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Army 1946. he has been volunteer for various causes throughout western massachusetts. what an honor. fantastic. bill: we salute him. so often they dont even talk about their experiences. even at that age. thank you, sir, for your service. obamacare it is here to stay. what do you need to know about how health care will change for you? dr. mark siegel, fox news medical a-teamer, associate professor of medicine at nyu langone medical center. good morning to you, doc. we have a pros and cons here...

Was pick out just one component of the bill and a very easily understood one, which is lifetime limits of payouts of basically help from an insurance policy and how easily those lifetime limits can be hit. in this case, imagine you have a baby with congenital heart disease who needs three different open heart surgery operations over a period of years. youre going to hit the lifetime limit, the actual lifetime limit on that childs health insurance by the time shes six or seven years old. do you h...

Reform could affect american workers. national business group on health says that healthcare costs for large employers are expected to spike 7% next year. that means some companies could be forced to pass those increases onto workers through higher premiums and other costs. dr. marc siegl, a fox news medical a-teamer, good morning to you. >> hi, bill. bill: this is a big deal right now. this group out of washington d.c. concludes what right now based on healthcare? >> the national business healt...

Health bill that there are are benefits that people are starting to see in their every day life. when the kids graduate from college and before they get a job they still have health insurance. people on medicare who fell no the doughnut hole and had $600 of bills to pay on prescription drugs are covered. families with children with preexisting conditions dont have to worry about whether they will qualify or hit lifetime limits. >> chris: you say the debate should stop. you know it is not going t...

Because of a pre-existing condition. if youre a woman, no longer will you have to pay more. no longer will being a woman be a pre-existing medical condition. you pay less for your prescription drugs. and nothing for a preventive wellness checkup. and for everybody, no more lifetime limits on the coverage you receive. this and for other reasons, if you are a young person, you can be on your parents policy if you both agree to that. and so for the american people, yes, the fight is over. others wi...

Is not yet sold? >> well, with $200 million of negative publicity both from the health insurance industry and anti-public -- what would you call it -- anti-government idealogues who dont think there should be any public role yet support medicare. there are some contradictions here. but the fact is, yes, more needs to be done, but the most eloquent statement of all will be from the experience the people have, if they have a pre-existing condition in their family, if they have been subjected to li...

Negative publicity both from the health insurance industry and anti-public -- what would you call it -- anti-government idealogues who dont think there should be any public role yet support medicare. there are some contradictions here. but the fact is, yes, more needs to be done, but the most eloquent statement of all will be from the experience the people have, if they have a pre-existing condition in their family, if they have been subjected to lifetime limits, when they get their check in aug...

Health bill that there are are benefits that people are starting to see in their every day life. when the kids graduate from college and before they get a job they still have health insurance. people on medicare who fell no the doughnut hole and had $600 of bills to pay on prescription drugs are covered. families with children with preexisting conditions dont have to worry about whether they will qualify or hit lifetime limits. >> chris: you say the debate should stop. you know it is not going t...

Was the implementation to date of the health bill there are benefits and people are seeing in their everyday life, when their kids graduate from college and before they get a job they still have health insurance and if people are on medicare and fell into the doughnut hole and have $600 of bills to pay on prescription drugs they are covered and families with children with preexisting conditions dont have to worry about whether theyll qualify or hit lifetime limits. what we need to do is get on w...

Conditions cannot be denied health care coverage. there are no restrictions on annual dollar limits for benefits, no lifetime limits. these are things that are, maybe they dont sound sexy in a two-second bite but they are not hard to sell once you actually explain it to someone. >> i dont think theres any doubt the outcomes are, i mean, the proposed outcomes are attractive to a lot of people. the question is what are the mechanisms and they are confusing and difficult in a country this large to ...