of cigna-- the nation's fourth largest insurance company. i asked him "does it make sense to repeal the health care bill, and start over?" >> given we spent the better part of a year as a country building up to this point where the law is in place and we're already implementing aspects of the law, i don't think it's in society's best interest to focus a significant amount of attention. rather we should move forward to a principal based dialogue and focus on improving clinical quality and sustainable costs for the benefit of health care going forward. >> susie: what we're seeing now are these efforts in congress to repeal the law, and at the same time we're seeing efforts by the obama administration to implement the law. so how is cigna preparing for this? what is your strategy? >> sure. so we obviously are focused on being compliant with the law, because aspects of the law went in place in 2010. secondly we're working collaboratively with leaders on both side of the aisle in both houses around both the implementation of the law and further e

people would be calling me about the people who were cigna members. that was going to be tough and i knew it was going to be tough. >> go ahead, michael. >> i was just wondering, at the time when you saw cnn falling, taking the bait and usa today and "time" magazine and much of the media using the actual language that you and your guys developed on referring to me as against american principles, socialist, all this stuff and fox news then taking it and running with it. i mean, that must be a real victory when you are in those meetings, having a sense when you can actually get our major media organizations, supposedly responsible journalists to repeat verbatim your talking points. >> it was just amazing. we had a chipping service. every day, with he would get articles that would appear that had our talking points in them. it, by the way, is a 23-page pr plan that was developed and carried out against the movie. i was at the meeting whether it was explained. i'm not supposed to have this. this was something that was actually obtained by bill moyers when

anthem blue cross, blue shield, united pacificare, health net, kaiser foundation health plan, and cigna. >>> the saint anthony's foundation in san francisco added several coats to its clothing giveaway. they collected some 4000 coats. they say help is much appreciated. >> many are standing in line to get a coat today. >> you can still donate to the end of december. >>> a bay area teenager says his life has changed thanks to a device that he can fit in his pocket. >>> and will be biting cold hang around? bill martin will have your forecast. if there is no tv nearby, you can watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer. we are streaming live on the web at ktvu.com. >> there is a major change coming to the surfing competition at half moon bay. spectators cannot gather on the beach. this is why, last year a rouge wave seriously injured 13 people. surfers have 24 hours notice when conditions become just right. >> is a little bit cold. >> there is no record cold or frost advisories but it is cold. some places, maybe your neighborhood, did not get out of the 40s. these clouds were moving in th

and this investigation found anthem blue cross, blue shield of california, healthnet, kaiser, cigna andted the minimum legal threshold of paying 95% of the claims correctly. >> by ensuring plans to honor their obligations under the law, the department seeks to bolster those providers and make sure that the safety net and the provider community can continue to render care that matters. >> auditors found some plans consider mistakes just part of the cost of doing business. the hope is that these fines will change that kind of thinking. >> cyber monday was a lousy day to be trying to buy knockoffs. the federal government is zeroing in on web sites selling counterfeit goods and copy righted materials. and authorities seized 82 tomorrow yain names, stopping sales of thousands of counterfeit items. also targeted illegal copies of music and software. there is millions lost every year when they're sold fake autos governor schwartzeneggar is calling for lawmakers to resurrect a bill that would have banned single use bags in stores. governor schwartzeneggar says he wants lawmakers to try again, e

cigna advanced more than 4%.re stocks climbed on anticipation there may be a movement to repeal parts of the law. energy was the s&p's second best performing sector. republicans are traditional supporters of the oil industry. and a rise of over 1% in oil prices tuesday also helped the sector. the tech-heavy nasdaq index reached a new high for the year as apple, microsoft and amazon all gained more than 1% for the day. also, driving stocks, upon the completion of its two-day meeting later today, a statement is expected from the fed with most expecting the central bank to announce at least some dames about its long-awaited stimulus move. those expectations drove the dollar down against a host of other currencies. the dollar's decline has been another recent engine churning stock prices and purchases. >>> in earnings news -- mastercard jumped almost 3% after it reported a third quarter profit that beat expectations, but kellogg's fell 2%. weaker earning growth next year is expected. >>> and finally, how about 31,000

they're followed by united pacific care, health net, kaiser foundation health plan, cigna, and aetna. topping our health watch tonight, eating disorders are on the rise in children and teens with more boys and minority kids falling victim. the december issue of pediatrics reports anorexia and bulimia, the numbers are up, as are partial syndrome disorders, where people have some of the symptoms. researchers say hundreds of studies show a genetic as well as a psychological component to those disorders. they're advising pediatricians to talk about weight with their patients, especially overweight children. dieting at a young age can trigger eating disorders in people with a genetic predisposition. >>> you go to the grocery store, pick up spices for your holiday baking and little do you know that you may also be buying what some are using as a gateway drug. a growing number of teens are smoking, or drinking, nutmeg to get high. some say the effect is similar to smoking marijuana. but it has side effects, serious ones apparently. in this skype interview, one teen described the frightening

we'll also talk with cigna c.e.o. david cordani about health care reform and what he expects from the newly-elected congress. and our "word on the street" is "retail." bob walberg from thestreet.com joins us to talk about likely winners this holiday season. >> susie: 18 months behind bars. that's the latest punishment in the biggest-ever hedge fund insider trading case. the sentence went to former atheros communications vice president ali hariri for his role in the case involving galleon group founder raj rajaratnam. hariri pleaded guilty back in march to securities fraud and conspiracy to commit insider trading. he's among 21 people charged, so far a dozen have pleaded guilty. rajaratnam goes on trial next year. >> tom: new rules for air cargo. today, homeland security banned all air shipments from somalia and yemen. another change: toner and ink cartridges over 16 ounces are banned too. that's because that type of printer cartridges concealed bombs sent from yemen to the u.s. international mail packages heading to t

. >> police of looking at miss cigna persons reports and are awaiting an autopsy to find about how then died. they want to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious. >>> prosecutors say fbi agents reported -- recorded phone conversations between two langley park a liquor store owners. ravinder melhi and amrik melhi talk about paying bribes to county officials in exchange for favors. >>> >> the meeting between president obama and congressional leaders has been pushed back until after thanksgiving. a bipartisan summit had been set for this thursday. it will take place on november 30. president obama called for the meeting two days after republicans gained control of the house. >>> house democrats and republicans will choose their leaders for the next congress. john boehner is expected to be chosen as speaker and eric cantor as majority leader. nancy pelosi is expected to be the minority leader. >> cracking dawn on a dangerous drink. a live report on. on >> another check on traffic and weather every ten minutes. on >> another check on traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will when

whit comes to service at the bottom, joining united health care and cigna with one star. most ppo companies hadn't reviewed the report card yet, but united health care and aetna said they're committed to improving service. >> i was astonished. my god. >> we showed ppo members ratings. >> on the phone very to repeat everything i just said to another girl. she transfers me to someone else. >> some say they don't understand letters companies send. >> i think the companies need to do a better job on explaining things. there are crazy codes. >> advocates may start pushing to be more clear. >> because customers have better information and clearer standards. and they have more transparency to make decisions when they're deciding between plans. >> on a positive note, the report found eight out of 1010 ppo members had a positive experience with their plan and two thirds are getting the right care for their condition. >> and still ahead tonight on abc 7 news, bingo-style drawing could change california politics for generations still to come. setting new boundaries for lawmakers. >>

. >> wendell potter, the former cigna executive. great thanks, sir. >> thank you, keith. >> and we'll see you and michael moore on monday night. >> see you monday. >>> why behind the horror of your choice get photographed naked or get felt up by strangers lies the truth that at the airport neither is actually necessary and neither actually works. ahead on "countdown." >>> chicken deficit hawks, they demand budget cuts, but won't serve on the committee that does the slashing for fear of getting blamed. >>> the tweet of the day. what is joe miller going to do without government health care? i'm so worried for him. what if he gets an ingrown beard? lisa murkowski is to declare victim any the alaska senate race after the associated press called her the winner in the race against the beard. let's play "hardball." >>> the police have pulled over a suspected drunk driver. why did they suspect he was a drunker? well, one good indication he put the car in reverse instead of park and after backing into the police cruiser, he attempts again to

department of had insurance says blue cross/blue shield, healthnet and cigna got the lowest possibleating. they do a poor job of paying claims according to the l.a. times. aetna did perform slightly better than the rest. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> have a great weekend. >> thanks. >> it's now 6:44. the complaints over the new tsa patdowns at airport security are piling up quickly. and new pictures are now prompting more passengers to demand a boycott on one of the busiest travel days of the year. jenelle wang is here with more. >> kristen, we're talking about next wednesday, the day before thanksgiving. airport security lines will already be long and passengers upset with patdown pressures are actually urging people to choose the patdown and opt out of the full body scanning machine to back up security lines even more. shows the screeners getting up close and personal with passengers. says it's prove the new patdown procedures are going too far. they are invasive but designedor thorough. to find terrorists that hide explosives in underwear and sh

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. >> wendell potter is a former executive with cigna health care. mr. potter your book, just coming out in november 2010, "deadly spin." what is said about? >> be it means finally i'm able to tell my story and a method that ivan had a chance to do before she's take people behind the scenes to make sure people really understands what goes on in corporate america and how influential people like i used to be, pr people in influencing public opinion for the sole purpose of changing policy in influencing public policy. and in particular i use the debate on health care reform and how big special interests including the interest issue was able to shape and have the legislation took shape and how it was finally passed. >> you what was your role in influencing how people saw health care? >> my role was to try to make sure people understood were misunderstood in fact some of the problems that we have in this country in terms of the number of people who are underinsured or uninsured. a big part of what goes on is misleading people and making people think that hey

domenici, longer for pete, at the senate budget committee and the senate energy committee, now with cigna insurance, but is made a great contribution. frank keating you have party met karen kerrigan, who runs a small business organization and has had major input from the small business site and other sites to this report. joe met eric. joe was the committee for economic development but also worked in the government and on the hill in the administration on the hill and is an excellent economist. and, we have bill novelli, bill right here, a former head of aarp. now a professor. he is going to talk a little bit about our social security provisions in a minute. let me mention the people who are not here today, whose contributions have been also major. bob bixby of the concorde coalition, len burman of syracuse university and the tax policy center, maya macguineas of the committee for responsible federal budget, and that is what we think this is, donald merron, who has worked a long time and budgets and worked in the government and is now a consultant. edward mcelroy, who has been a longtime

he is now with cigna insurance. frank keating, who you have already met. a small business organization that has had major input on the small business side to this report. joe is from the committee for economic development. he also works in the administration of the hill. he is an excellent economist. we have bill noveli, the former head of aarp and now a professor. he is going to talk a little bit about our security provisions in a minute. let me mention the people who are not here today whose contributions have been also a major. bob bixby, lynn bermann, maya mcginnis, donald merrin. edward mcelroy who has been a longtime member -- a longtime leader of the teachers union and had major input. mark marial, the former mayor of new orleans. tony williams, the former mayor of this very city and former colleague of mine. >> let me say so everybody will know, dr. rivlin and i last night we met together to conclude our work, she made the statement that this was the most important activity that she has taken in her long career. i want to say the same. if it had no

the damage will be quite cigna began. the last point is the bill will have a huge impact on the nature of american political discourse. the real point of the bill when you strip away is to bring the american middle class into full dependence on the federal government for health care. they will have many millions more people looking to the federal government over time for the financing and delivery of their health care services. this will change if that succeeds, it will change dramatically how people view their government. it changes the balance of power between the government and citizenry where people feel dependent on the federal government power to deliver health care for them. you have a shift that could occur and it has occurred in other countries. that could occur here. i think there will be damaging in the long run for a healthy functioning of democracy. what we do about all this? i wanted to make sure we laid the predicate for where we need to do something. beyond a straight repeal but which of course should be d

he is now with cigna insurance. frank keating, who you have already met.a small business organization that has had major input on the small business side to this report. joe is from the committee for economic development. he also works in the administration of the hill. he is an excellent economist. we have bill noveli, the former head of aarp and now a professor. he is going to talk a little bit about our security provisions in a minute. let me mention the people who are not here today whose contributions have been also a major. bob bixby, lynn bermann, maya mcginnis, donald merrin. edward mcelroy who has been a longtime member -- a longtime leader of the teachers union and had major input. mark marial, the former mayor of new orleans. tony williams, the former mayor of this very city and former colleague of mine. >> let me say so everybody will know, dr. rivlin and i last night we met together to conclude our work, she made the statement that this was the most important activity that she has taken in her long career. i want to say the same. if it had not

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the damage will be quite cigna began. the last point is the bill will have a huge impact on the nature of american political discourse. the real point of the bill when you strip away is to bring the american middle class into full dependence on the federal government for health care. they will have many millions more people looking to the federal government over time for the financing and delivery of their health care services. this will change if that succeeds, it will change dramatically how people view their government. it changes the balance of power between the government and citizenry where people feel dependent on the federal government power to deliver health care for them. you have a shift that could occur and it has occurred in other countries. that could occur here. i think there will be damaging in the long run for a healthy functioning of democracy. what we do about all this? i wanted to make sure we laid the predicate for where we need to do something. beyond a straight repeal but which of course should be d

. >> it's a good question because obviously first of all i'm not wearing my cigna hat right now.i'll goith my budget hat. >> okay. >> i've gone through the bill. there's a very excellent report when you're out of congress, you have difficulty getting these congressional research services to put a nice study out that shows that which is subject to appropriation and that which is subject to or has been already appropriated subject to transfer. i've gone through the list. i've added it up. yes, there is for fiscal year 2011, about $7 billion in programs that are subject to appropriation, and as scott would know better than i, yes, congress since the appropriation bill originates in scott's old chamber, yes, they could step back and not fund or reduce that authorized to be appropriated. my guess is that's true. however, when you go through the list of those items that are subject to appropriation, they are the grants, they are the demonstration projects, wellness prevention programs, compared to the effectiveness there, and by the way, the $50 million in grants to the states for carr

. >> it's a good question because obviously first of all i'm not wearing my cigna hat right now.'ll go with my budget hat. >> okay. >> i've gone through the bill. there's a very excellent report when you're out of congress, you have difficulty getting these congressional research services to put a nice study out that shows that which is subject to appropriation and that which is subject to or has been already appropriated subject to transfer. i've gone through the list. i've added it up. yes, there is for fiscal year 2011, about $7 billion in programs that are subject to appropriation, and as scott would know better than i, yes, congress since the appropriation bill originates in scott's old chamber, yes, they could step back and not fund or reduce that authorized to be appropriated. my guess is that's true. however, when you go through the list of those items that are subject to appropriation, they are the grants, they are the demonstration projects, wellness prevention programs, compared to the effectiveness there, and by the way, the $50 million in grants to the states for car