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Says it is so emphatic about push for health care reform. theyve really been pushing for reform. poppy harlow has been following it. she joins me now from cnnmoney.com. she sat down and talked with the boss at starbucks about health care. poppy? >> its interesting because this is isnt i didnt know about starbucks before i prepared for the interview with ceo. his name is howard shultz. hes been the head for decades. he sat down with the president and talked to him about this. starbucks gives heal...

A law to fine you for not doing something. so thats one of the arguments hes making, among others. i think it really is a states rights issue and also the right of the people to have their own authority and not to be regulated by the government in an area we never intended the government to be. >> what in your mind would be the best outcome of this? theres obviously something a little political about this. mostly republicans backing it and a last stand against health care reform. are you expecti...

And once youre laid off and youre out of cobra, youre kind of out of luck. >> you are kind of out of luck. it was a lot of debate over the past year about what to do for people like him. but really he is sort of in this category of people that gets a little bit stuck until 2014 when he does get some subsidies. >> he gets subsidies. by the way, by 2014 we start to see more insurance kicking in. which means if youre bilg it, not as part of a company, do we think its going to get cheaper for people...

First of all, the rich family. they are not so happy about this bill because they make $250,000 a year. okay? and they used to pay about $3600 in medicare, payroll taxes. all right? with health care reform, theyre now paying about $5900 per year. so that was sort of the ways. remember we talked about how are we going to pay for this thing. this is one of the ways. >> by the way, in addition to this, theyre going to pay taxes on stuff that has nothing to do with payroll taxes. taxes on investment...

Thats got nothing to do with being a student. joining us now from philadelphia to talk more about this is drexel university law and public health professor robert field. professor, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure, ali. >> weve got a couple things we need to understand or clear up a little better. we know that the law is going to provide for students as long as they are dependents to stay on their parents policies until the age of 26. but this isnt free. we dont quite know who is paying ...

Cases campaigned actively in favor of health care reform. democratic governors, republican elected attorneys general and there is the rub. washington state is one of those four and a very unhappy governor, christine gregoire joins me on the phone from olympia. youre not happy your attorney general joined the suit. >> what he done is put the position of the state of washington and its people is to die health care reform in this state. a leaves behind small businesses and those are pre-existing co...

That interview was just a few days before health care reform passed in the house. whether or not this is the fix that starbucks and other companies need, ali, thats the question. is it going to take away the burden of that cost from corporations. >> that is a big question. one thing weve seen is that while this bill addresses insuring people 32 million people who wasnt insured, it doesnt fully tackle the cost of health care. its been going up at a rate much faster than inflation. >> exactly righ...

Ive got a few e-mails about arent we done with health care reform? you need to know a little bit of the politics still going on, usually by the time the president signed a bill its done. in this case because of tgoings in washington its not done. 14 states are suing to block it. florida, here are states, by the way. these are the 14 states. florida is one of the states. republican governor, republican attorney general, no conflict within the state. theyre leading a states rights backlash. talkin...

Under 4 months of age when we come back, more about health care reform. this time were going to talk about the im fact on young adults. were going to talk to somebody from a university who says this could be very helpful to young people, but there might be some pitfalls.

So there may be four different approach toes hes to how to dea this. what is your best approach to feeling represented in this lawsuit or making sure as this lawsuit goes forward your differences are heard? >> i want the voice of those washingt washingtonians, those taxpayers, businesses, beneficiaries, the young adults, uninsured to all have their voice in that courtroom. i told the attorney general i expect representations. im entitled to it in washington state. unfortunately that leads us to ...