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But what we are saying we should have some basic protections from insurance company abuses, and that in order for us to do that, we are going to have to make some changes in the status quo. that weve been debating for a year. . >> now lets bring in fox news watcher chris hayes, editor of the nation magazine. chris, why did the president go on fox? >> its a really good question. i think that he -- he must think that, you know, fox has a lot of viewers and that some percentage of those viewers are...

Dropout of the bill? >> would like to have seen the senate move faster and more effectively to get a bill passed. we have done the best we can and its a very strong bill that will cover 30 million americans and regulate the insurance industry and be a first step towards the next level of reform. we are accomplishing quite a bit this week. its a historic week. >> marcos and roger, i want to thank you both for coming here and joining this question because i think it is a difficult strategic questi...

Premiums are going up 25, 40, 60%. i want to do something about it. >> fox turned to its e-mail pile for questions, which not surprisingly quoted fox talking points word for word. but the president, it turns out, gets a lot more e-mail than fox does. >> we asked our viewers to e-mail in suggested questions. more than 18,000 people took time to e-mail us question. >> right. >> and these are regular people from all over the country. >> right. >> lee johnson from spring valley, california. if the b...

Matter what we drop out of the bill as we go along? >> listen, i would have liked to have seen the senate move faster and more effectively to get a bill passed. but weve done the best we can, and its a very strong bill that will cover 30 million americans will, regulate the insurance industry, and will be a first step towards the next level of reform. so were accomplishing quite a bit this year -- this week. its a historic week. >> markos of the daily kos and roger hickey, i want to thank you bo...

Company abuses and that in order for us to do that we are going to have to make some changes in the status quo that weve been debating for a year. >> now lets bring in fox news watcher chris hayes washington editor of the "nation" magazine. chris, why did the president go on fox? >> that is a really good question. i think he must think fox has a lot of viewers and that some percentage of those viewers are persuadable still at this late stage. there are people watching those programs that vice pr...

Have seen the senate move faster and more effectively to get a bill passed. but weve done the best we can, and its a very strong bill that will cover 30 million americans will regulate the insurance industry, and will be a first step towards the next level of reform. so were accomplishing quite a bit this year -- this week. its a historic week. markos moulitsas of the daily kos and roger hickey of the campaign for americas fuf, i want to thank you both for coming here and joining this question...

That talk about why havent we done something to make sure that i, a small business person, am getting as good as a deal as members of congress are getting and dont have my insurance rates jackeded up 40%? why is it that i, a mother with a child with a preexisting condition still cant get insurance? so the question that im concerned about is whether or not were fixing a broken system. >> as a side note, if it seems as though fox anchor bret baier interrupted the president a lot, thats because he ...

We are going to have to make changes in the status quo that we have been debating for a year. >> lits bring in chris hayes from the nation magazine. why did the president go on fox? >> thats a good question. i think he must think that fox has a lot of viewers and that some percentage of those viewers are persuadable still at this late stage. there people who are watching the programs that havent made up their mind or he can cut throughout misinformation that has been so prominent on fox itself t...

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