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First is the fundamental cost increase. even the administration has said there's going to be an increase in cost, three times inflation this year and going forward with this legislation. second, i think it's the individual mandate. as you know there's a mandate on individuals but also employers. the national federation of independent businesses says that will result in over 1.5 million jobs being lost. but that's related to cost, mandating cost. third is the confusion about the regulations. there are over 2000 pages of regulations being worked through right now, and as you talk to employers, p...

Restricted. megyn: what you get reimbursed for. >> the most important bottom line is how difficult it is for me to practice. if i have more and more regulations coming in and insurance companies are restricting services and not giving my patients what they are used to. yet i have more technology to deal with and less time to see the patients, it gets harder to practice. it isn't what i'm paid per patient. it's the difficulty factor. >> what you said is why we need this bill in terms of look at what's going on with insurance companies that don't yet have to accommodate or tell why they are rais...

Year and 9% next year. that's an indictment of the reform. >> what explains that increase? why? >> if you look underneath you have got the underlying cost of healthcare. they have some cover it. they also have changes in benefits which they are forced by law to cover. preexisting conditions for children. get rid of lifetime caps on spending. annual caps on spending. all this makes insurance more expensive and they are going to pick up some of those costs. a majority of companies are pleased to -- the cost increase and they are also making retiree coverage. 60% of the companies report they stud...

>> great to be here. thanks for having me on. >> it is an important weekend for you guys, all across the gulf coast. how did it turn out? >> you know, it could have been better, that's for sure. we did find at lulu's but i'm concerned about some of the other smaller businesses in the sentiments of pensacola is what we're seeing here. just about everyone that we've seen, they had a decision whether or not to come to the coast and they decided to come for those same reasons, because they felt just a sincere need to help out and that's what it's going to fake ftake for us to g through. >> just as...

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