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That. but they have to both cut costs and improve quality. a and and so the system is structured so that everybody is able to cut costs and improve quality. >> and one thing that happened when we had hmos enter that, there was the big cost with that, and the civil war with that, and doctors hated the hmos and put all the blame for what was happening on the hmos, are we going to see a concerted effort by the doctors to take everything that they don't like about the obama care, and say it is their fault? >> doctors and hospitals know this has been going on for years. and both doctors and insurer...

And improve quality. and so the system is structured so that everybody is able to cut costs and improve quality. >> and one thing that happened when we had hmos enter that, there was the big cost with that, and the civil war with that, and doctors hated the hmos and put all the blame for what was happening on the hmos, are we going to see a concerted effort by the doctors to take everything that they don't like about the obama care, and say it is their fault? >> doctors and hospitals know this has been going on for years. and both doctors and insurers, rather, and both insurers on one side and...

On the other, they're both big boys. they both are sophisticated parties who have bargaining powers. and that is exactly the type of situation where the government should not get involved. they can protect themselves, what the government should be doing is focusing on the consumer. and as long as there are adequate networks in place, it is not the government's business as to whether one doctor is in a certain network or what one insurance company is paying doctors. >> i want to play you a little bit of sound from ezekiel manuel on this issue of whether or not you can keep your doctor, take a l...

A joke and they're doing it just for the media? >> well, here is the thing, as you say, ron fournier is a serious dude and he's very well-respected in this town and he's very good at what he does and his point here is, whether it's cynical and insincere or whether it's an earnest move to the middle, it has the same net effect on the president, the rest of the president's strategy. he was going to delegitimize the republicans. he was going to cast them out like he has tried to do with certain media outlets for the years, but he was going to beg the republican's illegitimate bargaining powers an...

a new breakthrough can reveal the entire genetic blueprint of a baby still in its mother's womb, detecting thousands of diseases, but at what cost? i'm wolf blitzer in chicago. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling -- that's a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bu...