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Today the United States praised afghanistan for a successful president ial election. The white house called the vote an important milestone and commended the Afghan People. 7 million voters showed up, making turn out nearly 60 , almost double the last election. Violence didnt erupt as expected, scatter attacks killed 20. We have more on the first true attempt at democracy the queues started forming well before kabuls polling stations opened. Despite the taliban threats to tart the election, people wanted to vote. In afghanistans 5,000 year history this election marked the first democratic transfer of power. People here have been eager to seize the chance. We dont care about the taliban. For me, i dont have a threat from taliban or im not afraid of them. 12 million were eligible to vote. In parts of the country where the taliban held sway, polling stations were closed. This is where people queue up, dipping their finger in indelible ink. They pick up a ballot paper, go into the privacy
One nevada man signed up for health care on his states exchange. He paid his premium. But when he suffered a heart attack and underwent triple bypass surgery he was stuck with the bill. I will let larry here to tell his story just how much that bill was. Joining him, obek royce of the manhattan institute. Welcome to you both. Larry, this story is amazing. What kind of a bill did you get . Well i received several bills. The bill that everybody sees on television and the newspaper is 407,000 bill. That is the one that came from summerlin hospital, the hospital where i had my surgery. But i also had six or seven other, as you probably know, maybe you dont, but six or seven other doctors such as emergency room, anesthesiologists, xray folks, other gerri it all adds up. Yes, it does and it is not on that 407,000 bill. That is in addition to that. Gerri wow larry tell us about this story. You tried to sign up for obamacare right away. What happened . I started on october 1st. I was told on o
One nevada man signed up for health care on his states exchange. He paid his premium. But when he suffered a heart attack and underwent triple bypass surgery he was stuck with the bill. I will let larry here to tell his story just how much that bill was. Joining him, obek royce of the manhattan institute. Welcome to you both. Larry, this story is amazing. What kind of a bill did you get . Well i received several bills. The bill that everybody sees on television and the newspaper is 407,000 bill. That is the one that came from summerlin hospital, the hospital where i had my surgery. But i also had six or seven other, as you probably know, maybe you dont, but six or seven other doctors such as emergency room, anesthesiologists, xray folks, other gerri it all adds up. Yes, it does and it is not on that 407,000 bill. That is in addition to that. Gerri wow larry tell us about this story. You tried to sign up for obamacare right away. What happened . I started on october 1st. I was told on o
Affected. And in the search for the missing malaysian airliner. And commemorating the 20th anniversary of a genocide that killed up to 1 Million People. Well, afghans have been voting in large numbers in what will become the countrys first transition of power. And a vote has been carried out against the backdrop of tight security. Eight candidates are standing for the presidency, including abdullah abdullah, who ran in 2009 but lost in outgoing hamid karzai. Now lets go live to Bernard Smith who is in kabul. Turn out seems to have been high. There has been a turn of bad weather, but has the voting gone smoothly. To answer that question, yes. In fact, security told us that the number of attacks that there have been today are less than the daily o average. Security personnel have been stationed around the country to make sure that votes go smoothly. It will stay open another two hours if people are still queuing. That is showing a very high turn out. People want to vote fo vote fore firs