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Especially if patients demand increased substantially because many previously uninsured people received coverage. how providers respond to such changes demand for their services remains uncertain, the decline being provider payment rates. do you agree that is true? >> exactly right. the congressional budget office didn't put out a specific dollar estimate primarily because democrats haven't asked cbo for a specific estimate, they don't want to know the answer but we do know if provider rates, in the healthcare sector. if provider payments are not reduced, that is another $32 trillion. heather:...

Could have kept out but we didn't know. >> reporter: faced with the reality of having to rebuild their wrecked homes, residents are final lly coming to grips wh the price of the devastating damage. if you were to put a dollar estimate on this, what would you think? >> we're already planning for probably about $50,000, $60,000 to get it all redone. >> reporter: so you drive around out here and you see the damage everywhere. in the residential areas, you see businesses that have sustained damage. fema is out here, they are providing money to help people with temporary housing and also grants for...

Happen to this day. birdsong knows what he was up against. >> our basement filled with five feet of water in the first 20 minutes. >> reporter: could have been much worse. >> thankfully, i have some of the best friends, neighbors, a acquaintances. that's the reason we still have a house right now. >> reporter: in the losses column, there's a lot of catching up to do. to put a dollar estimate on this, what would you think? >> we're already planning for probably about $50,000, $60,000. to get it all redone, you know. >> reporter: but there's one thing he found. >> it was laying right here in the...

In larimer county alone, officials estimate 1,500 homes have been destroyed, with another 4,500 damaged. cleanup becoming an increasingly daunting task. >> it was overwhelming, really. i didn't realize floods brought in a ton of mud. it just ruined everything. >> reporter: in boulder, homeowner michael birdsong and his neighbors built a homemade levee to protect his house but it was no match for mother nature. >> my basement filled with five feet of water in the first 20 minutes. that was a wall of water, this could have kept out but we didn't know. >> reporter: faced with the reality of havin...

The family has sued the concert promoter for billions of dollars in damages in connection with his death. aeg promoter said that jackson would have made $1.5 billion had he lived to the age of 66. concert promoter doesn't want to pay the big bucks and the billion dollar estimate could help determine if any financial payoff if they decide concert promoter is liable for his death. the ex-wife debby rowe may well testify on behalf of aeg live about michael jackson's drug abuse over many years. this is what she is saying. we'll see how it plays with the jury. and the threatening voicemail that dr....