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Universal coverage. it's hard to see that working right now because of the money. because states would be getting less money. because the medicaid would be changed from open entitlement to per capital program. better coverage? perhaps. that's what they are going for right now. but more bold plans about more being covered, the numbers don't add up. >> and certainly sound like guarantees on pre-existing conditions and lifetime caps are not guarantees. thank you very much. let's bring in our political panel. and obamacare gave a key note address at the gates foundation earlier today. takes a list...

Offered that. i call it the costco model, when you buy in bulk you should get a discount. >> that's the point of universal coverage. you don't have a risk pool made up of only sick or only elderly people, you've got everybody in the risk pool. >> you're marrying up two ideas, that an individual should have as much clout as a company that has 4,000 employees and get a discount. you want the individual small business person or farmer, what have you, to be able to get a discount as well. so bundle them up into a larger population like they did in new york and successfully drive down the cost and ...

I'm riding shotgun with gregory. republican health care plan passed the house yesterday but the left still dreaming about government-funded universal coverage. >> we have a failing health care i shouldn't say this to our great gentleman and friend australia, you have better health care than we do. >> they have universal health care. >> wait a minute. wait a minute, chris. all right, the president has just said it. that's great. let's take a look at the australian health care system. and let's move. maybe once they go to the canadian health system. thank you, mr. president. let us move to a med...

Reform. >> well, we had a little problem called the economy. the most serious challenge facing us since the great depression. he's passed the health care reform bill, universal coverage. he's been focused on the biggest challenges facing us. he's now saying, and he's said a number of times in the last year and a hatch, that it's up to the congress to move ahead. i agree with him. i think that we need to move ahead on a bipartisan level. we need to put it up for a vote as well. you know, i don't buy the idea that we have to wait forever for republican support. the fact is, this issue is too imp...

Comprehensive immigration reform. >> well we had a little problem called the economy. the most serious challenge facing us since the great depression. he has passed the health care reform bill, universal coverage. he's been focused on the biggest challenges facing us. he is now saying and he said a number of times in the last year and a half that it's up to the congress to move ahead. i agree with him. i think we need to move ahead on a bipartisan level and put it up for a vote as well. i don't buy the idea that we've got to wait forever for republican support. the fact is this issue was too i...