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Its pretty clear medicare, once untouchable, is now on the political chopping block. at least in some form. sure everyone pays into medicare through payroll taxes, but heres the ugly math -- 47 million people are enrolled in medicare today. by 2040, medicare will cover nearly double the people it does now, but cost three times as much. medicare, it would seem, is unsustainable. how to go into changing it? republicans say to save medicare the government should stop paying bills directly and inste...

Force seniors to pay more for health care and make states cut back their government programs. thats according to the congressional budget office. is that not a reality? >> id just say a few things. number one, medicaids broken, and throwing more money at a broken system doesnt work. weve gotten dozens of letters from governors saying give us the freedom to fix medicaid our own way in our own states and were giving them that freedom. medicaid grows at a more sustainable rate. yes, we do repeal th...

People on welfare, more people needing medicaid, and as she points out in the 80s with the huge epidemic of aids. >> this is exactly the kind of solution, though that was put in place under president clinton and a republican congress in the 90s for the welfare program. block granting it to the states provides the states much greater flexibility, they can increase the kind of coverage they want should they so desire. it gives them the flexibility to be able to put a program in place that allows f...

Americans in 2014 that would force seniors to pay more for health care and make states cut back their government programs. thats according to the congressional budget office. is that not a reality? >> id just say a few things. number one, medicaids broken, and throwing more money at a broken system doesnt work. weve gotten dozens of letters from governors saying give us the freedom to fix medicaid our own way in our own states and were giving them that freedom. medicaid grows at a more sustainab...

And donald trump wondering why its such a bad thing to be called a birther. brace yourself, it has been a whirlwind weekend of tv talkers. >> nobody wants america to fall to its debts. lets also remember the classic definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. at some point you got to quit spending money you dont have. >> speaker boehner had to keep these negotiations going to the last minute to show the tea party people he was doing everyt...

Yes, we do repeal the law. fact number one, when medicare was created, men were living in their 60s, women were living in their 70s. now men are living in their 70s and women are living in their 90s. we had baby boomers were in their teens and they were babies when this started. now theyre doubling the size of retirement we have. the price controls in medicare today are causing doctors to stop seeing patients, and medicare is the biggest contributor to skyrocketing health care costs. price contr...

Them. and its awkward, ive been there, done it for family members who have been in the hospital, and they sometimes will actually give you a hard time, believe it or not, and they say, my gloves are on, im clean, i didnt see you put those gloves on. what if you put those on with dirty hands. that doesnt work. please take them off, wash your hands, put on new gloves. >> that is a tough spot for a patient to be in, to ask the professional to do that. >> youre not in the hospital to make friends. t...

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Have you heard from your leader? whats he telling you? >> whats happening right now is the negotiation behind closed doors which is a good place for it to be. if were able to work anything out, thats where it will be worked out, not in the headlines, not in the press. im pleased things are continuing to move. i hope were able to get to it before tomorrow night. the last thing we want is for the government to shut down. >> you said it shouldnt be worked out in the press, should be behind closed d...

Going on. the folks that are driving this agenda are coming from areas that have a strong, almost jealous anti-government bias. they were elected on the thesis that government doesnt work. now that theyre elected, theyre trying to prove that to be the case. in the washington area, i think we understand how important government is, not just to our own lives, but to the strength of our economy and the stability of our society. now, they know that. what i have got to warn them is while we want to h...