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What they're looking at right now, they're saying we have to watch what comes out of greece. it is important to us. if the market has a weekend to digest the news coming out of the floor of the parliament that certainly helps the situation. i'd say spin it forward. look out for italy with massive debt to gdp, a much bigger problem and fish to fry if we have to figure out how to bail that country out. >> bret: liz clayman, thank you very much. medicare officials are now saying seniors with high prescription drug costs have saved more than a billion dollars because of president obama's healthcar...

What they're looking at right now, they're saying we have to watch what comes out of greece. it is important to us. if the market has a weekend to digest the news coming out of the floor of the parliament that certainly helps the situation. i'd say spin it forward. look out for italy with massive debt to gdp, a much bigger problem and fish to fry if we have to figure out how to bail that country out. >> bret: liz clayman, thank you very much. medicare officials are now saying seniors with high prescription drug costs have saved more than a billion dollars because of president obama's healthcar...

Insurance policy until you're 26 years old. starting this year. starting this year. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. thanks, shelly and mike. they voted for it. thank them. this year seniors who fall into the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole, some seniors probably know about that, they're going to receive $250 to help pay for prescriptions and that's just the first step because what we're going to be doing is over the next several years closing that gap completely. and i want seniors to know

Jeanie wants to know i'm currently retired, and what will happen to the cost of my medicare and supplemental health care coverage up or down? >> there will be no changes to the rules and there will be changes, particularly in medicare part d. many people fell into what we call the doughnut hole which is the gap in coverage and immediately this year there will be $250 to help you in medicare part d to get through the coverage gap and later in time we'll close the doughnut holcomb pleatly. the other advantages in medicare will be that you'll have no co-payments and no deductibles for prevention ...

Parents whose children have a preexisting condition will finally be able to purchase the coverage they need. this year, insurance companies will no longer be able to drop people's coverage when they get sick or place lifetime limits or restrictive limit on the amount of care they can receive. this year, all new insurance plans will be required to offer free preventive care. and this year, young adults will be able to stay on their parents' policies until they're 26 years old. that all happens this year. this year, seniors who fall in the coverage gap known as the doughnut hole will get some he...