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Justice anthony kennedy could be the key to healthcare for millions of people. after this the judge is on this. he'll break it down, and this is fascinating. picking a wireless network
We're in pretty good shape going into the court. >> dissatisfaction, not in washington, but with the millions of family who is would feel for the first time the security of coverage. martha: so, congressman kucinich with that as a backdrop and confidence we saw going into this and we don't know how this will work out, what do you say now as you look at the process? >> obviously there is a chance that the bill could be struck down and if it is struck down, there has to be waiting, contingency plan to address the health care needs of 50 million americans who don't have any coverage and to addres...
People. here is a little bit of that. >> everybody has to buy food sooner or later. you define the market as food. everybody is in the market. therefore you can make people buy broccoli. bill: not that there is anything wrong with broccoli. shannon bream outside the court. what happens today, shannon. a doubleheader. >> reporter: they get to the issue of severability. does the law stand if the rest of the justice strike down the mandate. they have three different attorneys arguing that case. bill: on the issue of the mandate and what we heard yesterday what clues are we now getting from the ju...
Politics sake. martha: when you look at cost of it, cbo now scaled this, almost double what it was supposed to be, approaching two trillion dollars over the course of 10 years. doesn't that concern you and does it make you lean at all in the direction of hoping that it goes down so you can get something that, might be somehow affordable? >> i'm not going to join those hoping for this bill's demise. what i will say this, we spend $2.7 trillion a year for health care, all spending. of that amount, one out of every three dollars goes for corporate profit, stock options, executive salaries, advert...
You know what you're doing? you are financing your burial services right now because eventually you're going to die and somebody has to pay for it and if you haven't saved money for your buriel service you're going to shift the cost to somebody else. >> i think it's completely different. the reason is that the burial example is not -- the difference is here you are regulating the method by which you are paying for something else, healthcare. >> i don't see the difference. you can get burial insurance and health insurance. most people will need healthcare. everybody will be buried or cremated a...