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Who will find themselves in his position. with that, i yield back, mr. president. >> okay. i think this is actual ly been very useful conversation. what im going to do is move on to the next topic. but maybe after we break for lunch and come back, i want to go through some areas where we decided we agreed. i know the abuse is a good example. some areas where we still disagree. one thing, jon, you shook your head when i said that people would be able to choose the better plan, because the notion ...

>> all right, lets break away for a moment for dr. charles boustany, hes one of the republican physicians who is actually there at the blair house health care summit. hes making the case obviously for the republicans. our chief medical correspondent, dr. ali velshi -- excuse me, dr. sanjay gupta, has been watching all of this unfold for us as well. ali velshi is doing some fact checking for us. well get to him shortly. but, sanjay, tell us what youve been seeing. youve been seeing substantive di...

Well as mr. kyl, that this bill would actually raise premium cost. we -- weve talked about small business health plans. you know, again, i ran a small business. it was a medical practice. and when i wanted insurance, well, those premiums were going up in double digits every year, id call an insurance agent. theyd come in, and we had very limited choice. very limited. and the costs kept going up. small business health plans is one way to really deal with this. and allow for pooling, and where our...

But to start a piece at a time, directing solutions to specific problems. that way you dont incur all of the costs upfront which require you to raise the taxes. last quick point. one of the worst things about this is for people that have catastrophic medical expenses today, after youve spent 7.5% of your adjusted gross income, you could deduct that. this bill would raise it to 10%, who does that hurt? the very people that you promised you wouldnt allow people to be raised taxes on. >> all right,...

Didnt count my time in terms of dividing it evenly. in this section, mitch, weve gone back and forth. i know senator schumer wants to speak and jim clyburn wants to speak. >> and john kyle would like to. >> what i want to do, though, is just focus in on this philosophical debate. this is a legitimate debate. and it actually speaks to the point that congressman kemp was making earlier about whats happening in the exchanges. you know, when i was young, or just got out of college, i had to buy auto...

That you cant just drop somebody if theyve already purchased coverage, looking at your bill, jon, the idea that you ban recisions. we agree on the idea of extending dependent coverage to a certain age. some people say up to 25. some people say up to 26. but we basically agree on that concept. we agree on no annual or lifetime limits. we agree philosophically that we want to end the prohibition on pre-existing conditions. i think the thing well have to talk about is how do you actually accomplish...

>> by the way, i want to point out to folks we are seeing live pictures there. i saw senator harken, john kyle. republicans are getting the pre-game -- theres no locker room stuff there. you say the presidents good in this format. but this was done reactively. this was done because he was losing the political fight. he made a big deal on the campaign trail and i know you were working for his opponent and it was a shot at your formerformer boss, were not going to do this in secret. it was a dig a...

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Key components of this bill. listen to senator harry reid and what he was up to with the big slash. >> were going to move this afternoon to a smaller package than had been talked about in the press. >> you know what? this is exactly why congress approval ratings are 10% as we just showed in the last report. what people say all the time. heres what americans really want. they want jobs but they want to stop the partisan rancor in washington. they think its toxic. they think both parties should be...

wonder if he would have made fun of dianne feinstein when she did the same thing. >> oh, no! >> settle down, steve. i have a slogan to read. this hour comes to us from jen in the control room. can we get a shot of jen? can we see jen? put her hand up. put her hand up. >> right in the middle. >> there she is. there is a jen. roses are reds, violets are blue. "fox & friends", we love you. very nice. >> thats the best you can do? >> pretty good. >> youre a poet. >> hey, look, it is ali in...