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Mr. president, we know that medicare is going to be dead flat broke eight years from now. what's your plan to save it? we really wanted to know. paul asked the president not once, not twice, but three times. again, no media around. the president was mumbling and wouldn't give an answer. on the third time when the president was pressed, i think your viewers will be shocked, he said his answer to medicare is obamacare. in other words, he plans that medicare is going to collapse and seniors will go into obamacare. seniors want nothing to do with it, because they know it means denial of care. they...

Are paid to care for patients on private insurance. so doctors aren't going to be willing to care for seniors. those who do aren't going to be willing to spend time on things like hip replacements versus low pay and here is the hitch, doctors will be barred by law from charging an extra fee to give you the care you need. so you're trapped. >> steve: it's going to be harder and harder to find doctors who take it. >> i want to come back to the political point. first of all, it's the congressional budget office. that's a nonpartisan organization. but secondly, the day that mitt romney picked paul...

Total knee and hip replacements may increase your chance for a heart attack. it was strongest in the two weeks after surgery. the ris something only associated with patients over 80 years old. are you better off than you were four years ago? it's been a central question in elections past and now something "the washington post" is asking to regular people in virginia, a key swing state. if you look at the numbers, the unemployment rate is below the national average but these folks are cutting back or making do with less. a politics feature writer for "the washington post" was part of this pro...

Down the road. megyn: they've been kicking that can for 13 years, why don't you think they will do it for year 14. >> reporter: our office expenses are up 20 to 30% and our reimbursement are flat. it's not just cardiologist and oncologists, hip replacements are under a thousand dollars, cataract operations $900. imagine the amount of training have you to go to before you get to the point that you can do one of these operations. megyn: what are these doctors going to do? are they going to start to ask for cash payments for an echocardiogram and set their own price? not everyone is going to decl...

Cut if they don't kick the can down the road. megyn: they've been kicking that can for 13 years, why don't you think they will do it for year 14. >> reporter: our office expenses are up 20 to 30% and our reimbursement are flat. it's not just cardiologist and oncologists, hip replacements are under a thousand dollars, cataract operations $900. imagine the amount of training have you to go to before you get to the point that you can do one of these operations. megyn: what are these doctors going to do? are they going to start to ask for cash payments for an echocardiogram and set their own price...