as always, andrew rubin. >>> you know, prevention is key, as andrew was talking about, to keeping people healthy and controlling medical costs. we also need new treatments. this week we saw some pretty exciting results. some things that really were fascinating from two studies that were treating patients with stem cells taken from their own hearts. think about that for a second. joining me from washington is dennis buxton, overseas stem cell research for the national heart, lung, and blood institute. thanks for joining us. i'm fascinated by these studies. to clarify, both these studies and other big ones, as well, announced this week used adult stem cells, not embryonic creme stels th -- stem cells, one that i saw you led at cedars-sinai giving stem cells for patients recovering from a heart attack. someone recovering, heart function went down. what did they find when they injected stem cells into the hearts? >> thank you, sanjay. what they found was that the patient's scar tissue, the part of the heart that had been damaged, was reduced in size. and apparently new muscle was formed to r

joining me from new york is andrew rubin, he has been on the show before host of "health care connect" on sirius xm radio. did this surprise you at all, that the supreme court is taking this on? >> no, we knew this would happen. it's the best way to get to the finish line on whether health care reform will survive. it's been going back and forth in the courts far too long. >> if the supreme court overturns health care reform what does that mean for health care? what does it mean for this whole plan? this whole bill overall? >> okay. you have to remember, health care reform has two parts. one is health insurance reform. that's really what this individual mandate is all about. now, if the individual mandate is overturned by the supreme court, then it really throws into question the entire health care reform bill and law at this point, which is really restructuring the entire health care system. >> andrew, don't know if you have done this recently, i did open enrollment, a lot of companies have these to figure out their health insurance. there are some big changes for next year. i think