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And wealthy americans. >> one of the things sean spicer kept saying today, republicans keep saying, is people who have coverage now under the affordable care act dont really have anything. doug, the way sean spicer kept saying it today, they may have a card but they cant go -- the doctors wont accept them, the doctors wont accept medicaid patients. what is the truth about the interaction with the health care system that beneficiaries of the affordable care act experience when they try to get ser...

They oppose. more than 100,000 people selected health care plans, signed up for the affordable health care act just wednesday, the day after the election. i want you to listen to speaker paul ryan, who didnt want to say donald trumps name to being absolutely giddy because he has a whole list of things he wants to do, lets talk about paul ryan talk about health care. >> what people dont realize is that because of obama care medicare is going broke. because of obama care, medicaid is in fiscal str...

Plan. >> she has a plan come ought this afternoon. and among the plans, she says look, the united states government through medicare is one of the biggest consumers of the precipitation drugs. why cant the u.s. government have more power in negotiating down drug prices? because as you know sanjay, especially talking with seniors. their biggest concerns are rising costs. out of pocket costs for precipitation medication. >> yeah. this is really interesting. and obviously theres a story here around...

Polls much better for democrats? >> i think right now we are seeing the economic times without a doubt, the talks of fiscal cliffs, problems that our global economy is in. everyone is very on edge. and the fact is, that everyone knows medicare cannot continue the way its going. we cannot continue that spending. we simply cannot afford it. i think a very honest straight forward conversation about it is something that the republicans can potentially win on because people need to hear real answers ...

They have been on the offense and they have a lot of material to work with and that we havent seen about the ryan plan yet. forget about the cuts in medicare. if just look at the voucher plan, medicare cannot survive as a voucher plan because the economics dont work when you take the healthy people out of this system. if you look at what ryan has done in terms of his proposal to balance the budget, 30 years from now, almost entirely on the backs of poor people fushgs l,ue last ten years, theres ...

Medicare overhaul. how big a problem to do you think for the gop? >> i think it is a problem in explaining it. there is two pieces to this. whether you move to a premium support plan which you might shortcut and call a voucher plan. but and you do that but the other question is do you put more of the cost burden on seniors by doing that. and i will michele bachmanns response was telling when she was willing to back away on the question of, you know, if it is going to be more of a cost burden on ...

The american people. medicare cannot continue the way it is if were going to survive. medicaid cannot continue the way it is if were going to survive. to put those off limits is erroneous, wrong and hurtful. >> heres the difficulty, and you both know it, senator conrad, is that the american people want more government than theyre willing to pay for. look at this poll, "washington post"/abc news from this month, about the popularity of taking certain steps that you just outlined, senator coburn -...

Can solve our problems without addressing our entitlements, it hurts the country. it doesnt help the country. it hurts the country. so, we ought to be honest with the american people. medicare cannot continue the way it is if were going to survive. medicaid cannot continue the way it is if were going to survive. to put those off limits is erroneous, wrong and hurtful. >> heres the difficulty, and you both know it, senator conrad, is that the american people want more government than theyre willi...

Game both parties play. >> and cuts $500 billion for medicare. >> hands off our medicare. >> reporter: this time its the democrats turn to blast republicans over medicare cuts. a web ad running against more than two dozen republicans warns votes to, quote, end medicare, will force seniors to find new lines of work. >> you missed a spot. >> reporter: one older gentleman -- >> did someone call the fire department? >> reporter: -- is being shown forced into a more creative profession. so-called med...

States is nato. thats the reality. but, candy, the worst -- one of the very bad results here could be a stalemate. a stalemate between both sides thats divided someplace in the middle of libya, and then you would open the door to al qaeda to come in and hijack this very legitimate government and people that are seeking freedom. >> to lean on this issue and to create a false predicate that says we can solve our problems without addressing our entitlements. it hurts the country. it doesnt help the...