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Citizens less fortunate? >> well, we do. anyone who needs to go to a hospital today in the united states has full access. but under president obama's bill, $500 billion will be cut out of medicare, 30 million people will go under the system -- >> larry: are you saying that people who need medical care, every person in america who needs medical care gets it? >> well, what's going to happen, larry -- >> larry: you are saying that's the case today? >> today, anyone who goes to the hospital, whether you're here legally in the united states or illegally, you have a right to go to a hospital in the ...

Waiting list. but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll get the high quality health care that they're getting today. >> the emergency room thing is part of the cost problem. instead of getting the preventative treatment, early treatment, people are uninsured and show up at hospital rooms and cost us -- we're already with universal health care. we're overpaying for it in terms of hospital stays. >> that's what happens. they go to the emergency room where it costs even more instead of just going to the doctor's office. you know? and so you'll save a tremendous amount of money by eliminating all ...

Lose their family's health insurance if they switch jobs or lose their job. more small businesses will be forced to choose between health care and hiring. more insurance companies will raise premiums and deny coverage and the rising cost of medicare and medicaid will sink our government deeper and deeper into debt. >> reporter: it's a tough sell to voters and lawmakers alike, who worry about the effect on patient choice and the plan's price tag. >> this is a bill that should not be passed. it is not going to improve american health care. it will raid medicare, raise taxes, raise premiums. we o...

Pass for another year, or another decade, or another generation, more americans will lose their family's health insurance if they switch jobs or lose their job. more small businesses will be forced to choose between health care and hiring. more insurance companies will raise premiums and deny coverage and the rising cost of medicare and medicaid will sink our government deeper and deeper into debt. >> reporter: it's a tough sell to voters and lawmakers alike, who worry about the effect on patient choice and the plan's price tag. >> this is a bill that should not be passed. it is not going to i...

We ought to be going step by step to fix the cost problem. >> republican senator orrin hatch warnd that democrats are playing a dangerous political game trying to pass healthcare legislation using the senate reconciliation rules, in other words, without bipartisan support. the president set march 17th as the deadline for trying to pass the senate bill and then move on to a package of separate changes to fixes to the massive legislation. shannon? >> shannon: thank you very much. could democrats find them out of power? joining us to debate that are susan estrich and david avila. thisth is a toug...