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Affordable care act and create an alternate solution? >> we have to take it step by step. but once it is repealed and if benefits start going away, we should put forth some proposals. one is like drop medicare down to 55 and allow a lot of these people who are in that gap that are working hard, playing by the rules, haven't seen a raise in 30 years, allow them to get into the medicare program at age 55. that would be something we should be putting forward and really advocating for. and i finishing that passed in the original affordable care act, that obamacare would be much more popular today ...

>> republicans, though, have been opposing some of those policies, boris, and especially when it comes to the way the nation's handling its finances. thousa now republicans have been forced to sort of get off that thin ice they were on. they were willing to take a stand on medicare. the public hated it. their constituents were calling like crazy. are we going to see a real revision in the way the republicans approach the economy and the nation's finances? >> i think the main point of what the republicans have been saying and the conservatives have been saying is that we spend too much. and you...

They have to fling pot into the united states. but this one at least for now is in hand by the mexican authorities. martha: incredible. trace, thank you very much. this is a big story and it goes to the issue of everything that's been promised in terms of healthcare reform. there are new warnings coming in from the chief number cruncher for medicare. he says the healthcare law will not do what its supporters claim. listen to this. >> two quick questions we touched on, true or false. the two principle promises made in support of obama-care were one it would hold costs down, true or false. >> i ...

They talk about prevention, but it's about disease. if you give everyone a medicaid card they can go to an emergency room or doctor. the diseases are getting more expensive to treat because the technology is getting more expensive. the government will cut back on the subsidies it gives. if we cut medicare reimburse --s he project.15% of us will be run nlgt red. so we'll be running away from med i care. here is a prevention service. a cataract operation. if i operate and take out a cataract i prevent a 90-year-old from falling and breaking their hip. the government won't view a cat rangt as a p...

Counsel says this is about two divorced parents having a dispute. what do you say to that? >> this matter clearly is about religion. if this case isn't about religion, i don't know what case is. >> reporter: the lawyers expect the new hampshire supreme court to release its decision sometime in the next few weeks. martha: thank you very much. coming up, a fight breaking out between the white house and one of the top number crunchers with medicare. this will get interesting. both sides are digging in on what reform will deliver to all of us who use medical care in this country. we'll show you ho...