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life changes. >> elizabeth cohen is joining us.than 100 million americans had these lifetime limits, could these limits come back if the justices throw out what's called the affordable care act? >> right. i think almost certainly these limits would come back because insurance companies aren't charities. why would you want to insure a girl like try 0 let if you don't have to. her care runs into the millions of millions of dollars. if you put a cap on it as a company you make more money and that's what companies are supposed to do. >> elizabeth cohen, what a story. thanks very much. the stakes are enormous. >>> the u.s. supreme court gets down to the heart of the matter in one of the biggest cases in more than a decade. the cous

i want to bring in elizabeth cohen now.eason he was standing by the president is ultimately a sad story, his mother died. but if she was alive today, would she have health insurance? >> she had a job, she had insurance. because she was ill, she missed work. she lost that job. i don't know the specific, but i can't imagine she could have gotten insurance. it would have been practically possible to get insurance with her does. no company wants to touch you. health care reform requires people stop saying no to people with conditions like hers. if she had been alive at the time where insurance kpeens had to take her, she would have gotten better care. >> there wow been hope. >> there was no way she was going to get insurance with that disease. but if insurance companies had to take her, then she could have gotten care. >> marcellus, i want to ask you a little bit more about your crusade. obviously you lobbied for health care reform. but, you know at the time you were 11. you're still so young. you're 13 years old. why was it so

cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us live from atlanta. good morning to you.years old. everybody is saying isn't he too old to be receiving a heart? >> some hospitals say it is so risky to give a heart transplant to some over 70 they won't do them but many will, depending on the health of the 70-year-old. if you look at the statistics there's no question that a 70-year-old has less of a chance of being alive five years after a heart transplant than somebody else but again having said that, hospitals are allowed to really do whatever they want to do. some people have ethical issues with giving a heart transplant to a 70-year-old because these are precious resources. a heart from a cadaver is a precious resource and some people feel why should we give it to someone who we know has less of a chance of being around five years later because of their age. >> not only that, this is a prominent person so a lot of people are wondering whether he jumped to the head of the line. >>' always hear when a prominent person gets an organ from a cadaver we wonder. the former vi

elizabeth cohen has nor today's "health for her." >> reporter: women with knee pain know how miserable and debilitating it can truly be. >> when women are younger they tend to get more tendinitis or irritation issues around the knee and then as they age, especially when they accumulate previous injuries it may lead to arthritis and further changes. >> reporter: the american college of rheumatologist says near think two-thirds of women ages 50 and older have some degree the knee pain that may come and go or stick around. osteoarthritis is often to blame. >> women are more at risk for arthritis than men are. specifically when women go through menopause, we think estrogen may have protective effect in the cart lidge of the knee. >> reporter: sometimes it's due to overuse injuries. how do you know what the best treatment is? see your primary doctor to start determining the cause. he or she may need to send to you a specialist. discuss options like acetaminophen with your doctor. also, don't forget to use exercise as medicine. do excess exercises that strengthen the muscle around the knee.

elizabeth cohen walking up. we'll get the news in 60 seconds. be right back. >>> here at cnn, a new report is coming out of the surgeon general's office regarding kids and tobacco. parents, pay close attention. i want to bring in senior correspondent elizabeth cohen. you've talked to sources. you've gotten this report. what does it say? >> this comes out tonight about kids and tobacco. we've obtained it from different sources who read the whole thing. basically the surgeon general is saying you're not supposed to market tobacco to kids, but there are other ways the tobacco industry is getting to kids, and they say the tobacco industry is spending $10 billion a year marketing to young people. that's $29 million a day. i want to show you an example. like i said, it's not joe camel anymore, but take a look at this. when you see marketing from marlboro next to an ice cream snack at a convenience store, what does that say to kids? it's right near the product that they love. there's been accusations that the tobacco industry and the convenience stores

with this week's health for her, i'm elizabeth cohen. >> the much anticipated hunger games is playingnow in a theater near u. cast members sat down with cnn to discuss the film and talk about how this movie is different from the rest. >> twilight or harry potter, frenls, you're dealing with elements like magic and werewolves and vampires. our movie is real people. >> will hunger games be able to match twilight and harry potter's success. our movie reviewer weighs in next. we always hear about jobs leaving america. here's a chance to create jobs in america. oil sands projects, like kearl, and the keystone pipeline will provide secure and reliable energy to the united states. over the coming years, projects like these could create more than half a million jobs in the us alone. from the canadian border, through the mid west, to the gulf coast. benefiting hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country. this is just what our economy needs right now. interviewer: you were there the day the priceline negotiator went down in that fiery bus crash. sister kathleen: we lost a beautiful

it's just okay. >> reporter: i'm elizabeth cohen. i'm robert shapiro.n people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. so start your business, protect your family, launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. >>> imagine having to tell your employer your personal private information about how you use birth control. women in arizona could have to do just that if a bill in the state senate right now becomes law. under the bill, women who want to get reimbursed for birth control pills through their employer-provided insurance could have to prove they are taking it for a medical reason and not to prevent pregnancy. this bill was written by a woman. republican state representative debbie lesko. i spoke with her about this controversy. >> government should not be telling the mom and pop employer or a faith-based charity organization that they have to provide something that's against their religious belief. that's all it does. it does not allow an employer to ask a woman if they're using contraceptive

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with this week's health for her, i'm elizabeth cohen. >> and who could forget this iconic movie scene? >> i'm the king of the world! >> it will be back in theaters next weekend. yes, 15 years later. titanic is back. our movie critic gives us the inside scoop on the titanic 3-d premiere in london. coming up next. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. >>> 15 years after its original release, "titanic" is back in theaters, this time in 3-d. it opens on the big screen next thursday. gray drake, all dolled out on the red carpet. she was in london for the premiere of the ditaitanic 3-d. did it live up to your expectations? >> it far exceeded them. i started out a fan of this movie, and everyone involved, and i left a crazy person for all of them. it was just wonderful. >> well, it didn't look like they were running away from you on the red carpet. you

here is senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> reporter: 1945, california's sonoma state homeharlie filet, a 14-year-old ward is singing in a field when he is ordered inside. >> first he shot me with some kind of medicine. first deaden my nerves. and then the next thing i heard was snip snip and that was it. >> did they tell what you they were doing to you? >> no. >> they didn't have to tell him. he knew. a sterilization by force. >> how did you know what it was? >> well, because, susan, there's been others in there that had it before me. >> reporter: the other boys at the home had warned him how much it would hurt. >> when they did this side here, it felt like they were pulling any whole insides out. >> reporter: the 1930s through the 1950s was the heyday of the movement. the goal, to rid the country of the feeble minded, defectives. and it wasn't some fringe or secretive program. it was well known and paid for about it states where practiced. entire families labelled ship lists, degeneral rats, 60,000 men and women, boys and girls sterilized. some living at home, others like

cnn's senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, reports. >> reporter: 1945.'s sonoma state home. charlie follet, a 14-year-old ward, is singing in a field when he's ordered inside. >> first he shot me with some kind of medicine. supposed to deaden the nerve. then the next thing i heard was snip, snip. and that was it. >> reporter: did they tell you what they were doing to you? >> no. >> reporter: they didn't have to tell him. he knew. a sterilization by force. how did you know what it was? >> well, because there's been others in there that had it before me. >> reporter: the other boys at the home had warned him how much it would hurt. >> well, when they done this side here, it seemed like they were pulling the whole insides out. >> reporter: the 1930s through the 1950s were the heyday of th movement in the united states. the goal, to rid the country of the feeble-minded, defectives. and it wasn't some fringe or secretive program. it was well known and paid for by the states where it was practiced. entire families labeled schiffless, degenerates, 60,000 steril

cnn's senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, reports. >> reporter: 1945.e follet, a 14-year-old ward, is singing in a field when he's ordered inside. >> first he shot me with some kind of medicine. supposed to deaden the nerve. then the next thing i heard was snip, snip. and that was it. >> reporter: did they tell you what they were doing to you? >> no. >> reporter: they didn't have to tell him. he knew. a sterilization by force. how did you know what it was? >> well, because there's been others in there that had it before me. >> reporter: the other boys at the home had warned him how much it would hurt. >> well, when they done this side here, it seemed like they were pulling the whole insides out. >> reporter: the 1930s through the 1950s were the heyday of the y movement in the united states. the goal, to rid the country of the feeble-minded, defectives. and it wasn't some fringe or secretive program. it was well known and paid for by the states where it was practiced. entire families labeled schiffless, degenerates, 60,000 sterilized. some living at home

. >> reporter: i'm elizabeth cohen. >>> and are you part of the so-called sandwich generation? if you are caring for your aging parents as well as your teenagers, then you are. some tips on how to get the most care for your money next. [ woman ] the blue bomber. [ man ] mr. squeak. [ woman ] the shag wagon. [ male announcer ] you loved your first car. animate and share your first car story at firstcarstory.com. courtesy of the 2012 subaru impreza. experience love that lasts. ♪ >>> all right. it's the number one issue in american homes, getting your financial house in order. today in our weekly "financial fix," being able to afford to care for your aging parents. it is called the sandwich generation when adults are taking care of their aging parents and at the same time they're taking care of other members in their family. it's tough. >> we cause some of this. our generation is having children later in life. so that's why we're sandwiches together. this did just happen in my family. my mother who has been living independently had a pretty significant stroke and it caused cagneyt

cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has that side of the story. >> reporter: these nineer affect the life of 3-year-old violet mcmanis. her mother knows if the justices overturn health care reform, violet will lose her insurance. >> reporter: tell me why it's scary for you? >> our daughter can die and there is nothing we can do about it. >> reporter: violet was born healthy. at 11 months old she had her first seizure. >> our daughter was completely blue in her crib and shaking. >> reporter: it was epilepsy. when seizures strike, she stops breathing as many as 30 times a day. she has three drugs and she has an alarm system and she has oxygen. this all gets expensive. she has health insurance through her dad matt's work. it's paid for her hair, including several long, expensive hospitalizations. that's why the family will be watching the supreme court decision so closely. if the court gets rid of health care reform, their insurance company could stop paying for violet's care in as soon as two years. because she'll have heat her lifetime limit on benefits. if you could chan

. >> we're also going to talk a little bit more about that medical component with elizabeth cohen coming up. it's interesting. >> it is. a lot of people want to know if this was heart disease, how long. we were talking about that just a minute ago. so, sure, elizabeth can hopefully shed some light on that. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> nine minutes now past 5:00 on the east coast. they're expected to announce formal charges against robert bales. you know that now he's facing 17 counts of murder in an afghan shooting rampage. that's one more count than previously had been anticipated because up until now the death toll had been 16. his attorney,on heb ri brown e believes proving the case against his client will be extremely difficult. legal experts say the quick burial of the victims in accordance with islamic law could present a lot of forensic problems for the prosecution. browne suggests that his client suffered from ptsd. last night a former army captain said the ticking time bomb is an outdated military stereotype. >> there's no evidence that says that ptsd or tbi makes someone inc

elizabeth cohen is here to explain exactly what the individual mandate is.t. >> right. people are passionate about the individual mandate, because in this country, we don't tell people that they have to buy something. just by virtue of being a citizen. you have to buy something. and that's what's gotten people all upset about this. so that part of it is going to be discussed tomorrow. and today what's going to be discussed is the flip side to that. it really ends upper take to the benefits that people could get from health care reform. so let's take a look at a couple people who we invented to see how they're going to do under health care reform and what will happen if the supreme court changes all that. so i want to introduce you to my friend, eddie, the entrepreneur. there he is. eddie earns $80,000. he is an entrepreneur, so he doesn't have an employer. so unlike you and me, he doesn't get insurance through his employer. so under health care reform, eventually what will happen is he will spend $4,500 on insurance. that's what he would be required to pay.

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elizabeth cohen went looking for answers. >> reporter: charlie was 14 years old when he had a vasectomyou think that sounds just a little young for the procedure, you would be right. he got it because the state of california forced him to. >> first they shot me with some kind of medicine, supposed to deaden the nerve, and then the next thing i heard was snip, snip and that was it. >> he was one of 20,000 californians who were sterilized against their will back in the heyday of the state's eugenics population. he was chosen simply because he lived in a state run home. the governor of the state of north carolina proposed paying it's victims $50,000. but so far, california's offered nothing more than this, a statement issued back in 2003 saying in part, it was a sad and regrettable chapter in the state's history and it is one that must never be repeated again. keeping them honest, i went to california to get some answers from the state's leaders. >> we have been calling an email in your office for a long time now. governor brown wouldn't talk to us, but did send a statement regretting the

our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to talk about that. how does this new health care law expand medicaid? >> it's interesting, this is a part of the law that i think has been overlooked to some extent. everyone has talked so much about the exchanges and what not. it would be the largest medicaid expansion since medicaid came about, so let's take a look at how it would expand made kad. it does it a couple different ways. first of all, what it does is it changes the income requirement. so let's take a look at the foster family. these are my imaginary friends, i bring them along every so often. these are the fast food fosters. now, in order for the parents to get on medicaid, their income has to be below about $23,000. after health care reform, if it goes through, which is looking i guess more and more doubtful, they would have to make less than $31,000. so that's a big difference. the big difference between making $31,000 and making $23,000. so you can see that would add on many, many more families if health care reform comes to pass. >> th

elizabeth cohen went looking for answers. >> reporter: charlie was 14 years old when he had a vasectomynk that sounds just a little young for the procedure, you would be right. he got it because the state of california forced him to. >> first they shot me with some kind of medicine, supposed to deaden the nerve, and then the next thing i heard was snip, snip and that was it. >> he was one of 20,000 californians who were sterilized against their will back in the heyday of the state's yeugenics population. he was chosen simply because he lived in a state run home. the governor of the state of north carolina proposed paying it's victims $50,000. but so far, california's offered nothing more than this, a statement issued back in 2003 saying in part, it was a sad and regrettable chapter in the state's history and it is one that must never be repeated again. keeping them honest, i went to california to get some answers from the state's leaders. >> we have been calling an email in your office for a long time now. governor brown wouldn't talk to us, but did send a statement regretting the harm

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our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us from atlanta.actually a situation whereby more kids are getting sick or we're getting smarter about this. >> ashleigh that is the million-dollar question. the answer is we really don't know. we try to figure out what's going on, a 78% increase between 2002 and 2008, what accounts for that? experts tell us that they think it's certainly a significant part of it is that as you said we're getting smarter. parents are noticing these behaviors, they're aggressive and rightfully so taking their kids to the pediatrician saying what's going on here. pediatricians got smarter in the eight years and learned more about what exactly what the signs are they should be looking for when making an autism diagnosis. so that is definitely a part of it, but here's the other thing, ashleigh. experts think maybe there really is something out in the world that is causing this increase in autism, but they don't know what it is. maybe there's something in the air that we breathe. maybe there's something in the water we dri

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senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us now from atlanta with detailsing on this. love you. >> did i ruin your lunch. >> i hate that you come to me with these stories. i love red meat, bacon, hot dogs, all the things i'm supposed to not love. why is this different? >> this study is different, ashleigh, baz it is a particularly large study. we're talking about more than 120,000 people studied in this harvard study. doctors and nurses, all right? so they asked these doctors and nurses how much meat do you eat and followed them for 25 years. so they could see who died in that 25 years and who didn't. let's look at the serving size. folks who have a serving of meat, this is what a serving looks like. three ounces. there it is. that's three ounces. keep in this mind. that's tiny. or two slices of bacon, that would be the processed meat serving. keep these in your mind visually and then look at these numbers. folks who had one of those servings a day of meat had an increased risk of dying during that study period of 13%. 13% more likely to die during that 25-year period.

elizabeth cohen, thanks for bringing it to us. thanks, everybody. what a great story.ell for them. >> me, too. >>> 45 minutes past the hour. time to check stories making news this morning. ten states and more than 400 delegates up for grabs on super tuesday. mitt romney opening a six-point lead over rick santorum. that's in the latest national poll of republicans conducted by nbc news and the "wall street journal." >>> the rash of tornadoes that rate five states now blamed for 39 deaths and among them 14-month-old angel babcock. she was taken off life support after somehow surviving a twister that wiped out her entire family in indiana. her grandparents were by her side. >>>ish ailisraeli prime ministe and the president meets face to face at the white house. the president is expected to urge the israelis to use restraint when dealing with iran and nuclear threat so sanctions and diplomacy can have a chance. >>> no apparent let-up from syrian troops in homs. arrests, they say regime forces are targeting other cities, too, across the country. at this point, killing at le