is being put aside in a stand-alone bill and that would have wiped out the exposed cost savings of $138 billion, over ten years, and... >> you know what, y...

Health care. the question thats going to be answered tomorrow is whether or not people are listening, whether or not representatives are listening. were here to stand with the american people and we thank everyone for coming here and standing with us. >> thank you! (applause) >> yesterday speaker nancy pelosi had a press conference where she touted how great this new cbo score was. in that press conference, she showed that she sent a bill to cbo and they gave her a score back. ive got to tell yo...

Just said on the air, if you add in the doc fix, which is how congress stops doctors from receiving a pay cut for serving medicare patients every year this is done, if you add that into this, then this goes from a deficit reduction bill to a deficit addition bill. it adds to the deficit. so, it just depends how you took at it. >> uma: okay, weve heard a lot of discussion back and forth about the controversial issue of when the government can require most americans to carry health insurance or be...

From juan and it appears the calendar puts us here, for final vote on sunday, right? >> sunday, sunday afternoon -- exactly, they were trying for saturday because the president is trying to get out of town and now, looks like sunday. bill: in a word now that we have the number, do you think it pass passes. >> oh, yeah. the president is making the case, it is about his presidency and it hangs in the balance and if he doesnt get it done, immigration done, he doesnt get energy done. >> he made the ...

Moments ago, when talking to bill the argument went past substance and now is about the presidency and the success of the obama presidency and that is where hes ashes peeling to people but if the cbo comes under and is troublesome, it could cause problems. is this a troublesome number. >> it is a good number, under a trillion dollars, roughly the same top line number on the senate bill before but the key will be in the details, are they double counting the social security pay payroll tax they so...

We might give back to the states for the cuts they might experience in medicare, if we do it, well do it across the board and that begs the question, if it is built on $500 billion in cuts to medicare, and you give back some to every, single state so it doesnt hurt them so badly, how will you pay for it? >> well, you are right. bret never got a straight answer, it is not just louisiana which he said, oh, yeah, well have the special treatment for louisiana and special treatment for hawaii, and. m...

Some liberal loud mouths at peacock news go overboard on tea party patriots and prescription health care is in, the doctor says hes smoking and drinking too much. are the press and the stress too much for the prez? on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnist cal thomas. jim pinkerton, fellow new american foundation and news day columnist, elliss henican. im jon scott. news watch is on right now. >> i support extending unemployment benefits, cobra ber...

Something for you if youre one of hundreds of thousands that jobless benefits will run out this week. for the next 30 days, they are going to have to go through this again, folks. for the next 30 days, taxpayers are paying 65% of cobra premiums, thats health insurance premiums for people out of work. it also has the doc fix as its called. that doctors will not have to take a 21% pay cut in medicare reimbursements for now. infrastructure funding and transportation workers can get back on the job ...