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>> and also, the doc fix, the ironic thing about this, they've been doing this as long as i've been a reporter, for 15 years. every once in a while they have to come in and give them more money and they sort of figure out a way to do it. but if you're poor, the unemployed, they don't have a really loud voice in congress. >> we should make the point, on the merits about the doc fix, a sudden massive catastrophe ic drop in the payments to doctors would be bad policy and screw up a lot of providers. it's not a question of whether that's good on the merits. >> it's not an either/or, not at all, bu...

Austerity our program tonight. thanks so much. joining me now is john stanton, washington bureau chief for buzz feed. so let's get into a few things here. first of all, what the congresswoman just said. i think this is a perfect study in how washington works. the 1.3, i think it's 1.3 million unemployed, who are going to get their benefits for now three days after christmas. they're out of luck. republicans wouldn't include in the bill. but quietly behind closed doors, republicans did slip into this bill a fix for doctors so they would not see their reimbursement rates on medicare go down dram...

We're talking people in states where there's extraordinarily high unemployment. we're also talking about states, well, one in particular, north carolina, where they changed the statement unemployment level to much lower than it was before. so these are people who aren't going to get anything. kay hagan is trying to fix this. but it's going to be rough sledding. >> and also, john, to me, what's such a study in the way that washington works is that the unemployment extension was an issue, okay? it was an issue. it was pro and against, and it's polarized. the doc fix, okay, which is making sure t...

Right, that wasn't an issue. that wasn't on the front pages. that wasn't being debated. that was just, oh, very quietly, we all agree, the doctors so get paid. >> it's called a fix. why don't we call about the work fix. >> the poverty fix or the unemployment. the doc fix, it's like there's a thing that's broken that of course we have to come in and fix. but there is no unemployment fix. >> and there's no unemployment lobbyists, either. >> thank you. >> and also, the doc fix, the ironic thing about this, they've been doing this as long as i've been a reporter, for 15 years. every once in a whil...

We're talking people in states where there's extraordinarily high unemployment. we're also talking about states, well, one in particular, north carolina, where they changed the statement unemployment level to much lower than it was before. so these are people who aren't going to get anything. kay hagan is trying to fix this. but it's going to be rough sledding. >> and also, john, to me, what's such a study in the way that washington works is that the unemployment extension was an issue, okay? it was an issue. it was pro and against, and it's polarized. the doc fix, okay, which is making sure t...