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Your first entries are in and theyre very good. kent jones went to the westminster dog show today. if youre keeping track that places kent in the working dog category. much more on that in a moment. first a few holy mackerel stories in todays news. anthem blue cross is putting that big california rate increase on hold. the insurance company wants to jack up premiums of course for 700,000 people by an average of 25%, in some cases by 39%. last week health and human services sacramento kathlee...

Alternating, potentially republic-saving rename the filibuster contest continues. your first entries are in and theyre very good. and kent jones went to the westminster dog show today. if youre keeping track at home, that places kent in the working dog category. much more on that in a moment. first, a few holy mackerel stories in todays news. anthem blue cross is putting that big california rate increase on hold. the insurance company wants to jack up rates by an average of 39%. last week, kat...

Have the intestinal fortitude to move forward on this and get it done. tell us what you think. telephone survey tonight, the number 1-877-ed-msnbc. my question tonight is, do you think republicans have the guts to debate health care with president obama on national television? press "1" for yes, and press "2" for no and ill bring you the results later on in the show. and it is about guts. do you have the guts to put on the line what you need to put on the line for the american people? i see this...

Meantime, the secretary followed up on something the president mentioned in last nights interview, that anthem blue cross of california is raising premiums by 39%. in a letter to that company sebelius wanted to houn it could justify a rate increase 15 times that of inflation especially when its parent company well point reported earnings of $2.7 billion in the last quarter of 2009. lets bring in "the washington post" staff reporter ezra klein who has been covering health care reform since the be...

Health insurance can get it? >> after the summit on the 25th the president intended to expedite the legislative process according to the secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius. the secretary followed up on something the president mentioned in last nights interview, that anthem blue cross of california is raising premiums by 39%. in a letter to that company sebelius wanted to know if it could justify a rate increase 15 times that of inflation especially when its parent company w...

The secretary followed up on something the president mentioned in last nights interview, that and them blue cross of california is raising premiums by 39%. in a letter to that company sebelius wanted to houn it could justify a rate increase 15 times that of inflation especially when its parent company well point reported earnings of $2.7 billion in the last quarter of 2009. lets bring in "the washington post" staff reporter ezra klein who has been covering health care reform since the beginning ...

State departments canceling the policies of 125,000 homeowners in florida. the company started sending out cancellation notices this week. the cancellations will be effective august 1st. thats halfway through the 2010 hurricane season. state farm says its the direct result of its failure to win a 47% rate increase from state regulators. state farm is floridas largest home insurer. and a school of sharks were seen swimming off the coast of palm beach, florida, just this morning. and it is just ...

Targets for its new mass market sedan the model three he also said. the company would open its first gigafactory outside the us in shanghai. in india the central bank on wednesday raised its key interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to six point two five inflation rose following an increase in global oil prices it is the first interest hike in four years and it comes after the weak rupee threatened growth which the r.b.i. estimates to hit seven point four percent the rate increase is...

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Deductions mr. chairman? a lot of rich people are seeing their taxes go higher. you know that because of the elimination of the deductions. >> yeah, but i think maria when you look carefully at the top number, you forget. i mean most people forget as well that the current tax code actually has about a 2% rate increase on middle, higher income and higher upper middle class families whats called pep so thats gone as well, so we did a lot in there, tax relief at every rate level so i think at the e...