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This law is designed to vastly expand medicaid and pay for it by eviscerating medicare. taking money from medicare and moving it to fund the expansion of the entitlement. >> why would they want to expand medicaid? >> they believe in a single payer system. this is a way of shifting resources in this country from one group of people -- the the elderly -- to another group of people. >> you think this is by design. >> i have read the law. there is no question that it was by design. it would have bee...

This law is designed to vastly expand medicaid and pay for it by eviscerating medicare. taking money from medicare and moving it to fund the expansion of the entitlement. >> why would they want to expand medicaid? >> they believe in a single payer system. this is a way of shifting resources in this country from one group of people -- the the elderly -- to another group of people. >> you think this is by design. >> i have read the law. there is no question that it was by design. it would have bee...

Federal government said it will pay 100% the first couple of years and 90% thereafter, politicians always break their promises. when that happens, they will pull the rug out the from under the states which already spend 24% of budget on medicaid. they will have huge costs so there is no money left for schools, roads. >> we are expanding medicaid rolls day by day with no way to fund it. who foots it is bill? >> the elderly. $716 billion is taken from medicare and shifted to medicaid. a lot of it ...

Federal government said it will pay 100% the first couple of years and 90% thereafter, politicians always break their promises. when that happens, they will pull the rug out the from under the states which already spend 24% of budget on medicaid. they will have huge costs so there is no money left for schools, roads. >> we are expanding medicaid rolls day by day with no way to fund it. who foots it is bill? >> the elderly. $716 billion is taken from medicare and shifted to medicaid. a lot of it ...

Are supposed to be covered under 133% of the poverty line are supposed to git medicaid. above 133% of the poverty line are going to shop in the exchange. i agree with you the rollout of the exchange at the federal level was disappointing. the roll out in connecticut, california, kentucky, d.c. and new york were good. many people are covered through there. now you dont examine how is it going now five weeks into it. is that enough? the fact is by march 31, thats when we have to ask how many peopl...

Providing insurance. medicare for the elderly. medicaid for poor people. thats the structure on which we build reform. if an insurance company is changing how it will structure its plan, thats not the law doing it. thats the insurance company deciding for business reasons. if employers decide not to continue to cover, thats them deciding for reasons related to their coverage. >> that was foreseeable. >> lets be clear -- >> i will give you the floor. but that was foreseeable. this was a risk peop...

Condition we know insurers gave you a premium so high you couldnt afford it. >> and the pre-existing condition is praised universally. you need coverage if you have that. >> ms. kelly, the only way you could have people guaranteed coverage with a pre-existing condition is if you have a mandate. >> i get that. i get that. i think the people get it now. here is a question. is the mandate working? what we are told now is that the young people you said in your writings and acknowledge are critical t...

If you had a pre-existing condition we know insurers gave you a premium so high you couldnt afford it. >> and the pre-existing condition is praised universally. you need coverage if you have that. >> ms. kelly, the only way you could have people guaranteed coverage with a pre-existing condition is if you have a mandate. >> i get that. i get that. i think the people get it now. here is a question. is the mandate working? what we are told now is that the young people you said in your writings and ...

133% of the poverty line are supposed to git medicaid. above 133% of the poverty line are going to shop in the exchange. i agree with you the rollout of the exchange at the federal level was disappointing. the roll out in connecticut, california, kentucky, d.c. and new york were good. many people are covered through there. now you dont examine how is it going now five weeks into it. is that enough? the fact is by march 31, thats when we have to ask how many people have been covered. we have a cl...

Increases which republicans did not want to give. they did though. but in return for that, republicans said right off that the next round would be spending cuts. weve got to have some spending cuts in order to really make a dent in this deficit and get our fiscal house in order. so im hoping that the president will see this in a different way and maybe start talking to members of congress instead of going out and campaigning. >> senator, you mentioned the cuts, the spending cuts that are essenti...