service could be denied to patients unable to make the copay as long as they are referred to a county program. medi-cal patients would have limits on prescriptions and doctor visits. the limit could be capped at six per month except for life-saving drugs and a trip to the doctor would be limited to 10 per year. under the proposal, doctors and nursing homes would be hit with a 10% cut in medi-cal reimbursement. adult day health care would be eliminated all together, making it more difficult for thousands of seniors to stay in their homes. >> yesterday governor brown said "it's better to take our medicine now and get the state on a balanced footing." how he takes aim at education and explain what it means for and you your children. >> san jose police are looking for the killer of a popular jewelry storeowner and are asking for your help. today in the bay shows us what happened and what's next for the investigation. >> reporter: it's a difficult time for family and friend of salvador pena who ran this corner business and his death is a huge void for the community who depended on his serv

doctors services would be lowered and patient copays would go up. the governor says it's time to face the budget music. >> it's better to take our medicine now and get the state on balanced footing. >> he also proposed cutting traditiional housing for foster care kids. he is asking for a five-year extension for taxes that are about to retear. >>> gavin newsom begins his first full day tomorrow. in his inauguration speech, he says he hopes to renew the state's entrepreneurial spirit. >> california is a state of dreamers, doers, a state of entrepreneurs. >> he was sworn in by his father, a retired judge. >>> gasgone brought him in to be his second in command. the two had worked together in the los angeles police department. -- including the push to outfit the force with stun guns. he does not plan to seek a permanent appointment. >>> former chief spent his first day on the job as the new district attorney. he holds a law degree from western state university in fullerton but has never tried a case. >>> president obama and the first lady will be visitin

they would not have an opportunity to forgo cocaine -- forgo copays. they would not be able to keep their children on the insurance. we can have a conversation reminding people what is at stake and go back to the days where insurance company controlled who had access to coverage and who did not and could put a lifetime cap on a 6 person's benefits so that they would run out of money wendy -- benefits soerson's that they would run out of money when they needed the insurance most. >> you are using this impending vote as a forum for reminding people about the affirmative aspects of passing this law. are there no danger signs politically? >> there is always a cautionary note. i was reminded that when social security was passed, there were numerous votes to repeal the legislation over and over again until the full benefits kick in five years after the passage of the bill and people realize what social security meant for their future and the stability of seniors in this country. it became wildly popular. i think one of the most interesting pieces of data rec

medical reimbursements would be lowered and patient copays increased the governor said it is time to face the budget music. >> it is better to take our medicine now and get the state on a balanced footing. >> the governor proposed sitting transitional housing -- cutting transitional housing funds for teens aging out of the foster care system. >>> time now 4:38 a.m. a quick look at weather and traffic. tracy it was cold but lots of sun. >> yeah, clouds have been spilling into the bay area since last night and they will continue to be part of the forecast today. a couple things about the clouds they are giving way to a chance of rainfall. clouds are doing something else, curbing temperatures from cooling off too much. yesterday we woke up to temperatures in the 30s. this morning it is all about the 40s. thanks to those clouds, 41 concord, 40 liver more, fairfield, napa, vallejo, oakland. 45 fremont, san jose, mid-40s san fan cisco and pacifica, and 41 san raphael currently. temperatures will not start out as frigid adds yesterdays. take a look -- frigid as yesterday. take a look at you

medical patients would have mand tore copays and limit on doctors visits.rown is calling for reducing the number of firefighters on cal fire engine crews from four down to three and cutting the hours of some -- of california's 278 state parks and closing others entirely. >> a bit of relief for students who attend lake elementary in san pablo. abc 7's lee glasser reports. >> in a crowded council chamber the city council the city manufacture the go ahead to find the funds needed to keep lake elementary school in san pablo onlied one more year. >> certainly they showed their interested and work around a long-term relationship and will help that happen. >> she was at the meeting with her two kids that are students there now. it was a big victory in keeping the neighborhood school open. >> since last year we knew it was gonna close down and we still have fightin' for it. we really want the school to stay open. save the school or save lake. >> 430 students attend lake elementary. the council expects are operating costs to run $300,000 and pushed for a partnership

they would not have an opportunity to forgo copays for preventive care. young adults would never be able to keep their children on the family plan which lots of families have taken advantage of. small-business owners would have to give up their ability to keep their employees in the health insurance market because of the tax credits offered. we can have a conversation reminding people what is at stake and go back to the days where insurance companies controlled who had access to cover -- who had access to coverage and you didn't and could put a lifetime cap on sick person's benefits so that they run out of money when the treatment they need was under way. there is a lot at stake. it may be symbolic, but it is very real for lots of americans. >> clearly you are using this vote as a forum to remind people of what are the affirmative aspects of passing this law. are there no danger signs politically or substantively? >> there is always a cautionary note with a new piece of legislation. when social security was passed, there were numerous votes to repeal the

medi-cal reimbursements for doctors and other service providers would be lowered and patient copays increasedvernor says it is time to face the budget music. >> it's better to, umm. >> take our medicine now, get the state on a balanced footing. >> >> the governor also cut housing benefits for teenagers heading out of the foster system but he wants to keep it at the present level asking for a five-year extension of taxes about to expire. >>> gavin newsom is now california's 49th lieutenant governor, he says he wants to renew the entre renewal spirit. >> we've got to release that because at the end of the day what is california if not this, a state of dreamers, a state of doers, a state oven trey pre- nurse. >> he was sworn in by his father, a retired judge. >>> well san francisco might get all the glory from winning the bid to host the next cup but business leaders are hoping to get something else. business leaders want to get the word out that they have plenty of room for boaters in vallejo. what they want to offer the cup visitor. grace? >> reporter: it's not just the people participating, t

the governor wants to set mandatory copays and limit the number of doctor visits and prescriptions eachuld save $1.7 billion. one of the few things that would be spared is k-12 education system. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> jenelle, thank you very much. it's 5:36 now. one week into new garbage collection service that costs nearly a million dollars more, redwood city residence are angry about missed pickups and getting the wrong size trash bins. the new company recolumny says 97% got the right service. the company needs more time to iron out the kinks. redwood citypatch.com said the transition had to happen overnight. they promise more recycling and sending less garbage to the half moon bay landfill than allied waste did. >> the new san francisco board of supervisors meets this afternoon to consider the appointment of city mrs. or ed lee as interim mayor. he's expected to be approved and serve out the remainder of gavin newsom' term. he was in the audience as newsom was sworn in. if approved, lee will become the first asian american to be san francisco mayor. >> it is 5:37. time for a lo

eliminated for 11 and 12 years, medical rates for doctors and others would be lowered and patient copaysreased the governor said it is time to face the budget music. >> it is better to take our medicine now, and get the state on a balanced footing. >>> the governor also proposed cutting transitional housing funds for teens aging out of the foster care system. >> chris good morning. >> reporter: sydnie, elizabeth good morning to both of you. coming up on the early show president obama gets set to travel to arizona after leading a moment of silence to honor the victims in saturday's tragedy. we will speak exclusively with an estranged friend of his who receive add chilling goodbye call and michael douglas says the tumour in his throat is gone. and also speak with another gentleman, eric fuller shot in the tragedy in tucson saturday morning he has been released from hospital and will speak with us exclusively. >> lots going on chris thanks very much. early show starts at 7:00 a.m. >>> time now 6:51 a.m. flames so intense people were literally jumping off of balconies to escape the latest on

subsidized child care would be eliminated for parents of 11 and 12-year-olds saving $610 million patient copaysncreased the governor says it is time the face the budget music. >> how much television do you watch every day? the amount experts say could put you at risk for a heart attack. >>> you have been told second hand smoke is bad of course, the life long impact it can have on kids as young as 4. ,,,,,, seven years ago, i had this idea. ,,,,,, to make baby food the way moms would. happybaby strives to make the best organic baby food. in a business like ours, personal connections are so important. we use our american express open gold card to further those connections. last year we took dozens of trips using membership rewards points to meet with the farmers that grow our sweet potatoes and merchants that sell our product. we've gone from being in 5 stores to 7,500. booming is using points to make connections >>> our forecast this morning, busy busy busy. rainfall we are seeing across the area. napa seeing light rainfall, parts of sonoma, showers in the forecast today, they will impact sacram

finally, and i know by copay analysts will also be speaking on this, but since we have had such a huge loss of wealth through foreclosures and the crisis and who motorship, i believe this is the time to start investing in the down payment in the actual equity side should get the americans bring to the ownership, so our group is recommended a national system of accounts. again, this is matched monday to become money for people sitting for a down payment. again, it's another savings that to build net worth to be able to come right back into homes and rebuild what is arguably the most important asset in america. so jamal, i am going to hand it back to you. those are my ideas for the rationale to get back on the right track and how to get the deficit out of control but also address our priorities. >> [inaudible] -- thank you. i guess i will start by talking about the context of racial equality in the legacy of the and i am going to talk about what i regard the transformative policies and then decide areas and our budget which i think are very regressive in the approach towards either of tw

we pay over $500 just in copays because we see a series of specialists every year. to a family of six, $500 in one copiague is rather expensive. the affordable care act eliminates annual and lifetime caps on coverage. that helps eliminate one road to bankruptcy for many people. cancer is very expensive. oftentimes people hit their caps before they even hit the hospital -- before they even leave the hospital. it will also prohibit companies from dropping coverage of someone gets sick. giving patients and families the peace of mind that insurance will cover their procedures doctors recommend. because just because you have insurance and just because your insurance says it covers something, that does not mean they cannot deny it and say, no, we are not going to pay for it. in my plan, they covered the growth hormone but they could also refused to pay for it, even though they covered it. and many other aspects of life, wouldn't that be a breach of contract? the company you're paying for that service sudley says i do not think so. they can do that. we let them do that. bu

it sets mandatory copays and limits doctor visits and prescriptions each year.hat affects one in five state residents. >> one in five from cal works. one billion hit to u.c. and csu campuses and up to a 10% pay cut for state workers not in collective bargaining agreements. >> what i propose will be painful. it's going to take sacrifice from every sector of california. >> governor brown wants to cut funding to cal fire reducing the number of firefighters on an engine crew from 4 to 3 putting them back to staffing levels that existed before massive wild farce charged the state in 2003. the governor wants to make cuts to california state parks by reducing the operating hours at some of the 278 parks and close others entirely because of low attendance. and he wants to make changes to the state prison system by moving juvenile and low level offenders from the overcrowded prisons to the county jails. 50,000 people sent to prison spent less than 90 days there. one of the few things spared is california's k-12 education system but it won't be receiving anymore funding e

that they need including services like mammograms, and we know this because they cannot afford the copays and deductibles. my colleague talked about the medical loss ratio. i have a constituent, her name is also susan, who following having breast cancer was denied reconstructive surgery from our health plan which was an absolutely good health plan. they didn't want to go forward with that kind of support for her, and we intervened, department of managed care intervened, and got it done, but that's the kind of thing people have had to deal with for years. i coauthored the women's health insurance fairness act and markets can't charge women higher premiums than men. that was a common practice. in these particular plans, women who were pregnant were denied care. california had these protections in place, but there were no federal protections to stop these unethical practices. as the patient protection and affordable care act e eliminated all of these obstacles, and it would be a travesty to take such a huge step back for women and maternal health. women have the most to gain in the passage o

the last time i had a mammogram we were left with copays and we could not afford. i was diagnosed with pre- cancerous cells in my breast a few years back, and i was told i should have won every year. i am going on two years now. i also have: polyps, and i was told i should go by every three years. i am going on five years. richard has a number of problems. he enrolled in medicare in may of 2010. june 1 he reached sedona hall, -- the go not hold -- donut hole. this costs $993 for a 20-day supply, and he has been a diabetic for 15 years, and they have tried different medications. this is the one and it works for him. after three months of paying off of -- paying out of pocket we reached the maximum and started paying 95%. this was for house payments for us. we had to choose between defaulting on our loans or my husband's health. now we chose my husband's health. fortunately a local charity paid the money, and i am now volunteering. changes made are starting to a in the -- end the donut hole. get a year's seniors can 50% reduction. this could have saved us thousand la

there's belief that if you get a preventive exam and there's no coinsurance or copay amounts with itreventive care colon cancer screening, mammograms, that sort of thing. >> all those things are covered with no coe pays and coinsurance. >> what other things can folks look for? >> a lot of provisions kicked in this past kept but based on how the law was written for most of us who get our health care insurance through our employees those rules start when the new plan year begins which is january 1st. so covering your children up to age 26 on your health insurance plan. you can't deny children with pre-existing conditions, any health care coverage. the preventive things that we've been talking about. a big change in flexible spending accounts. now you can no longer buy over-the-counter medicines with tax free money. >> you have to have some kind of prescription. but this whole thing is going to roll out until 2020 if i'm correct? >> the doughnut hole rolls out, health care reform rolls out over many years. the doughnut hole for medicare will close by 2020. so each year going forward it

they would not have the opportunity to forgo copays for preventative care. parents of young adults would not be able to keep their children on the family plan, which many have taken advantage of. small-business owners would have to give up their ability to keep their employees in the health insurance market because of the tax credits offered. we can have the conversation again, reminding people what is at stake, and go back to the days where insurance companies control who have access to coverage and who did not. host: kathleen sebelius is our guest on c-span's "newsmakers." you can watch out at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. it is also on c-span radio. this article says, with the house preparing to vote on whether to repeal the law, the chamber's new majority is facing a more delicate task -- forging its own path to expand but -- medical coverage." the leaders have made it clear that they regard the repeal vote, scheduled to begin tuesday, as the prelude to it to dump -- to a two-pronged strategy. a clear sign of recent urban preferences can be gleaned f

who have an essential benefit package that they have tried to reduce their premiums by relying on copays and deductibles to reduce their premiums. if the package is so broadly structured that these individuals and small businesses, are going to find that their current proposals are on affordable, they will be a third leg of the school in terms of cost increases. and, if we see that with medicare costs being reduced, if hospitals in particular do what was done after the balanced budget act of 1997 with the medicare costs were reduced, there will be a step back as well. i have not gotten even to the overall trajectory of health- care costs. if you put all that together, we need to look at the cost issue. we need to look at the side of the scale that is potentially increasing costs and have a discussion on how to get our hands around that. host: silver spring, md., you are on with karen ignagni. caller: thank you. my question is this. is it true that health care and -- in other advanced countries cost about half of what it does in the u.s.? and yet, people there live longer. is this true? w

finally, and i know by copay analysts will also be speaking on this, but since we have had such a huge loss of wealth through foreclosures and the crisis and who motorship, i believe this is the time to start investing in the down payment in the actual equity side should get the americans bring to the ownership, so our group is recommended a national system of accounts. again, this is matched monday to become money for people sitting for a down payment. again, it's another savings that to build net worth to be able to come right back into homes and rebuild what is arguably the most important asset in america. so jamal, i am going to hand it back to you. those are my ideas for the rationale to get back on the right track and how to get the deficit out of control but also address our priorities. >> [inaudible] -- thank you. i guess i will start by talking about the context of racial equality in the legacy of the and i am going to talk about what i regard the transformative policies and then decide areas and our budget which i think are very regressive in the approach towards either of tw

if you were over 65 with a copay, small co-payment, you could see a doctor if the doctor will take youd you can get -- if you sign up for a separate prescription drug benefit, you can get your drugs. but typically until what year was it? it was during the bush administration when part d came, prescription drugs were always on the private market. >> we will take two more questions. yes. >> you are getting a good workout today. >> i was wondering do you think there will be a retaliation from the two-party system of republicans passed this ceiling debt and if so, what form will it take? >> i missed the question. >> do you think there will be retaliation from the tea party if the ceiling debt passes? >> do we think there would be retaliation from the tea party type if the debt ceiling passes? yeah, but what are they going to do? [laughter] as a practical matter, it's something that has to happen, and it goes with the response of the being in the majority. you can posture against as obama did as a senator of objected to it and the republicans do when they are in the minority that now they a

usually they will take your insurance copay.ow where to go if something bad happens. >> thank you. up next, how to eat more when you're on a diet. >>> this morning on eat smart today, foods that make you feel full. not surprisingly, the number one complaint of dieters is that they are always hungry. it doesn't have to be that way if you choose the right foods. madeline is here with bulk up snacks to help you drop the weight and feel satisfied. good morning. >> good morning. >> this is what everybody wants the answer to. >> everybody who's trying to lose weight goes, i'm hungry, i want to eat more food. we have ways to let you eat more but not get extra calories. >> it is the difference between low and high density foods? >> when you think about calories per ounce you can think about calories packed in or dulling it up with air -- bulk it up with air, water or fiber. we want to eat for the amount of food, not the calories. >> let's start with airy foods. >> popcorn versus real corn. >> how far does 100 calories go? here is 100 ca

and there's no copay with the preventive medicine now. >> thank you. >> that's great. >> thank you. mr. ellison. trying to get the -- i think i can hear. all of you gave compelling testimony, and i want to thank you for the courage that each and all of you have exhibited in the course of your personal struggle. but i just have two quick questions, i'll get to them right away. do you think that your friends, your neighbors, your employers, people who you work with and interact every day know well enough that the affordable care act, and how can we change that so the people know what the reform does so discussions about repeal just become sillier, and sillier? can you help me with that? >> i'll try. >> go for it. anybody. don't be shy. >> no, that's why again, the opportunity to be here today. we didn't have enough opportunity, and i do have friends and colleagues who are misinformed and think this is a government takeover of health care. and i try to present to them, no, it'ses health insurance taking over of health care if you think about it. there's a lot of rhetoric has we've been

who have an essential benefit package that they have tried to reduce their premiums by relying on copays deductibles to reduce their premiums. if the package is so broadly structured that these individuals and small businesses, are going to find that their current proposals are on affordable, they will be a third leg of the school in terms of cost increases. and, if we see that with medicare costs being reduced, if hospitals in particular do what was done after the balanced budget act of 1997 with the medicare costs were reduced, there will be a step back as well. i have not gotten even to the overall trajectory of health- care costs. if you put all that together, we need to look at the cost issue. we need to look at the side of the scale that is potentially increasing costs and have a discussion on how to get our hands around that. host: silver spring, md., you are on with karen ignagni. caller: thank you. my question is this. is it true that health care and -- in other advanced countries cost about half of what it does in the u.s.? and yet, people there live longer. is this true? why i

want to misinterpret what you said, but the whole point was that the reason why we got rid of the copay for services was because we knew there were seniors who would not go see a doctor if they had to pay 20%, and if they would see the doctor and it would cost the government 20%, we would save money because we have to pay for their emergency room care. the same is true here. in other words, you start taking, if you don't have the mandate and everybody in the insurance pool, we know that the cost of premiums goes down as the pool gets larger, and the reason companies discriminate and don't want people with preexisting conditions is because they cost more. the point is if you put everybody in, the cost comes down for the person, you know, who has the preexisting condition, and, you know, you get preventive care so hopefully you don't get sick and end up with a bad health condition. >> it's one whole. you're saying if we just did the preexisting piece and i'm healthy, i would just wait until i got sick for insurance? >> exactly, and my point is that if you -- you have to include everyone.