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Double digit increases. >> the government could help defray that. do premiums go up? perhaps they will. perhaps the government pays some of that bill. >> what harold was talking about wasnt subsidy, it was cost. the overall cost of the system. when premiums are going up double digit, youre not achieving >> which is why steves point is so important. >> i love the idea that entrepreneurs will come in and rescue this whole situation. >> exactly. >> we could have solved the mobility problem with one...

There are some positives embedded in in that ultimately will drive more innovation in health care. >> harold, theres pure politics. do the politics improve or is it still a bad pool for democrats? >> its marginally improved. you have to look at the specific senate races. its unclear if. the priors and hagans of the world will embrace this. i do think cases point is probably the best one in terms of where were headed out and how knew innovation and technologying will making it easier to capture t...

>> wellpoint just announced double digit increases, the biggest provider in california, double digit increases. >> the government could help defray that. do premiums go up? perhaps they will. perhaps the government pays some of that bill. >> what harold was talking about wasnt subsidy, it was cost. the overall cost of the system. when premiums are going up double digit, youre not achieving that goal. >> which is why steves point is so important. >> i love the idea that entrepreneurs will come in...

Your perspective, a policy perspective, what is a bridge too far in terms of premium increases? >> i do think that the idea of double digit increases would be extreme, especially given the fact that health care inflation is pretty low, and you have millions of people, and as david said there does seem to be extreme amount of demand, and next year well get more people enro enrolled. i think what we should be seeing is probably about 5% increases, and remember, a lot of these insurance companies h...

Country is changing. marianne. you know. marianne is an advisor to candidates, all right? tries to get them elected. you have got to see the country is changing now right before our eyes. its changing. they tried to the progressive stuff. it isnt working and the folks dont want it anymore, marianne, you know im right. >> i think in this case the unions have been tone deaf in many places. when you are getting double digit increases at times when there is unemployment, the likes of which we had in...

Country is changing. marianne. you know. marianne is an advisor to candidates, all right? tries to get them elected. you have got to see the country is changing now right before our eyes. its changing. they tried to the progressive stuff. it isnt working and the folks dont want it anymore, marianne, you know im right. >> i think in this case the unions have been tone deaf in many places. when you are getting double digit increases at times when there is unemployment, the likes of which we had in...

Cheese. and this is not about football but food. football fans are in for a super shock on super sunday. but it is the hit at the grocery store. >> poultry has skyrocketed. and wings are up 50 percent. >>neil: when you first started talking about this a year ago, it has not stopped. why not? >>guest: well, you have to make it simple, chickens only have two wings. so, when there is less production, there are less wings to go around so it is economics 101. >>neil: wait, wait, wait, wait, less wing...

Capitols. i think youll see more of this. but these student just cant continue to take these double digit increases. a lot of the stimulus money was supposed to go to this. what some states have done is horded the money away and not forked it into education. >> if you have protesters across the country, saying the politicians we want the money for us. where has that money gone? >> its gone in the state coffers because theyre facing unbelievable deficits. look here in the state of new york where ...

>> congressman anthony weiner forced to withdraw his remarks from the record by the gop, giving him the opportunity to repeat them in a slightly different form. the republicans, boehner talks of plans to crash the party and interrupt the infomercial. going to try to get everybody to dial 1-800-bronzer instead, john? and the insurance companies, double digit increases, implemented or pending in 11 states now, served by or enslaved by wellpoint blue cross. and the president on the eve? high hope...

E-mails on an old coal executive. go figure. but there you have it. the ceo insists the presidents policies are hurting his business and hurting americans. so right or wrong -- does the regulations alone and what the coal industry that to do now theyre going to cost a lot. >> theyre going to cost a lot and those costs will be passed down, neil, to those people, those americans who can least afford those price increases. the more that is passed on to these people, if youre lower income, that is a...