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Book, suggests, into tribal jump. if hes for it, were against it. this is a plan and the hallmark of it is a set of principles that chuck grassley and orrin hatch, among others, embraced in 1994, all the way up until 2009, when they all of a sudden became socialism. and, of course, this great concern can about the 3 to 6 million people who have lost their plans and may or may not have to pay more doesnt have any level of concern for the 40 million who dont have insurance, or the people in the va...

Conservative intellectuals like ramesh putting a plan out that would put a heavy tax on gold-plated health insurance plans. we saw the blowback against that before. and in effect, start to wean people off their employer provided insurance. if you think theres an uproar when you have six or eight or ten million people who are suddenly thrown into turmoil because of the individual health insurance market, wait until you get 150 million people telling them their lives will be turned upside down. >>...

Around in there. we took a walk back a while ago. there is all kinds of hazards as you might imagine. and the area is still very unstable. the authorities were trying to put together a plan to try and escort people back into these communities. at this point, its unclear when thats going to gather some momentum. there are a lot of people who want to get back, but its a difficult thing. at this point, in this community alone, some oh 15,000 people, there are about 500 homes destroyed, and there ar...

Are? >> there is certainly some glee here, yes. >> yeah. professor, paul ryan may have his eyes on the next presidential contest. but he spoke a little bit about the last one this weekend, as well. take a listen to what he said. >> as i look back at the campaign, i think one of the problems that mitt and i had, we were arguing against big government, in theory. heres the difference now. weve got big government in practice. >> professor peterson, your reaction to i told you so from paul ryan. >> ...

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Fracas. >> is it a time of opportunity or just depressing? >> it was depressing. >> are you feeling depressed? run down? are you the president of the united states? >> for a long time, it was depressing. >> ask your doctor for paxil. second-term strength. >> it was just -- >> the only antidepressant strong enough for an embattled second term. >> it was just painful to watch. >> through the nose. >> the health insurance system is very, very difficult. >> the upton plan would allow people to keep ...

Consumer protections of the bill. you have legislation out of senator landrieus office -- unlike president obama and upton, that would actually solve the problem of people losing their plans. the downside from that, aside from being a pretty grifs mandate, youre now keeping millions of people, a lot of whom are healthier and in better shape from going into the affordable care acts marketplaces and, by nature, that means you have higher premiums. and i think what you see there -- this is an impor...

Really well. which people didnt notice. because they werent controversial. so making sure kids could stay on their parents plans until they were -- up through the age of 25 and making sure that seniors got more discounts on their prescription drugs. >> in addition, you cant cancel people for pre-existing conditions, no annual or lifetime limits, new preventive services at no cost. do you not support these things? because the upton plan would mean that those dont have to be offered. >> well, the ...

The next 24 hours or so? >> yeah. well, first of all, i think theyre much more attuned to sort of what the voters, not steeped in the legislative language either are, theyre much more tuned into that and hearing what voters say are confusion, chaos, stories about cancellation. building panic amongst their constituents and overwhelming desire of democrats is to be seen going on the record and doing something about this. theres talk about whether that means putting exactly what the president talke...

>> this fix wont solve every problem for every person. but its going to help a lot of people. doing more will require work with congress. and ive said from the beginning im willing to work with democrats and republicans to fix problems as they arise. this is an example of what i was talking about. we can always make this law work better. >> and, ezra, of course, as you know, congress is stepping forward with a variety of plans. run through them for us, if you can. the upton plan, republican plan...