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i'm kasie hunt here in washington. a dangerous ice storm now crippling parts of the american south. in texas, reports of hundreds of accidents, some deadly, as roads turn into ice rinks. right now 40 million americans are under storm threat, freezing rain is raising fears of falling trees and power outages, and air travel is a mess, too. we have seen ground stops, about 1,500 flights cancelled so far, and more than 2,500 delays. we have seems tracking all of it. first, let's start with ed lavendara in dallas. ed, dicey, dangerous, deadly and, quite frankly, it is only going to get wo...

In general, the highest rate of chronic conditions, multiple chronic conditions. so really not a great picture from this report. >> dire really. so what is the answer here? how does the u.s. change not just the narrative but the reality? >> well, the reality, let's talk first about the fact all of these other countries have universal health care coverage and we do not. clearly that is a factor here. it is the lack of access to health care. in addition, we obviously have very high costs. we need to rein in some of those costs. then you look at the fact we have an over 8%, almost 8.6% that are u...

Readmitted. i don't think this is the right place to draw the line in the sand. if you want to cut down medicare costs, stop the overuse. when patients are sick -- megyn: isn't this going to keep patients in the hospital longer because the hospital is concerned about discharging somebody too early? >> what if they consult us here in that's something they should have thought of. the overall costs will be higher because of this. megyn: the lawyers are always worried about if they are going to get sued and how to prevent getting sued. if i were advicing a doctor i would say don't discharge until ...

>> neil: you hear the a.m.a. write off on this and say it's a good idea, what are they seeing that you're not? >> first, the a.m.a. is a bureaucratic organization that doesn't represent practicing doctors. new study in the new england journal of medicine says one-third of physicians would consider quitting or retiring early if they go through. >> neil: are you a member of the a.m.a.? >> i quit the a.m.a. over the summer. >> neil: over this? >> over this. i felt the a.m.a. was not representing our best interest. historically they block the reforms. i'm for health reform and so are the doctors s...