mr. youngman. this week's gallup poll doesn't like the way he's handling health care. tomorrow it goes to 60, and who can blame the folks. the folks are sitting there. they want health care reform. they want to feel secure in this area, and they don't know what the hell the president is saying. i don't know what he's saying. you have to go home and digest it, and a.b. says what i'm saying, he's all over the place. so i'm saying it goes to 60, and now unless you're a zealot in the house and senate, you've got to question whether this thing can fly ever. mr. youngman. >> well, clearly the president -- they were hoping tonight's audience hadn't been paying attention to the same things he's been paying attention to the last ten days because there was just nothing new here. this is a president that's trying to regain footing, and i don't know if he did that. bill: key question of the night, a.b. the president is going to lose massive amount of credibility in this whole deal unless he pulls the proverbial rabbit out of the hat. people are starting to lose confidence in his l

mr. youngman. this week's gallup poll doesn't like the way he's handling health care. tomorrow it goes to 60, and who can blame the folks. the folks are sitting there. they want health care reform. they want to feel secure in this area, and they don't know what the hell the president is saying. i don't know what he's saying. you have to go home and digest it, and a.b. says what i'm saying, he's all over the place. so i'm saying it goes to 60, and now unless you're a zealot in the house and senate, you've got to question whether this thing can fly ever. mr. youngman. >> well, clearly the president -- they were hoping tonight's audience hadn't been paying attention to the same things he's been paying attention to the last ten days because there was just nothing new here. this is a president that's trying to regain footing, and i don't know if he did that. bill: key question of the night, a.b. the president is going to lose massive amount of credibility in this whole deal unless he pulls the proverbial rabbit out of the hat. people are starting to lose confidence in his l

mr. youngman. this week's gallup poll doesn't like the way he's handling health care. tomorrow it goes to 60, and who can blame the folks. the folks are sitting there. they want health care reform. they want to feel secure in this area, and they don't know what the hell the president is saying. i don't know what he's saying. you have to go home and digest it, and a.b. says what i'm saying, he's all over the place. so i'm saying it goes to 60, and now unless you're a zealot in the house and senate, you've got to question whether this thing can fly ever. mr. youngman. >> well, clearly the president -- they were hoping tonight's audience hadn't been paying attention to the same things he's been paying attention to the last ten days because there was just nothing new here. this is a president that's trying to regain footing, and i don't know if he did that. bill: key question of the night, a.b. the president is going to lose massive amount of credibility in this whole deal unless he pulls the proverbial rabbit out of the hat. people are starting to lose confidence in his l

mr. youngman, you mentioned the administration wants to put a human face on the issue. they have. somewhat one-sided. and also points out the details are still being shaped up as a lot of people have been very concerned about the lack of detail. and that's think it is true. we can't see -- i can't see them doing that in two weeks. this is a complicated problem by as you know. but i want to put a little human aspect into my comments and then i have a question and i will take to much time. i have been a surgeon since 1978, and wanted to dispel the myth about the role as health care givers. host: what kind of a surgeon? what got i'm a urologist, i do urological surgery since 1978 and i have been on the staff of several universities, so i am very well aware of how universities practice medicine. back in 1978 when i started, people will come into the office -- they would send up to the insurance company to be paid so we were paid on the spot and for big-ticket items, surgery, we would bill the insurance company directly. now let's move ahead to where we are now. when 1990 came about, m