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15 years later, you cant walk into your average hospital today and get acupuncture after an operation. the problem is not that it doesnt work, the problem is that we havent figured out how to get it into the system so that we can make it widely available to the population. when youre doing something that has never been done before, its not universally accepted, to say the least. with a huge amount of skepticism and resistance. youre doing this radical intervention, radical, compared to having ...

And stuff. >> whats the regular food? >> eggs, sausage, grits, bacon. more healthy diet? >> what do you think about that? >> if i had to. >> if you had to? well, you have a stent in your heart, right? >> yeah. >> all right. and youve had heart attacks. and youre here today with chest pain. >> yeah. >> when do you think it would be good to try it? >> once i found out what was really wrong with me. >> weve become a culture where you drive up, you get what you want, you get it fast, you get it righ...

>> if you had to? well, you have a stent in your heart, right? >> yeah. >> all right. and youve had heart attacks. and youre here today with chest pain. >> yeah. >> when do you think it would be good to try it? >> once i found out what was really wrong with me. >> weve become a culture where you drive up, you get what you want, you get it fast, you get it right away, and you drive off. and that being applied to health care just doesnt work. most diseases dont happen overnight. sometimes they are...

They only pass legal status. will he carry that issue into 2014? he is the ceo of the enterprise. theres plenty of blame to go around, not only the presidents fault that washington is a toxic mess. he has the singular authority to change it. >> one of the problems is in addition to his not schmoozing, republicans disagree with him on a lot of issues. and this is a republican, especially in the house, a republican caucus thats shown it can be in transjent. the problem is they see the world differ...

New book "lean in" she tells "60 minutes" that leadership roles for women are alarmingly small. only 21 female ceos in the fortune 500. >> i want every little girl who someone says theyre bossy to be told instead you have leadership skills. >> reporter: she lays a good deal of the responsibility on women themselves. facebooks 43-year-old chief operating officer says women too often dont compete for promotions because theyre worrying too early about the future. >> they start leaning back and say,...

Hospitals dont take the program. reform medicaid by giving states the ability to customize the medicaid program to meet the unique needs of their medicaid populations. we think it will make the programs better. >> chris: you say by turning medicaid into a block grant and giving it to the states you can cut $770 billion out of the program over the next ten years and it will have no impact on legitimate recipients? >> these are increases that have not come yet. by repealing obama care and medicaid...

In washington. you dont lose revenue for the federal government and make it easier for small businesses to create jobs and hire more workers. we think there is a consensus for that. >> chris: dont mean to interrupt. a couple more political questions to ask you and very little time. did you come away from your experience as the vice presidential candidate in 2012 thinking that the prospect of running for president for two years would be appalling or exciting? >> that is a good question. actually ...

Acupuncture is safe and effective for any condition? they said, absolutely, its been demonstrated that acupuncture is safe and effective, especially with post-operative and injury pain. 15 years later, you cant walk into your average hospital today and get acupuncture after an operation. the problem is not that it doesnt work, the problem is that we havent figured out how to get it into the system so that we can make it widely available to the population. when youre doing something that has ne...

Well, you have a stent in your heart, right? >> yeah. >> all right. and youve had heart attacks. and youre here today with chest pain. >> yeah. >> when do you think it would be good to try it? >> once i found out what was really wrong with me. >> weve become a culture where you drive up, you get what you want, you get it fast, you get it right away, and you drive off. and that being applied to health care just doesnt work. most diseases dont happen overnight. sometimes they are related to lifest...

Working well but obama care prevents it from going forward. we want to give states like, indiana, states like wisconsin the tools they need to make the benefits work tor for their populations and dont want to push more people into a failing program and by not pushing people into the failing program we do save these kinds of dollars. >> chris: i want to pick up on this because i must say i didnt understand this. are you saying as part of your budget you assume the repeal of obama care? >> yes. >>...