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Jon: next hour we're waiting for the start of jury deliberations in the case of a houston woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death with her stiletto heel. the testimony the victim could have been saved by first responders might impact this case. also new details on an american contractor jailed in cuba. allen gross now on a hunger strike but his lawyer is saying that the u.s. government put his life in danger. plus uconn taking home the ncaa title. we've got a live report on the wild celebrations after their victory last night. jenna: we're going to turn to health now. feeling less mot...

From president obama in the p run up to the passage of the affordable care act. as many americans are about to find out, keeping your doctor may not be as easy as he made it sound. dr. scott gotleib is a practicing physician and withica the food and drug administration and a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. am >> we are now hearing theseome reports about people not being able to get their doctor, keep their doctor even if they keep their insurance or get new insurance. why is this happening? >> the networks that these obamacare plans ...

>> another now famous promise from president obama in the run-up to the passage of the affordable care act. as many americans are about to fiend out, keeping your doctor may not be as easy as he made it sound. our guest is a practicing physician and former deputy commissioner of food and drug administration. he's a fellow at the american enterprise institute. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> we're now hearing these reports about people not being able to keep their doctor, even if they keep their insurance or get new information. why is this happening? >> because the network these obam...

Covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. ask your health care provider about levemir® flexpen today. i want to bring in two house members on opposite sides of this government shutdown fight, and i suspect many other fights as well. phil roe is a tennessee republican, also a member of the tea party caucus and a practicing physician for 30 years plus. and jim mcdermott is a democrat from washington state, a senior member of the ways and means committee and also a former psychiatri psychiatrist. congressman roe, let me begin

As a practicing physician, sir, have you seen people financially destroyed by an illness or an accident and if so, how do you respond to the president? >> well, i haven't personally because you know what, my hospital and myself always wrote off 100% of the bills to people that couldn't afford to pay because as a heart surgeon, i felt like it didn't matter what type of insurance people had. i treated everybody the same. you know, there are republican ideas. we had an alternative to obama care which would get us to where we needed to go. dr. price has an approach. hr-2300 which gets us to where ...