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Guy who flew to belgium, there and back to get a full hip replacement. the whole thing, $13,666 which is nothing compared to the nearly $80,000 the procedure would have cost him out of pocket in the u.s. that is for an art official hift costs $350 to make. the cost of childbirth in the united states is more than twice as much as other developed nations. because in the u.s. all the charges for childbirth are broken out meaning more bills and high r costs and who knows, maybe you'll get a bag of saline, too. keep all of this in mind when people talk about obama care implementation and scream abo...

This report is just latest in a series to "the new york times" about the everyday mundane outrage in the pricing of medical procedures here in the united states of america. a previous report featured this guy who flew to belgium, there and back to get a full hip replacement. the whole thing, $13,666 which is nothing compared to the nearly $80,000 the procedure would have cost him out of pocket in the u.s. that is for an artificial hip that costs about $350 to make. there's the fact that the cost of childbirth in the united states is more than twice as much as other developed nations. because i...

Otherwise you wait. you pass it under normal rules, under a majority, you have to wait. if you want it to go into effect immediately, you need a two-thirds vote. that's what they decided back in the 1960s. that's what the state constitution says. half a century later, january 2011, a new and hardcore conservative republican majority took over the state government in michigan. republicans controlled both chambers of the legislature and they have the governorship. they have been passing bills at quite a clip. the democrats in michigan say since republicans took over the michigan house, they've p...

Law go into effect right away, immediately. otherwise you wait. you pass it under normal rules, under a majority, you have to wait. if you want it to go into effect immediately, you need a two-thirds vote. that's what they decided back in the 1960s. that's what the state constitution says. half a century later, january 2011, a new and hardcore conservative republican majority took over the state government in michigan. republicans controlled both chambers of the legislature and they have the governorship. they have been passing bills at quite a clip. the democrats in michigan say since republi...

Then? because house speaker john boehner has said we have to forge ahead with our commitment. president obama has that veto threat in case any of this is reversed. what did you pull out of your pocket there? >> a card, i just happened to have a card. you said the best card. when i went to congress about 19 years ago we had 172 army battalions, maneuver battalions. if this supercommittee because of the failure and the sequestration kicks in that would be cut to between 60 and 70. we had 546 navy ships. it would go down to 238, the smallest navy since before world war i. united states air force ...