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You have paid attention to this. if change is not possible, what do you think can reasonably be made to health care reform? >> i think we ought to try to repeal it, because we ought to build the basis that we've gone in the wrong direction to solve the real problems in health care. the real problems in health care is it costs too much. we've expanded the coverage, but haven't worked on the cost. and we haven't allowed any market forces to do it. even though senator reid says it's not going to get a hearing in the senate or get to the senate floor, the fact is we're not through with the debate ...

Futility. you're a doctor, of course, and you have paid attention to this. if change is not possible, what do you think can reasonably be made to health care reform? >> i think we ought to try to repeal it, because we ought to build the basis that we've gone in the wrong direction to solve the real problems in health care. the real problems in health care is it costs too much. we've expanded the coverage, but haven't worked on the cost. and we haven't allowed any market forces to do it. even though senator reid says it's not going to get a hearing in the senate or get to the senate floor, the ...

Not through with the debate on health care in this country. i think we've gone, as a practicing physician, we've lessened the impact between doctors and patients with this bill. it's the most personal of things in the country and is going to be taken over and managed to a degree that it should never be, by those who are not involved in the doctor/patient relationship. my hope is that the debate will be good for us. >> senator schumer, do you think there can be an amendment, some kind of change to health care reform? >> let me say this. first, we welcome, in a certain sense, their attempt to re...

Tumor. the doctor said, no, this is stress. the third time he came back and said, i really think i need a head ct. the doctor goes, okay, fine and got a head ct. it was completely normal and that solved all of his prob zems was that the right thing to do for that doctor? >> certainly, we can't see inside the skull i think that patients are able to feel things inside their body that they may not be able to express. so, as it turned out, my husband did not have a brain tumor, thank goodness. but, you know, it would be pretty arrogant if somebody is so insistent to consistently go, absolutely not...

Matter in such a long time. we've just been flooded on the blog. have you seen more questions about this subject matter, do you think, kathy than a lot of other things since you've been on the job? >> definitely. i think that the american public knew very little about this bill, still knows very little about the bill. they're learning more and more about it every day and that's good news. i think that it's reassuring to the american public to see that there are provisions in here that will really protect people from runaway premiums and will ensure that we'll all have access to affordable heal...