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People through private insurance than they did the year before. its as if someone has pushed the reset button on the politics of health reform. once again, the country finds itself in a forced confrontation with the reason that health reform is so needed and again like were back to i guess last summer again, the right has responded to the threat that health reform poses to the status quo by propounding the theory that health reform is really a secret plot to kill people. in this case they say it...

Covering 2.7 million fewer people through private insurance than they did the year before. its as if someone has pushed the reset button on the politics of health reform. once again, the country finds itself in a forced confrontation with the reason health reform is so needed and again like were back to i guess last summer again, the right has responded to the threat that health reform poses to the status quo by propounding the theory that health reform is really a secret plot to kill people n t...

President tomorrow is indicate that things are so bad around this health care bill that it is futile for them to try and continue to push something on the american people that frankly wont result in better health care. and republicans are going to go to that meeting tomorrow because we care about peoples health care. we just dont care for this bill and neither to the american people. >> but in the spirit of compromise, do you think it sets up a situation where you might have a break through if t...

Massachusetts was i think something that hit the news. >> reporter: but after the reset button was pressed with russia, relations did improve. moscows helping the u.s. to pressure iran. and its close to a new arms control agreement with washington. but in beijing, cyberattacks against u.s. companies like google, disputes over arms sales to taiwan and a controversial visit to the white house this week by the dalai lama, have relations with china at a boil. surprisingly, the administration does cl...

Line. >> i personally believe that the president is extremely committed to it but we also know that america is dealing with many other issues, internally, health plan, other issues. massachusetts, i think, was something that hit the news. >> reporter: but after the reset button was pressed with russia, relations did improve. moscow is helping the u.s. to pressure iran and its close to a new arms agreement with washington. but in beijing, cyber attacks against u.s. companies like google, disputes...

Out today from health care america now, we have just learned that the five largest for profit insurers made a combined $12.2 billion last year. for those of you keeping track at home, that is a 56% increase from 2008. a new profit record. set of course in the middle of the worst economic decline since the great depression. they accomplished this record feat at least in part by covering 2.7 million fewer people through private insurance than before. its as if someone has pushed the reset button o...

Prepare to return to that quaint time, because thanks to a report out today from the advocacy group health care for america now, we have just learned that the five largest for-profit insurers in this country made a combined $12.2 billion last year. for those of you keeping track at home that is a 56% increase from 2008, a new profit record set of course in the middle of the worst economic decline since the worst depression. they accomplished this record feat at least in part by covering 2.7 mill...

Bipartisan meeting on health care which expected to be televised. got a luke-warm reception from republican. eric cantors office said "after going it alone on health care reform for nearly a year, president obama decided he wants to bring republicans into the conversation. unless the presidents speaker pelosi are willing to hit the reset button theres not much to talk about." john, im most interested in what you think the republicans would do in such a televised setting. >> thats a great questio...

Eric cantors office said "after going it alone on health care reform for nearly a year, president obama decided he wants to bring republicans into the conversation. unless the presidents speaker pelosi are willing to hit the reset button theres not much to talk about." john, im most interested in what you think the republicans would do in such a televised setting. >> thats a great question, chris. i look at this as, i remember at the beginning of the election last year, the president, all the de...

Senator there, but he has some star appeal that people are going to want to have rub off on them. jon: when he campaigned, as you said, as the 41st vote against health care, it would seem he would be an unlikely ally for the obama administration in any kind of big health care reform. i mean, they might nibble at it at the sides, i suppose, huh? >> i think youre right. the only people who arent admitting that the presidents overall health care bill is dead are people in the administration themsel...