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More persuasive political -- you see where we will cut x amount of spending, and thats interpreted as you are attacking people that want medical care, rather than lets saying lets raise medical cares about medical physicians, and rules and other protections. regardless of what you say about overall spending levels, the question is is the structure working. when people say were going to make cuts, we say, where is the wedge. and sometimes its ex -- >> there is a distinction you bring up between t...

youre looking at live picture from the united nations. where all eyes right now are on this years general assembly. president obama and the first lady, michele bachmann, expected to arrive in new york only minutes from now. at issue for the united states and much of the world this week, a showdown over the middle east. the palestinian authority president vowing to submit a formal application for statehood to the united nations security council. it could have serious implications for th...

opportunity to do something big. we have a chance to stabilize americas finances for a decade, for 15 years or 20 years. if were willing to seize the moment. what that would require would be some shared sacrifice and a balanced approach that says were going to make significant cuts in domestic spending. and i have already said im willing to take down domestic spending to the lowest percentage of our overall economy since dwight eisenhower. it also requires cuts in defense spending. and...

Here are projections. it grows and we think its a reasonable rate. if it fails we will have a recknism in place to constrain costs on the provider side. >> the administration does that by a board. independent payment advisory board, right? >> that is one of the aspect of the affordable care act. >> as opposed to the republicans plan that is strictly market driven to drive down and make sure its efficient, you had this board. critics would say that its trusting a bureaucracy, of unelected an unac...

Autonomy, the -- more doctors will be looking at a computer screen telling them what the protocol for a certain treatment is. the system will be squeezed, but it is so bloated. 60% more allows for a lot of pressure that doesnt necessarily touch patients until you get well below -- until youre getting down to levels constituents seem to spend. >> we disagree how easy it is to cut medicare. i sat in a room in 1983 with finance committee staff and we pulled out $200 billion in medicare cuts. that i...