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It. it remains a single payer system. if youre over 65, the government pays for your health insurance. but he makes some cuts to it. those cuts are focused on some of these payments that go to private insurers and in coming years, they include changes to that medicare tried to do a little bit less of paying for quantity of health care and more of paying for quality of health care. there are health experts to which the plan did more. there are those who see it as on the way to death panels. thats...

>> steve and gretchen, get some rest. ill take it from here. heres the question, if president obama -- if people look past what happened to the stimulus package and what could happen with the health care deal, what would his second term look like should he get another four years? do you have a sense of that? >> im glad this is a morning show. if it were late night show, my answer would give everybody nightmares. first on health care, hell move to a single payer system, i think the supreme court ...

more than a decade. the economy has added jobs. thats the most important thing, for 17 straight months. more than two million jobs in the last year alone. so there are real signs the economy is improving, but gas prices have been soaring. the cost of living rising. the most in more than ten months. some americans may be feeling left out of this economy. diane swonk, diane, as gas prices have increased, the presidents approval rating has decreased. im not one to make direct correlations...

Responding to the mitt romney accusations and the money that had been spent against newt gingrich. but look, newt gingrich is a conservative. nobody else get credit with the contract with america. welfare reform, $400 billion worth of dead, taxes cut. thats the legislative record. i would ask people to compare legislative records. >> i want to talk about the 2006 memo in which he looks to be praising the plan, saying, we agree entirely with gompor romney, that our goal should be 100 insurance of...

Chris ann writes it means the whole system has to change. not just some parts of the system. this is a process and is a good sign that we will eventually have the kind of health care in the country that we need. sherri writes it would mean more than half the states are idiotic. i know the law is not perfect, but its better than the status quo. i have a preexisting condition, and without this law i would be unable to get insurance should i lose my job. another writes if our leaders were wise enou...

African americans in the community. >> wow. the sign couldnt have anything to do, nothing whatsoever with the government taking the first step towards a single payer system that canadians will leap all over the globe because theyll no longer be able to flee to america for decent health care. no. no. the doctor. this guy has got to be a racist. i bet he wears a white coat. a. www. elementary my dear grace on. elementary, of course. nobody is bothering to take a look at the facts in this case. kes...

Stronger position that many argue. this is not a single payer or a government takeover. >> neil: you dont think it will get to that point, chris? >> ideologically and politically, this country is as far away from supporting single payer as you can get. >> neil: that is not the point. if we move for employer balking at the higher rate or the 40% cadillac tax he might say ill drop my plan and go to the government. the government wins after all. ill pay the penalty. i still come out cheaper. >> i d...

You havent really offered real choice to many people who simply even on an exchange will not be able to afford the health care coverage that theyre going to be mandated to purchase? >> remember, i was well to the left of that. i want a single payer system but we didnt get it. the exchanges will enforce a strong measure of good behavior by the insurance companies. theyre going to ensure that there is honest choice and there will be a measure of fair competition and that the individual may keep th...

Americans that dont have health insurance, that those physicians are caring for right now, this bill will help those physicians care for them. in addition, this bill gets rid of the $68,000 that a physician spends each year on administrative processes. this bill eliminates that. what the bill does actually tries to strengthen the private insurance market. now that has upset some of our members that believe they want to have a single governmental payer system. thats the solution to healthcare. ou...

Crook, it will happen in days. the clips i played of obama earlier you heard him admit transitioning to the single payer system is going to be costly. hes right. it will turn this country upside down. please, dont even bother trying to correct that there is no single-payer in this policy. mark my words, by 2014, there will be one single payer system in this country. we already know this man has energy policies that he says will necessarily make energy prices skyrocket. let me ask you why would a...