who voted against healthcare reform. a effort to heave them out of office. fox on top of reports the white house and unions are teaming up to target democrats who shifted their healthcare votes from yes to no. my next guest is one of them. massachusetts congressman steven lynch. good to have you. >> good to be with you. >> what do you know first off, sir, that you are or might be a target or that because you switched your vote for different reasons, we're going to get into that, they want you out? >> well, look, we've received our office and myself personally, because i answer the phone on some calls, you know, the calls have been hostile and i think it's fair to say abusive but i don't feel threatened to the degree mr. stupak or mr. cantor might feel right now. i don't feel threatened. i've been threatened on other bells but not that -- bills but not that one. the language and hostility comes through loud and clear. >> besides the ones that might be physical threats on you, which i hope there aren't many of those. what

. >> this healthcare bill will ruin our country. it's time to stop it. >> house republicans remain committed to do everything we possibly can to defeat this healthcare bill. >> the healthcare bill we move forward today is about a bill about life. life of america's families. >> live and at large the voting soon to begin the cause will consume the vast majority of time and energy of president obama's first year in office his historic proposal for health insurance coverage to virtually every american. i am geraldo riverivera. it reflects exactly what the senate has previously passed. if it does severe the required 216 votes it needs for passage in the house, right now that that still appears likely, it could be sent to the desk of the president of the united states for his signature. this monumental legislation technically could become the law of the land before the s sunris on the white house on monday morning. but while the president is expected to address the nation sometime late tonight what will probably happen is that the second

american healthcare is a terrific thing. >> healthcare -- the quality of healthcare is relevant to theare bill. >> it is going to damage healthcare in this country. >> why do you say that? >> why do i say that? look how many doctors drop patients already from medicaid. >> but that has to do with medicaid and medicaid spending and you have to have a fix which they will do later but it is not part this of bill. >> we have to take a break here. you can continue during the commercial or pane plus. when we come back we want to take a longer view of what this means for president obama and the role of government in our daily lives and the larger implications of healthcare reform. back in a moment. just to make phone calls. but when at&t or verizon offer you an unlimited plan for $69.99, that's all it's good for -- phone calls. with sprint, for the same price, you get unlimited text, unlimited web and unlimited calling to every mobile phone in america. now, that's more like it. [ male announcer ] $69.99 for unlimited text, web and calling to any mobile in america. only from sprint. deaf, hard-

make their healthcare better. the bottom line, americans are smarter than the democrats give them credit for. if you think dealing with your insurance company now is a pain, then just wait until you have to lobby a member of congress for changes to the healthcare monsterosity once it is passed. this is the biggest con job ever foisted on the american people. this bill once signed into law will no doubt become the platform for reaching the real goal that president obama has wanted all along. a singer payor system. stay tuned. that is the memo. now, for the top story tonight. with victory in his sights, the president was all fired up today. >> i don't know how passing healthcare will play politically but i know it is right. teddy roosevelt knew it was right. harry truman knew it was right. ted kennedy knew it was right. do not quit. do not give up. we keep on going. we are going to get this done. we are going to make history! >> despite his optimism, the arm twisting and turning for the 216 votes is still going on b

this is healthcare. this is healthcare reform.e talking about bribery, corruption, spending, special interest. what about this side of the tree? the lies, the greed, the ego, the arrogance. this side leads to this side. okay? it's the same tree. this is government. this is us. because this is the way it's been lined up. we're separate but on the same tree. look at this. this used to be -- a tree like this had three seeds in it. faith, hope, charity. but this tree has been perverted by the progressive movement. progressive movement, what did they do? they rooted these trees, the roots up. and they said faith, this guy was a religious zealot. sam adams, he was a crazy man. hope, he was a slave owner. how much hope comes from that. charity, please, ben franklin, he was just making love to all kind of women. that's what they teach us now. they have rotted the roots of this tree and they have filled it full of poison on these people. and so what do we get? we get arrogance and greed and ego and lies, which produces this kind of governm

this week we're getting a healthcare reform bill. we can take care of all the nation's priorities at the same time. >> in the staefts maryland and virginia the vote was split. looking at the state of maryland for the congressmen there, six maryland voters voted for the bill two against it. in virginia the opposite, seven lawmakers, u.s. congressmen voted against the bill with four voting for it. republican attorney general ken cuccinelli is reportedly promising a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform bill as soon as it's signed into law. reporting live on capitol hill, i'm jane watrel, back to you. >>> 6:06 is the time. coming up tiger woods gives his first one on one interviews since his car crash. what he has to say about the scandal surrounding him and about his return. >> metro wants to hear from you. how you can sound off about the proposed fare increase. >>> off to a bit of a rainy start on this monday morning. find out when those clouds might go away. your weather and traffic to >>> it's spring for

this healthcare bill will ruinure country.ve to stop it. >> geraldo: and the eve of what is going to be an historic vote, tea party protesters holding a vigil outside the united states supreme court where challenges to the legislation even if it passes will undoubtedly be heard. with more on what the protesters did today, here is our molly henneberg. >>> thousands gathered in what they call the "final push" to try to stop the healthcare reform bill. they say they are here to put pressure on undecided lawmakers to try to get them to vote no in sunday's vote. michelle bachman urged the crowd to let the lawmakers hear them. >> the declaration went on to say they rule by the consent of the governed. are you giving percent to have the government take over 18% of the economy? >> actor john voigt addressed the crowd and had a message for elected leaders on capitol hill? >> we are here today to try to reach not only the american people but our congressmen and senators who are being bullied and bribed into passing this dangerous and de

this is healthcare. this is healthcare reform.re talking about bribery, corruption, spending, special interest. what about this side of the tree? the lies, the greed, the ego, the arrogance. this side leads to this side. okay? it's the same tree. this is government. this is us. because this is the way it's been lined up. we're separate but on the same tree. look at this. this used to be -- a tree like this had three seeds in it. faith, hope, charity. but this tree has been perverted by the progressive movement. progressive movement, what did they do? they rooted these trees, the roots up. and they said faith, this guy was a religious zealot. sam adams, he was a crazy man. hope, he was a slave owner. how much hope comes from that. charity, please, ben franklin, he was just making love to all kind of women. that's what they teach us now. they have rotted the roots of this tree and they have filled it full of poison on these people. and so what do we get? we get arrogance and greed and ego and lies, which produces this kind of govern

this is healthcare. this is healthcare reform.re talking about bribery, corruption, spending, special interest. what about this side of the tree? the lies, the greed, the ego, the arrogance. this side leads to this side. okay? it's the same tree. this is government. this is us. because this is the way it's been lined up. we're separate but on the same tree. look at this. this used to be -- a tree like this had three seeds in it. faith, hope, charity. but this tree has been perverted by the progressive movement. progressive movement, what did they do? they rooted these trees, the roots up. and they said faith, this guy was a religious zealot. sam adams, he was a crazy man. hope, he was a slave owner. how much hope comes from that. charity, please, ben franklin, he was just making love to all kind of women. that's what they teach us now. they have rotted the roots of this tree and they have filled it full of poison on these people. and so what do we get? we get arrogance and greed and ego and lies, which produces this kind of govern

there are advantages with healthcare reform, cutting the deficit, expanding healthcare to 30 million.losing the doughnut hole and addressing the preexisting conditions. that's just some of the immediate things. you have to make this a concerted campaign with the white house and democrats on the hill to sell the healthcare to the american people because there are clearly opponents on the other side who don't like the reform and are not going to take a break with their criticism of the healthcare. this is not a battle one in a single day but a message war fought to the election. >> neil: all right. so you are in the camp that says everything that is capitalistic about america is destroyed in the white house so evil nefarious forces can take over. you're not in that camp? >> that is correct. >> neil: clear on that. chris, can you stick around? >> of course. >> neil: this is at the white house. this is the scene. the president is going to be meeting with his counterpart from france. nicolas sarkozy. they will take reporters' questions, the two of of them leading the effort to asemiable gl

not that the healthcare thing is the titanic but didn't they say when healthcare's backers are sayingame stuff, it's unsinkable. 15 states are trying to save the tsaers are including governor haley barbour. what are you up to? >> i notified my democratic attorney general that we intend to litigate the healthcare reform bills going into effect, joined with a number of other states. and i've asked him to let me know tomorrow if he'll accept that representation or do we need to hire outside private counsel. >> he sounds cool to the idea. maybe i'm misreading -- >> we've eight statewide elect the officials in mississippi, state officials. he's the only democrat. >> neil: secretary ofso that coa parts but he might say you're capitalizing for politic gains. >> i'm trying to save miss mismoney on direct taxes. we have have to raise taxes on mississippians to pay the 150 to $200 million a year of additional medicaid state spending required by this bill. they've delayed it for a few years. i won't be governor anymore. but the fact of the matter is all that is postponing the hanging. we're goin

the job picture likely to ka healthcare. some of the provisions are appealing but they have a limited window in which to repackage healthcare reform against the anger that has been building in this country. a narrative about the democrats exploding deficits and bailing out wall street. healthcare reform what due -- i absolutely can. i am not going to write it off and say this is going to doom the democratic party. >> steve as we look at the foenl moments, 228-209 at this point it will pull out some of the special deal. to make some changes for the poirs part. the -- then pat possible. i think you can make it pain field we are looking at what we have now as a portion of what we had. nancy pelosi said in her speech that struck me. i think she was putti putting t kennedy's letter reaffirming the country. i think that's one of the things megan sta we have two different visions about what the character of our country actually means. you have obama who comes in and uses language that suggests he is going to try to change the way m

is how do we pay for healthcare? and about four, five, six, seven years from now when these provisions will kick in, we're going to be very, very happy that we took the first step because that's what's going to make a big difference here. so i say, madam president, that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle threw a whole lot of criticisms but just because you say something doesn't mean it's true. and, frankly, that is why i felt it important to stand up and set the record straight. because what they're saying is just not true. madam president, i yield the floor. >> live now to the u.s. senate where members return to work on a bill that extends tax breaks and unemployment benefits. no roll call votes are expected today and it's possible majority leader reid will file a motion to limit debate on that measure before the day ends. several amendments have been offered and are currently pending but it's already been announced there won't be any roll call votes until tuesday. live now to the floor of the u.s. senate

it wasn't just healthcare. the cameras focused on the folks on the south side of the capitol who were chanting anti-healthcare reform slogans. on the other hand, though, there was a large immigration rally. anybody who's on capitol hill at all saw people streaming in for a pro-immigration reform rally. that same day, i happened to go into the office and i walked by the white house, and there was a huge anti-iraq war protest as well, not as many people as were protesting the healthcare reform bill, but there were folks all around the white house protesting involvement. so there is still a frustration on the left, even though president obama is in office, that we are both still in iraq and afghanistan. another point the caller made was the economy and some of these companies who have already started making moves on healthcare. the people, companies to watch include companies like caterpillar, john deere, these are sort of midwestern, you know, manufacturing companies. host: what kind of moves are they making? gue

so it would be a combined new healthcare bill. bottom line, the insurance reforms overdo and resisted by the insurance industry will make a huge difference for the american people. i get so much positive response from folks whose kids are graduated high school or college and get dumped off the healthcare plan or we hear stories about folks who have a preexisting condition and can't get -- >> neil: you're right, there are a number of good features that a lot of folks would support. as a daughter of that age, i'm not sure it's in good interest to have her keep living with me but what i want to raise, some of the less than attractive elements in the law that are being questioned here and whether the hand of government is getting too stearn on some of the more unpleasant features coming in future years are being put off and not discussed. >> my view is that's a lot of exaggeration. a lot of the debate was -- >> neil: wait, what am i exaggerating? we don't pass -- some of these measures are coming. we know the i.r.s. is going to police

you can't say there's direct funding of abortion in the healthcare legislation at all. what they're talking about is the possibility of money -- federal money used for healthcare exchanges or health centers used for abortion incorrectly. the president's executive order in the minds of bart stupak and others clarifies that's not possible but the white house says that was clear before the order was struck. >> so you do it for politics? >> you do it because it was necessary. that was the implication robert gibbs left. when asked the legal necessity he couldn't come up with an answer but there's an obvious political necessity. the order has been signed and the white house would prefer to move on. >> shepard: major garrett, live at the white house. while major was giving that report, producers were telling me that steny hoyer, the ma quart leader, has held a news conference and given disturbing information to the media. we just learned members of congress, according to steny hoyer, are getting death threats as a result of their vote on healthcare. not in a joking way, member

that's the federally funded healthcare program for the poor. >>> the changes to the healthcare system will not happen overnight. local lawmakers are already reacting to this historic passage. we have more from jane watrel. >> reporter: washington is waking up this morning after a history making vote. the healthcar vote that passed by a mere seven votes on capitol hill delivered president obama one of the first major victories of his young presidency. now 34 democrats as was reported this morning mainly from republican leaning states did vote against this measure. experts say it will prohibit healthcare plans from excluding children with pre-existing conditions. parents can add nondependent children up to 26 six months after this legislation is enacted. as for the uninsured almost everyone without insurance will have to get it by 2014 or pay a fine. here's some of the reaction from local lawmakers. >> it's exciting. i think people realize the moment in history and the opportunity. >> just think now prince george's county and all the rest of us absorb the cost of all of those people who

house passes healthcare reform. >>> details about the bill that will give millions of americans finally a chance to see a doctor. good morning. welcome back to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> i'm kimberly suiters in for eun yang. it's monday, march 22, 2010. taking a live look outside. you're waking up to some sprinkles in our area. meteorologist tom kierein joins us live to talk about it. >> all we need is ice cream to put those sprinkles on and we'll be set. >> we had summer time weather over the weekend. not ice cream weather this morning. things have cooled down. we have a low pressure system moving into the region, bringing rain moving from the southwest to the northeast. right now the radar is showing some of that rain activity now passing into howard county out of northern montgomery county and elsewhere we have other sprinkles around the region at this hour, temperature right near 60 degrees. it will stay in the upper 50s to near 60 for the next few hours and then hit the mid-60s this afternoon with a few more passing showers and even maybe thunder showers this afternoon but do

that's the solution to healthcare. american medical association believes we need a pluralistic sector. we think this helps the primary care physicians especially dealing with medicaid, which doesn't may adequately for care already by increasing them up to medicare rates. >> neil: very good having you. thank you. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: all right. if there is such a thing as bo boogyman or the scapegoat in this battle it's the health insurance companies to the point. they have had a target on their backs from the very beginning almost. constantly mentioned in the president's speeches as the one big block to fare. how many times have you heard people denied coverage, in one of the president's stories in a hospital bed and surgeon's room. needless to say not a good time to be in the health insurance industry or dealing with this or to hear some tell it with with the legislation being considered and potentially becoming law to be a health insurance company at all. because the costs are going to be severe. with me now

begin enacting it maryland began putting healthcare reform in place a few years ago. as jeff reports tonight many marylanders remain uncertain over how it will impact them in the future. >> reporter: just mention overhauling the nation's healthcare system here at the double tee diner in annapolis and many customers will do a double take. >> i'm thinking who will pay for it. >> will it bring down healthcare insurance rates? >> i don't know. >> reporter: it is not just the average citizen at this point. even the state of maryland doesn't know how the federal healthcare law will impact it. governor martin o'malley signed an executive order creating a council to be made up of some of the top healthcare experts in the state to plot a course for how to implement the bulk of the major provisions it calls for four years from now. it is not too early for him to predict that maryland will profit from it. >> the law that the president signed into existance yesterday will save the state of maryland more than $1 billion over the ten-year period moving ahead. >> reporter: that's a

hybrid public/private healthcare or mostly public healthcare systems how many of those ones, if you knowo transition from a system that's more similar to ours that has all these entrenched private interests hmos and insurance companies? and how do they do it? and if not, is that maybe -- what role does that play in making it so difficult for the obama administration right now -- >> host: got it, jeremy. thanks. mr. reid? >> guest: yeah. how many countries had to transit from a rotten spotty erratic expensive healthcare system like ours to get to universal coverage? that's a terrific question. i do go through this in the book. let's see. canada did, britain did. france did. taiwan did. the netherlands did. a lot of countries have made that transition because they made the moral commitment to cover everybody. i mean, germany -- i won't count 'cause they started in 1883. but a lot of countries have done it. did it in the 20th century. and i describe this at some length how these different countries got there. and i'll tell you the pattern. it's not universal but a very common pattern. the m

personally, i believe that there is enough money in our healthcare system that we could provide healthcare a quality healthcare program for all of our citizens. it's a distribution issue, an allocation of how we do it. and i think that's what oregon is moving forward on is trying to find that mix of where, in fact, we could take the dollars we have and fill it up with the past and provide other quality healthcare for other citizens of oregon >> i think what ted is saying -- everyone keeps thinking every time you talk it's more money, more money. i've come to where some my state money won't help the problem. it will help cure it once you have the plan to help fix it and that's what we're looking for is that plan that really fixes the problem that we have, that we've identified without throwing more money into it. and i think that's the push-back from the american people. who's enough enough? how much more do you want out of my hide? can't you work with what you've got? i've got to live with what i've got. and i'm even making due with less. can't you do the same? that might be the push-back

so at thursday's healthcare summit, luis slaughter issued a dramatic call for healthcare reform. a woman was so poor she wore her dead sister's dentures. roll tape, tape rollers. >> i had one constituent and you won't believe this, but it is true. her sister died. this poor woman had no dentures. she wore her dead sister's teeth which of course did not fit. did you ever believe in america that's where we would be? >> no, i don't believe that's where we would be, but slaughter does. she said she heard the story from a doctor in buffulo. maybe it is true, but the tales of whoa drive me nuts. slaughter was not the only one to bring up stuff. miller talked about his two fake hips. alex zap der talked about his wife who is sick and our president brought up his mom and two daughters. i have had enough of politicians with tales of anguish to score political . if we can get a more for yum -- moratorium, we would all be better off. we all experience pain and sorrow in our lives and lost loved ones, but if everybody pulled a slaughteringthing would get done. as horrifying or sentimental it

do you think the healthcare debate is over? far from it. some members of congress are asking for security help after threats and acts of vandalism. topper. >> a beautiful afternoon, still rather windy. we'll come back and talk about when the winds die down. we'll take you out with temperatures, 67 downtown. we'll come back and talk about clouds on the increase and when our next chance of rain will be. >>> and at 5:30, making dreams come true. a local university gives some local high schoolers the chance of a lifetime. we take you out with a live picture from sky 9 of the skyline. ready for the latest breaking news, 9news now continues right after the break. >>> welcome back. you are looking at a live picture from the white house this evening. >>> healthcare reform, the big topic all across dc. police are investigating a severed gas line, leading to the house of a virginia congressman's brother. tom's brother's house was targeted after tea party activists posed his address online. that website encouraged readers to drop by the house and quot

tea party activists on the healthcare bill posted an address online and thought it was the congressman's address and turns out it was his brother's home. he discovered it was cut. 10 of the members have been threatened and they're calling on the republican leadership to condemn the threats. yes, i know there is anger. let's take the anger and go out and register people to vote. go volunteer on a political campaign and let's do it the right way. i am concerned about the amount of violence and anger that is out there, but it's unacceptable. >> you feel your members are at risk? >> yes. i think we have had serious incidences that have occurred the last 48, 74 hours. >> reporter: police issued a statement saying after the request the u.s. capitol police delivered briefings to members of congress to address concerns and said security briefings are provided on a regular basis and that was as far as the statement would go and capital police wouldn't give us specifics bout the briefings. >>> other kind of showdown shaping up between the federal government and seattle of -- state of virginia. the

breaking down the healthcare bill. we're reading the fine print to find out how the changes could affect you. >> a gorgeous weekend but change is in the air. when you could need a jacket and an umbrella again. >>> after all the debate, it could all end today. today, democrats are poised to make a healthcare overhaul. if they are successful today's passage will mark the most sweeping changes since 1965 when medicare was enacted. what does this mean for you? lester holt has the break down. >> under the new law every american would be required to have health insurance or face a fine. to help make buying insurance more affordable the federal government would offer subsidies to families and individuals. medicaid for people with low incomes would be greatly expanded. if you already have insurance through your company you can keep it. if you work for a company that does not offer insurance now they would be encouraged to do so with tax credits and possible penalties. there are benefits for consumers. insurance companies would

if the healthcare reform bill becomes law. prosecutors -- protestors spoke out to lawmakers all weekend long. >>> meanwhile, in the face of that kind of opposition, president obama urges lawmakers to change this -- to pass the house bill today. whit johnson has more for wjz from the nation's capitol. >> president obama made a final push for healthcare reform. addressing house democrats one day before the pivotal vote. >> it is time to pass healthcare reform for america and i am confident that you are going to do it tomorrow. >> reporter: the president's top domestic agenda, more than a year in the making, is expected to hit the house floor sunday afternoon. saturday, party leaders battled to win over undecided democrats. democratic congressman joe courtney from connecticut recently pledged his support. >> that's why you run for office. that's why you're here to really make these kind of historic changes. >> until you don't understand it. >> hold on a minute here. >> most of the debate saturday was in a meeting the house rules

>> the healthcare bill. we can't afford it. the bill, the true numbers are applied to it add to the debt and bring us closer to insolvency as a nation. we have to move away from it. the solutions are like those outlined in the article you pointed to a moment ago, allowing individuals to have the same tax benefits that the employers get when they try to buy insurance from the marketplace. it's about allowing small businesses to pool together to buy insurance coverage. and to do so across state lines. it's about tort reform. lawsuit abuse reform to help lower the cost of health insurance. these are the reforms we should be working on. the first step is to repeal it. we need to win a few elections before we can get there. but we need to start campaigning. >> chris: when you talk about creating a private market independent of our employer, are you in some way saying you want to dismantle the employer -- >> the employer would always have the option. but congress gets their insurance that way. they use a medical payment and you use t

>>> healthcare for all. governor o'malley explains what the national healthcare reform means for maryland. >>> a cancer survivor gets the surprise of a lifetime. >> i never thought someone would do something like this for me. >> i'm jessica kartalija. the story coming up on wjz. >>> and a delightful evening. stick around for the updated first warning forecast coming up. ,,,, >>> breast cancer survivor got the surprise of her life. >> reporter: tamara jones arrived in towson, thinking she had work to do. >> she thinks she is coming to do media interviews about brist cancer awareness. >> a -- breast cancer awr awareness. >> reporter: a three-time breast cancer survivor, tamara thought she would be telling other women how to cope with the disease. little does she know -- >> we're here to surprise you. >> she's a pillar of strength. she really is. she's a phenomenal woman. and for some reason, sheep keeps getting beat up with certain things. family issues. health issues. but she continues to stay strong. >> i'm

the senate healthcare bill.pass a so-called fix-it bill that the house members came up with. that bill is controversial in the senate. that's the bill they believe will have to be passed by so-called 51 reckon sill -- by so-called reconciliation. we are just getting the information in on what to expect. for the first time we may hear from the so-called senate par let aryan -- -- the senate par le men tearan. he could have a answer questions on camera. we may see what's okay and what's not okay. we are told the republicans have something up their sleeve and they are being cagey as to wait is to stop this thing -- what it is to stop this thing. the democratic senators we are told get to the senate floor, it only takes one senator from the other side to object and force certain votes that could be problematic. so the democrats are rallying their people as well to get to the senate floor. so that's the drama we are watching. what are the republicans up to? how are the democrats getting ready to fight it and what wil

healthcare practices. whatever you say crazy face. i'm just going to wear mine at home in president fro of my cat sergeant with sergeant fris ky es. i wonder how he will take it. that's the kind of response i expect from sergeant friskies. let's start with biden. he is the greatest vice president i have ever had. i said that 30 times this year. he just never turns off. >> have i been saying that for 30 years. i think that's his response to everything. like when he eats breakfast, goes to the bathroom. that's a big f-ing deal! he has a natural exuberance about him. >> he is a guy who enjoys doing stuff. >> big f-ing deal! >> are you a socialist. what you do you make of the fact that the government want the states to sue the government over this. >> i thought i was a socialite. >> okay. you are a socialist socialite. >> first of all, i love scott rassmuson, but i don't believe this poll. 49% of americans don't know what the state capitol is. it is not like they have a view on whether the 14th amendment applies in some lawsuit somewhere.

a army of emergency responders, a healthcare reserve core.the federal government have the power to create such a thing? we'll talk to judge andrew napolitano next on "studio b." [ female announcer ] sometimes you need tomorrow to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's new motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. new motrin pm. but my doctor told me that most calcium supplements... aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. citracal. >> shepard: healthcare now with the bill now a law, fox news is asking what next? a closer look at a little known provision. one of which you might not have heard of the reform calls for creation of 6,000 person army, if you will, a army of trained public healthcare professionals to be involved with disease prevention and other health issues. members would also respond in the event of an emergency. like t

it is not healthcare bill. they have just thrown anything in there, and i think that is really wrong. the healthcare bill does not go into effect until 2014, after we have been tax for four years. it is a disaster. host: patricia, who represents you? caller: pete sessions, and he is not for the bill. host: baltimore, good morning. caller: obama said yesterday that the new bill would lower people's rate by between 14-20%, but insurance companies are raising things between 30-40% before that happens. people were dying at $1,100 -- my parents were paying $1,400 per month before my mother passed away. i know that he says in 10 years almost everyone's premium will double without this. but all the insurance companies are running to raise rates 40%, so how will this help people to lower it just by 14%? host: this story -- the executive director of the american league of voters says his organization will place a $547,000 television ad to target 21 legislators. also, this is from "the hill" newspaper -- excuse me, from

and it's not about healthcare. so again, the president is focused on -- after having worked on this for a year, getting this done, focusing on the stories that he repeated yesterday outside of cleveland, on behalf people like natoma canfield and believes that the stakes are higher than the next election or somebody's poll numbers next week. >> so just to follow up, who's the president meeting with and speaking with? >> since you brought it up. >> undecided members of congress who will vote this week on healthcare reform. >> and just to follow up on that, when he does meet with lawmakers particularly one-on-one, what is he -- what is he offering them in exchange for the votes if anything? >> offering the case for why healthcare reform should be passed this year. offering the case of why 60% of small businesses will receive a tax cut in helping provide their employees with healthcare. offering the case for why the mother of a young child won't sit on the phone anymore with an insurance company arguing about a so-call

but it nets but you're not paying any healthcare premium. they pay half as less per capita for healthcare in britain. but they have this rule that the same doctor who treats you in the free national health service can also treat you for pay in the same office, you know, on a different day. and that gives the doctor an incentive to say, oh, gee, if i see you on the nhs it will take three weeks. i've got a long waiting list and this happened. my family had a knee problem. went into the orthopod and he said it will take me weeks in the nhs but if you come in privately come in saturday and we'll take care of it. i think it's a bad idea. most countries make doctors choose. you can either be in the public system or you can bill privately but britain lets them do both and i always thought that was a mistake. i wouldn't repeat that mistake in america. but i have to say, generally overall, i liked the british system of healthcare. we got good care. we generally didn't have -- most of the time didn't to have wait any longer than we would in the u.s. a

so will healthcare reform turn your house into a dorm? ma 11 yells, 20 somethings, they suck like something that sucks. at least according to the "washington post" located in washington, yes, in a story on monday, ian shapira notes that healthcare reform is encouraging young people to cling to their parents. and to be a dependent on mom and dad's health plan. it allows insurers to allow kids to remain until their 26th birthday regardless of work or marital status. so thanks to obama care, the start of independent adulthood isn't 18 or 21, but deep into the 20s. when he -- when these aging punks are living in a car or a tree. we asked the millenials to comment. >> ♪ i'm king and they know it >> too busy dancing to comment. could the healthcare bill be actually delaying adulthood by giving them something they don't have to work toward. >> i was disgusted when i read this. it is pandering and cod lig. i would be vicious if i didn't live at home until i was 30. >> did you really live until 30? >> you bet i did. >> really? i did a year at age

we are talking about healthcare and the healthcare debate. first-time callers only. reserve dingell can talk about just about anything legislative legislatively. so, if it is going from $12,000 per family to $25,000 per family, how do we bridge that gap without -- is it deficit spending, tax increases, cost controls? all of the above? what is your preference? guest: first of all, we can't undergo that without hideous consequences. but understand if we pass the legislation we will be able to get that cost curve down. if we had taken what richard nixon wanted us to tdo do durins year, the total percentage of healthcare in the gross domestic product would be about 10%. if we'd taken what clinton wanted it would be 14%. it has gone to 18 and it will go to 20 shortly. so, if we get something done to control the cost expansion, which the bill does, we can head that off. host: why, prior to you, why have you always introduced healthcare and why did your father always introduce national health care? guest: that is an interesting story. dad was a poor polish boy aged 20 from

the way in which our healthcare system reinforces the kind of spending on healthcare that makes notyou all have followed some of the recent writings on this topic from people, you will see that an awful lot of our expenditures don't actually do that much to improve healthcare, but actually are often counterproductive. he is pretty much of an expert, i think it the nail on the head. >> there are of course many questions about healthcare reform, and several of them took the form of what is your prescription for healthcare reform? what role if any have you played in crafting the pending legislation? and how important is it to that bill to be passed this year? [laughter] >> well, let me remind you that i'm a member of the executive branch. [laughter] >> appointed by the president and helping to keep my job as long as the president is in place, so i should be careful to remind you that i am therefore not a position to help write bills in the legislative branch. nih does get asked for technical advice when bills are being written, and certainly we have been consulted as the process was go

cost of healthcare.er the past 10 years. but what we find out with this bill is not only does it lower the cost of health insurance for americans, some americans are going to have to pay more. so why would we undertake this huge enterprise of creating a trillion dollar new program, multitrillion over time, a program that cuts a half of a trillion dollars out of healthcare for seniors, raises taxes by a half a trillion dollars. why would we undertake all of that if he with weren't going to reduce the cost of health insurance for most americans. that's what we think we're doing here. they don't think we're creating a brand-new entitlement program. they want us to lower the kos. so republicans have put forward proposals and some of them my colleague just mentioned. allowing insurance companies to sell across state lines. trying to get rid of junk lawsuits. my wife is pregnant with our fourth child. she goes and sees her doctor in tallahassee, florida, not a big town. he's paying $120,000 a year in medical m

. >>> sweeping healthcare reform heads to president obama's desk today to be signed into law. it's been a long road of protest and rallies just to get to this point and some say the fight could be really just be getting started. megan gilliland with more. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. the reality is it's not over just yet until the senate a bill and fixes some the promises that the democrats has been making will not happen. the process of reconciliation is not an easy one, and the republicans are searching the bill for violations that could raise unlimited objections. gop senators can also slow things down by offering amendments. >> amendment after amendment and it any of these amendments pass, then it goes back to the house. >> so you can see that's a nightmare scenario. >> now most of the bill does not take effect until the year 2014. however, there are some things that will change today when the president signs this bill including temporary coverage for the uninsured with preexisting conditions. coverage for older children, a drug discount for sen

but maryland is already getting its feet wet in the implementation of healthcare reform.he trouble is finding its letion. there are many questions about how the feds plan to proceed. >> this is actually going to safeguard healthcare coverage for all americans. you will no longer be able to be dumped by a big insurance company because of the -- when you get sick and actually need the coverage, you will not be denied coverage because of a preexisting condition. it is going to be, i think, a real liberating piece of legislation. also for our economy. >> reporter: but getting to that requires coordination. and the governor was at anne arundel medical center today to announce a coordinating counselilate that will be headed by the lieutenant governor. >> some of what we need to do will not begin until after federal regulations are in place. >> let me tell you a little about my story. >> reporter: thousands of marylanders like pam wilkerson have already found help in the state's program to cover the uninsured. >> there was an emergency with my son, who was a football player. and

this isn't a government takeover of healthcare. it's a consumer takeover of healthcare and it's long overyou due. i yield back to my friend, mr. bishop. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. i yield 30 seconds to ms. mccollum -- [inaudible] >> we all agree but we do know insurance companies are the ones interfering with it right now. in fact, the american medical association and many other health groups have endorsed this comparative effectiveness research and with that i yield back to mr. bishop. >> building back and to close congressman captain. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding and we'll put a chart up on the boards when the insurance companies stand between the patient and the doctor, what they do with the money that they take by denying care -- it is unbelievable that companies like wellcare their ceo makes $20 million a year. cigna, over $12 million a year. that doesn't count their vested stock options and their regular stock options and everything else they have. they are taking money from the american people and denyin

today poll found most americans favor healthcare overhaul. those polls considered the new law a good thing. abc news washington. >>> no decision tonight on an $800 million contract for maryland to buy 15,000 slot machines. board of public works delayed a vote today after the comptroller criticized the contract with nine companies because there is no money allocated for the contract. the comptroller pointed out only two of five potential slot machine locations are set to be operational this year. they would only need 2200 machines between the both of them. he also said that it is unclear when the state would need the full 15,000 machines. >>> if you want to talk on a cell phone while driving you have to use hand-free devices under legislation approved with i the maryland senate. drivers can only use their hands to turn a phone on and off. they won't be allowed to hold a cell phone during the conversation. drivers could be fined up to $40 more a violation. measure goes on to the house of delegates. on our facebook we asked if you think the fine

we are talking about healthcare and the healthcare debate. first-time callers only. reserve dingell can talk about just about anything legislative legislatively. so, if it is going from $12,000 per family to $25,000 per family, how do we bridge that gap without -- is it deficit spending, tax increases, cost controls? all of the above? what is your preference? guest: first of all, we can't undergo that without hideous consequences. but understand if we pass the legislation we will be able to get that cost curve down. if we had taken what richard nixon wanted us to tdo do durins year, the total percentage of healthcare in the gross domestic product would be about 10%. if we'd taken what clinton wanted it would be 14%. it has gone to 18 and it will go to 20 shortly. so, if we get something done to control the cost expansion, which the bill does, we can head that off. host: why, prior to you, why have you always introduced healthcare and why did your father always introduce national health care? guest: that is an interesting story. dad was a poor polish boy aged 20 from

this past month, healthcare added about 12,000 jobs.er the past four months they added an average of about 15,000 jobs. healthcare has been remarkably consistent in having some growth. >> how about other sectors that have had growth or have been stronger -- i know we had for a long time a manufacturing challenge. any other areas you can point to? >> manufacturing -- we actually have -- manufacturing was flat this month. we gained some jobs in the prior month. that is the first time manufacturing has shown job gains in three years. >> i would call that good news. my words. >> a lot of the industries have stopped losing jobs. they have been fairly flat now for a few months. we lost nearly 64,000 jobs in construction. we lost a notable amount of jobs in local government. >> in my opening remarks, i talked about comparing january 2009 and february 2009 with the 2010 months. do you have those in front of you? the job loss of january 09 and feb. verses -- versus 2010? >> in january of a nine lost 779,000 jobs. in february we lost 726,000 jobs

we passed healthcare reform in illinois.e senior citizens free public transportation in illinois. i couldn't get the legislature to do it. so i went around them. and when they raised sales taxes on people i rode in a provision as a amendatory veto to give free citizens transportation. i promised not to raise taxes on the people and these politicians in springfield thought it was baloney and when you break that promise and raise taxes you get more money into a system that feeds the insiders and does it on the backs of the people and i wouldn't do it. preschool for all in illinois. $8 billion in public school education. but not by raising taxes. instead, taking the people's money, 53 to $60 billion of it and moving it around. that's the morality of what you're supposed to do as governor. state government is not exciting. it's mostly about the money. who pays it? and where does it go? and it's about your priorities. a book was written about budgets being moral documents. it's a moral document. it tells you what you believe in.