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Reference in the tv ad, 2.7% of americans are getting a rebate. so one out of every 30 some odd americans are getting a rebate. the average is $9 per family. on the other hand, everyone is seeing premium increases. virtually everyone. the kaiser family foundation says that the average american family of four has seen a $1975 premium increase since the affordable care act was passed. smaller obviously in the years immediately after its passage in 2010. but last year, $1975 higher than it was in 2010. now is this is primarily because of what is called community rating and essential ben its f the...

In the surge of violence. more than 3,000 people have been killed in four months raising fears that the iraqi government is unable to control escalating sectarian violence there. jon: there are new developments in the on going civil war in syria. the united nations sending analysts to syria to investigate allegations of chemical weapons' use. the team is expected to visit three sites where the alleged attacks occurred but weapons experts are raising doubts they will find anything because the allegations are already months old. syrian regime reportedly has agreed to cooperate with the investiga...

Mothers, because, the feeling is that these mothers will be able to convince they're healthy, younger, children, you know, the 21, to 29-year-olds, to go out and sign up for obamacare. will it work? >> we will see. what's interesting is, the strategy, the imperative behind the strategy. why are they doing this? it is because as they, their goal is to sign up a certain number about people for obamacare next year. i believe the number is around, i want to say, five, north of five million. of those, they need to have three million be younger workers, workers under the age of 35. it goes back to a...

Than the federal government and the president is talking about more tax increases. jon: in the meantime, we don't have the number on the screen but the people feeling about the direction the country is moving and only 22% of americans feel that the country is on the right track right now. when that number gets that low, that shows a pretty pessimistic american population, doesn't it? >> it's a lot of pessimism out there and i want to be optimistic that when congress comes back in september, they have a grand opportunity, boehner, reid and the president, to sit down and follow john mccain's pla...

Struggling as an independent hospital and that is some of what we're seeing in the changing landscape of medicine. >> right. it's certainly true these trends are underway before the affordable care act. there's no question that obamacare did accelerate this. one of which is they're over paying on the inpatient side and cutting the outpatient side and so -- jenna: what does that mean? so for example, if i went to the emergency room and i needed help, what would that mean for the way i got treated or the way the hospital got paid? >> right. well, it's not necessarily with e.r. care but on a lot ...