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And not knowledgeable about it and dont have alternatives. and we laid out a number of different things that we think will make a lot more sense to go step by step to fix the cost problem and also it is important to remember the american people do no want this bill. they have paid a lot of attention to this issue. they have focused on it like a laser for months. but surveys are -- >> if you took something like malpractice reform which you all had really wanted to put in there in a real form rath...

Just -- >> go ahead, i want to go on to another subject. now, malpractice, in the summit, republicans kept talking about malpractice reform, limiting doctors liability and in fact house leader, john boehner, your leader, said medical malpractice and defensive medicine are the single biggest driver of medical inflation, and that isnt true, is it? >> it is one of the biggest drivers, i think there are other contributing factors, which are not being addressed in this bill but it is a huge contribut...

And not knowledgeable about it and dont have alternatives. we laid out a number of different things that we think would make more sense to go step by step to fix the cost problem, and also its important to remember, the american people do not want this bill. they paid a lot of attention to the issue. they focused on it like a laser for months. >> if you took something like malpractice reform, which you all have really wanted to put in there in a real form rather than pilot programs here and ther...

The insurance market is reform. we had a chance on thursday to actually display some of our brightest, most knowledgeable republicans. i thought it was very good for us because it certainly refuted the notion that republicans are not interested in the subject and not knowledgeable about it and dont have alternatives. we laid out a number of different things that we think would make more sense to go step by step to fix the cost problem, and also its important to remember, the american people do n...

Jobs bill. it doesnt help anybody. it is just the most pathetic kind of window dressing. >> $5,000 credits to incentivize to hire. i doubt a credit does the job. that is neither here nor there, i guess. >> i think we are pursuing a half cup empty line of running here. im not great at math but $15 billion is smaller than $85 billion. what you are seeing is the president and democrats in congress taking what they could get. they took what they could get on this and got a lot of republicans to go a...

Just -- >> go ahead, i want to go on to another subject. now, malpractice, in the summit, republicans kept talking about malpractice reform, limiting doctors liability and in fact house leader, john boehner, your leader, said medical malpractice and defensive medicine are the single biggest driver of medical inflation, and that isnt true, is it? >> it is one of the biggest drivers, i think there are other contributing factors, which are not being addressed in this bill but it is a huge contribut...

>> this is an interesting guy. he is whip smart. i think he is really one of the rising stars in the republican party. the top republican on the house budget committee and the one guy who the president didnt want to mess with at the summit because i think he knows that paul ryan may know more about this stuff than he did and we went through do the premiums go up or down, what about malpractice reform. there are a lot of issues out there. does it bend the cost curve up or down. he makes pretty go...

Enough. you support it but you wish there was a public option. which isnt on the table, as you heard today. you heard david gergen talk about potentially a plan "b," a skinny plan as its being called. this had so much momentum last year, partly into the summer. what happened? >> i would like to see a public option. like many americans and many doctors id like to see the private insurance companies held accountable for some of their excessive behavior. i think that more competition in the marketp...

What happened? >> i would like to see a public option. like many americans and many doctors id like to see the private insurance companies held accountable for some of their excessive behavior. i think that more competition in the marketplace is a good thing. i would like to see the plan go forward on several fronts where it hasnt. i would like to see malpractice reform. doctors do undoubtedly practice because of fear of lawsuits. i would like to see universal health care coverage. the republica...

This had so much momentum last year, partly into the summer. what happened? >> i would like to see a public option. like many americans and many doctors id like to see the private insurance companies held accountable for some of their excessive behavior. i think that more competition in the marketplace is a good thing. i would like to see the plan go forward on several fronts where it hasnt. i would like to see malpractice reform. doctors do undoubtedly practice defensive medicine because the fe...