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And under the commerce clause, you can regulate economic activity. vaccinations is not an economic activity. the states can and will control any nationwide epidemic. but this is even easier because the analogy is, can you force someone to buy a vax eep for somebody else. i am not the problem or creating the problem, but i am the solution that the government has used. thats the key thing to understand. the reason they are compelling the uninsured to buy the insurance was to lower health insurance...

those who know me know im not a forgiven person and john fugelsang is with us, political comedian and will cain, columnist at theblaze.com. our starting point this morning is new information to tell you about that puts a new twist on the trayvon martin case. abc news is reporting the lead homicide detective investigating the shooting wanted to file manslaughter charges against george zimmerman from day one but sources tell abc news the states attorneys office says there was not enough ...

Businesses, and others to actually go out there and try to get more people enrolled and to make them do it voluntarily. and its interesting here. in this context, insurance companies want more and more people to be enrolled. partially because it adds to their business but it adds to the risk pool. >> in is the great irony to me. all of this, this very complicated bill, which we ought to point out 2/3 of the country still is not in favor of, unlike any other piece of social legislation. is also b...

Of it. what about the 25 million people that are locked out without the benefits of the health care reform bill. >> im not sure which women you are talking about. >> you know this, stephanie. you know the bill does not come close to universal coverage. we learn -- >> most of the people we are talking about -- we dont have to get in to a debate on health care reform. its the law now. northwest of the people you are talking about will have the option to buy affordable health care through these exc...

Pocket costs. nobody should be locked out of this important care because of costs. >> well, people are locked out of it. what about the 25 million people that are locked out without the benefits of the health care reform bill. >> im not sure which women you are talking about. >> you know this, stephanie. you know the bill does not come close to universal coverage. we learn -- >> most of the people we are talking about -- we dont have to get in to a debate on health care reform. its the law now. ...

Tonight by santorum vis-a-vis romney. im not sure it fundamentally de-fangs the argument for the general election. in the general, the issue seems to be that it is president obama who initiated this rather than the policies themselves. theres such confusion about what the individual mandate is. it is not a top-down government-provided policy. it certainly does not end up covering 100% of people. so many of the things theyre saying are things that progressives had hoped for. for example, a single...

>> maybe. you know, obviously there were a lot of points being scored tonight by santorum vis-a-vis romney. im not sure it fundamentally de-fangs the argument for the general election. in the general, the issue seems to be that it is president obama who initiated this rather than the policies themselves. theres such confusion about what the individual mandate is. it is not a top-down government-provided policy. it certainly does not end up covering 100% of people. so many of the things theyre sa...

>> actually thats not true. the costs are a battle line with what the estimates have been, there is a separate issue, which is an issue all over the country, even in the states that havent tried to deliver universal care. we have got some great strategies there, so just as i think we have been the model for university health care nationally, i think here in massachusetts, well be able to crack the code on cost control. >> but wasnt one of the points of doing this the idea that if you insured eve...

>> well, the overall on the one year anniversary of the bill, overall numbers are very good. millions of seniors are getting help with their prescription drug coverage. millions of family members of younger americans are getting care, people getting preventive service that didnt get them before. high risk pool is more complicated because people have to wait six months after losing their job or start looking for work to get in high risk pools and as you pointed out, they are expensive. i think fr...

The administration anticipated using the high risk pool, 97% who could use it say no thanks. >> well, the overall on the one year anniversary of the bill, overall numbers are very good. millions of seniors are getting help with their prescription drug coverage. millions of family members of younger americans are getting care, people getting preventive service that didnt get them before. high risk pool is more complicated because people have to wait six months after losing their job or start look...