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The sense that when i thought about lifetime caps, i always thought of it being a problem for older people. that somewhere up toward your 60s, probably before you get to medicare, if youve had a lot of problems you might hit your lifetime cap but as soon as you started speaking about this it become clear that the huge risk in lifetime caps is to children born with serious problems that need surgeries. they are in the most likely position to hit a lifetime cap. >> yeah, absolutely. with the rate ...

Lifetime and theres a lot that can happen and a lot that can go wrong and those medical bills just keep adding up and its frightening to think about a repeal. and losing that coverage. >> stacy, you changed my perspective on lifetime caps in the sense that when i thought about lifetime caps, i always thought of it being a problem for older people. that somewhere up toward your 60s, probably before you get to medicare, if youve had a lot of problems you might hit your lifetime cap but as soon as ...

we begin with the republicans furious assault on president obamas health care reform law and equally determined backlash. mitt romney faced it today going off script after some prolonged boog interrupted his speech before the naacp convention in houston. jim acosta is standing by in the hall right now. jim, show our viewers, tell our viewers, what happened in houston. >> reporter: wolf, naacp leaders told cnn they praised mitt romney for showing what they called courage in coming to th...

To stay on insurance. they cant overcome lifetime, no lifetime caps. they cant overcome the senior citizen relief theyre getting, so in actuality, they believe no news is good news and thats what theyve given the american people. absolutely no news, but they are giving them pain. and the pain will be the lack of this coverage and they are ignoring of course, governor romney, who had many, many statements indicating he wanted no free riders. he thought it was a good thing for people who could aff...

based on the commerce clause of the constitution. but it was upheld based on the tax writing provisions of the u.s. congress, and the executive branch of the u.s. government. a 5-4 decision. the key decision by the chief justice of the united states, john roberts. he sided with the other, the democratic appointed members of the supreme court, breyer, ginsberg, kagan, sotomayor, together with chief justice john roberts, they were in the majority. kennedy, scalia, alito and thomas, they ...

ahead of next weeks pivotal ruling. the ruthless taunting she faced touched the nation. now the dough is rolling in for this school bus monitor. i traveled to her hometown for how it all went down. good morning, everyone. eye randi kaye. we start with jerry sandusky and the guilty verdict. they found him guilty on 45 of 48 counts all related to instances of sexual abuse of ten young boyce. sandusky was immediately taken into custody handcuffed and taken away. joining me is one of h...

all straight ahead in the newsroom. u.s. military investigators believe the soldier charged with killing at least 16 afghan civilians in kandahar returned to his base between killings. army officials now believe staff sergeant robert bales killed people in one nearby village, came back to his post, left again and killed people in another village. nine children are among the victims. this timeline is reportedly based on interviews conducted at the scene. barbara starr is on the phon...

zimmerman. and new information coming out of afghanistan. we just learned what the u.s. is prepared to offer the victims of sergeant robert bales. and the future of your health care goes to the supreme court this week. in our main bar side bar story this week, well talk to a constitutional attorney about whats at stake. and one ceo goes above his corporate duties, way above. well talk with steve curtis about why hes risking his life to inspire others. from cnns world headquarte...

At some point, as jeffrey mentioned, its going to the supreme court. in the interim, i think its important for those who support the health reform efforts to continue to get the information out, to continue to urge consumers to use all of these great provisions, the lifetime caps, the -- making sure children are treated with pre-existing conditions, and to force republicans to come up with something other than repeal the existing law. >> john, i assume it confuses people if nothing else. if your...

Bill youre the congress go in and just repeal the pieces what you dont like. thats the problem they cant. the reason they cant they voted against it. if they go out we do like the 26-year-old, we do like the pre-existing, theres no lifetime limits they like something that they went to the floor last year that they said was terrible and the birth of -- so my point is you like it or your dont. >> the repeal effort is disingenuous. >> it wont pass the senate. theres a guy in the white house named b...