host: david lightman? guest: opt out was a part of the plan that harry reid introduced. what we have now is a plan where the government would supervise a multi-state plan, one of which would have to be nonprofit. this would provide competition with private insurers. host: next is ron from syracuse. independent line. caller: i am not really interested in health insurance reform, regulation. i do not think we need health insurance, we need health care. the gentleman who called in and while ago said he could not understand why a our costs are twice what other countries are. the answer is we treat health care as a commodity, rather than a right, as everyone else does. from 2000 to 2008, costs went up 128%. health-care costs did not go up. nurses make an extra 3%, hospital staff. but from 2000 to 2008, the 10 top insurance companies increased their profit 450%. that is where the extra money goes. we need a single payer system. we need health care, not health insurance. host: 01 to move this discussion out of the realm of health care, regarding the 2010 agenda. politico writes

host: david lightman? guest: opt out was a part of the plan that harry reid introduced. what we have now is a plan where the government would supervise a multi-state plan, one of which would have to be nonprofit. this would provide competition with private insurers. host: next is ron from syracuse. independent line. caller: i am not really interested in health insurance reform, regulation. i do not think we need health insurance, we need health care. the gentleman who called in and while ago said he could not understand why a our costs are twice what other countries are. the answer is we treat health care as a commodity, rather than a right, as everyone else does. from 2000 to 2008, costs went up 128%. health-care costs did not go up. nurses make an extra 3%, hospital staff. but from 2000 to 2008, the 10 top insurance companies increased their profit 450%. that is where the extra money goes. we need a single payer system. we need health care, not health insurance. host: 01 to move this discussion out of the realm of health care, regarding the 2010 agenda. politico writes

tomorrow, david lightman and drew armstrong join us for an update on congress. former republican party chairman ed gillespie on this year's midterm elections. later. juan wi -- later, juan williams on race, politics, and the news. later in the morning, mitch mcconnell along with other gop senators talked to reporters about u.s. foreign policy and the senate's agenda. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the white house said president obama was not offended by senate majority leader harry reid's use of the term "negro" when describing the candidacy but it was an unfortunate choice of word. >> he has made amends. would you like to extend that? >> i am happy about that. i have enjoyed working with him. it has been tremendous and terrific. i have -- my heart has been warmed from the response to run the country. whether it is julian bond, a call i got today from the attorney general, eric holder. he said i've known you for a long time. anything i can do, anyone you want me to talk to, i would be glad to do that. we have a lot to do. i have spent the last couple weeks

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