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Pie to the insurance companies. instead of people paying into medicare, which goes to the government, theyre going to be giving money, a portion of their money to the insurance company. this is great for them. >> if youre a private insurance company, you would really like to move to a premium support system. what obama does, he takes money away from this medicare advantage program. these are these private insurers brought into the system to offer cheaper options. theyre ratcheting that 20% back....

>> its a little more complicated, though. lets bear in mind that you had the ryan rivlin program, alice rivlin was bill clintons omb director, they came together on the medicare program. on the premium support proposal of paul ryan hes got an interesting ally in ron widen. well see how much pressure is put on ron widen this way. but what ryan says, and i think again the case can be made, that if you want to save medicare you have to do something. lets be clear, no changes for anybody over 55. pe...

Build -- >> bill bennett, let me get you in here. >> its a little more complicated, though. lets bear in mind that you had the ryan rivlin program, bill clintons omb director, they came together on the medicare program. on the premium support proposal of paul ryan hes got an interesting ally in ron widen. well see how much pressure is put on ron widen this way. what ryan says, if you want to save medicare you have to do something. lets be clear, no changes for anybody over 55. people under 55 ca...

The ryan rivlin program, bill clintons omb director, they came together on the medicare program. on the premium support proposal of paul ryan hes got an interesting ally in ron widen. well see how much pressure is put on ron widen this way. what ryan says, if you want to save medicare you have to do something. lets be clear, no changes for anybody over 55. people under 55 can stay with traditional medicare, or they can go to the premium support system. the argument needs to be made. but hes not ...

>> yes, eight times. jon: 18 years old you were in a horrific car accident. tell us about the injuries first of all? >> catastrophic. shattered ribs, shattered pelvis, colaps lungs. lost 60% of my blood and medevaced into local shock trauma unit in induced coma, medically induced coma. woke up about month and a half. >> two months into the ordeal. jon: you basically wanted to die? >> i had given up. my parents and support system my medical team believing in me i had to keep going for them. jon: ...

Theres no ifs, ands or buts. but if i use this program to my advantage and i get some good foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch ahold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they get out, theyre still going to have to have a strong support system when they get out, or theyll relapse. they do need to have a family support system or some type of support system to hold them accountable when they ge...

But if i use this program to my advantage and i get some good foundation and i meet some decent people, sooner or later, something will catch ahold. i believe that, anyhow. >> we can give them the tools here to deal with their addiction, but when they get out, theyre still going to have to have a strong support system when they get out, or theyll relapse. they do need to have a family support system or some type of support system to hold them accountable when they get out. >> with ten months lef...

Conjugal visits, and, man, if we could get there, you know? yeah. but well take what we can get. and this is all we can get. >> it has been three days since we met stacey truvillion. today hes going home. >> like i say, im optimistic. i got a good support system. so i dont anticipate ever coming back. im a changed person and i did learn from this experience. >> i need you to state your full name and number. >> stacey truvillion, 0031821. >> good luck! >> all right. thank you. >> good luck, stace...

Doctors said amputating her hands and feet was the only option. >> shes a fighter. >> reporter: her friend says she has a huge support system watching over her and praying for her every day. she says the surgery may have changed her physically but nothing will change the person they all love. >> people want to draw close to her. and i know that that will not be touched by the loss of her limbs. >> oh, that poor lady, cancer three times, then that infection, lose her -- unbelievable. unbelievable...

gains. they claim this video shows a police station they took over. cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of this video, however. opening statements got under way today in the drew peterson trial. now, he is the former chicago area police officer accused of murdering his third wife, she was found dead in the bathtub in 2004. her death was treated as an accident. but peterson came under scrutiny when his fourth wife stacy disappeared. the trial is expected to last about a m...