now a report found annual mammograms are the best way to go. researchers sayflect -- say frequent screenings help find more dangerous cancers early on. >> body-sized face off, a lingerie company is taking on the woman known as "fit mom" after making unflattering comments. the sacramento mother sparked accusations of fat shaming when they posted this photo and bashed an ad by curvy girl, saying encouraging overweight women to be proud of their bodies is strange mentality. >> i win she could be more accepting and do her thing and let us do our thing and all peacefully co-exist because everyone that she helps is beautiful and i think everyone we help is beautiful. >> you can hear from both women in the debate this only on "good morning america" which starts at 7:00 right here. next at 5:00, we have breaking news in san jose where flames gut a mobile home and we are on the scene with the latest on that search. >> the bay area is in the grip of bone chilling temperatures and mike nicco is tracking the big chill with what we can expect ahead. >> comm

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so the answer is to fix obama care. >> men don't need mammograms, by the way. that's part of the problem. >> i don't think anybody is offering that. it's required. >>> now, the back of it is still not fixed, a very contentious discussion today with the news media -- as the government tried to explain, they sort of have it fixed, here's wee it matters. there are a substantial numb bev the people who think they have insurance, but the companies can't identify who they are. the latest was you should check with your insurance company to see whether or not you're actually insured. >> four out of five times -- i hope you're not the latest victim here. >> i don't want to steal your thunder. >> the question is, who is actually doing things to fix it. at the president, the at mrgs, democrats in congress are actually trying to fix it, not root for failure. did you ever in wrir wildest imagination think the first 60 days would be this screwed up? >> i think i've been surprised by a lot of things, and the amount of noise they've been able to make about this is, once again,

and mammogram screening. >> i don't need those. >> and prostate. >> i don't need that. >> and come oneverybody agrees, richard, hang on a second. everybody agrees about the preexisting condition. you can do something about. that >> he's the only president. >> i don't need a pap smear or mammogram or pediatric dentist row. >> before we get into chris' medical diagnosis, we better stop right here. gentlemen, thank you for helping us to navigate in the changes today. thanks for coming on. >> are you trying to stay healthy as both of them are? >> the trick is hitting the pavement. and according to a brand new study. just 20 minutes of walking a day can decrease your risk of cardiov cardiovascula r problems. we have a doctor who is in beth israel hospital. doctor, i am excited to talk to you before the big holiday feast and we eat all sorts of sweets. if we take a 20 minute walk. we don't have to it go to the gym, but 20 minute walk. >> the heart is a muscle and you have to exercise by doing small things, walking up and down the set of stairs and a mile in a leisurely pace. and decreasing

not a sing planned parenthood clinic provides mammograms. we know that. in their budget, dbig distinctions in their budget. they put tons of money into publicity, promotion, family planning. that's advocacy of abortion which the majority of american people do not believe in taxpayer subsidized abortions. they also don't agree with taxpayer subsidized propaganda promoting abortion. >> about less than 10% of the women that go in do adoptions. it's overwhelming abortion from planned parenthood. i think we can all agree that they're in business to provide that service. not adoptions. all right. they're providing abortions. whether you think it's for profit or not, i believe it is. you believe it isn't. the adoption thing should be much higher, should it not, if they are true family planners in a fair and balanced way? >> i always said planned parenthood should work with adoption agencies and do more. >> they don't, do they? >> no. they would say that -- >> i don't care what they would say. getting back to the facts. they don't work with adoption agencies, do

the 40-year-old learned she has breast cancer in october after undergoing a mammogram on "good morning america" and opens up about the battle in the new issue of "people" magazine. >> it felt like the right choice to have the double mastectomy but they also saw problems in my left breast as well, that look like it was going to be a problem later on. >> she says she will begin chemo in two week but says more people have it harder than she does. she plans to take her battle with breast cancer hour by hour. >> through this morning the agency that oversees development in the san francisco bay has launched a for malinvestigation into the secret barring of google looking into which permits are necessary to build the barge and whether the owners of the treasure islands is the proper permit. officials notify the san francisco bay commission that they were making "changes" to the design. it was reported that the badge is the first of they float retail stores used to launch google glass computer eyewear. >> never been so happy to see the sun this morning. >> but it is not warming up up at 39 in

. >> reporter: a low dose ct scan has no more radiation than a mammogram and the cost has really dropped in the last couple of years. now to somewhere between $200 and $400. most insurance companies have been covering this procedure. as we move into 2014 increasingly, lester, we'll see screening cts for lung cancer increasingly covered by insurance companies. >> all right, nancy. while we have you here, i understand that flu season is cranking up in a big way now. >> reporter: it seems to have really cranked up in the last two weeks. on this map, not only has it cranked up, but several states which seem to have nothing in common except they are scattered all over from alaska to louisiana to the northeast. this is where we have seen spikes over the last ten days. a reminder that as we head into winter and spring, not too late to get your shot. the recommendation is for anyone over the age of 6 months to get your flu shot. and pregnancy women also because a there is good transfer of antibodies to the unborn baby. and this h1n1 that's in this flu shot is attacking healthy young people. so a

the politics of this are shifting. 85% of us, we don't have to go on a webb so that my mama gets mammogramsoesn't have to go on to get it. my daddy gets that doughnut hole closer. he doesn't have to go on a website to get it. >> your mama and your daddy aren't the people that obama care needs to make it profitable and successful. they need people in my generation and younger. >> we need the young invincibles. these guys don't understand it. >> not anymore. he is losing them in droves. >> if you want to go back, insurance company deng you because of a preexisting condition. >> thanks to paul and tim. what a great show. to go google and twitter to weigh in. does budget deal recommend a new era of bipartisanship in washington? right now 18% say yes. and 82% say no. that's sad. the debate continues online at cnn.com/crossfire. erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> next, breaking news. the budget put to a vote. nancy pelosi doesn't seem very happy about it. >> so this morning you told your members, embrace the suck. >>

like republicans would do or like breast cancer survivors like me should be able to get access to mammograms or clon skopys -- if you are asking whether -- >> which candidate? >> i let you finish. as opposed to the republicans who almost 50 times have tried to fully repeal or modify, almost completely, the affordable care act and deny people all of those things. >> tell me which -- >> and shut the government down. >> which candidate that's running for the united states senate, tell me, which one of these candidates that's running in one of these big senate races is going to run on obama care? >> any of our candidates will run on the fact that -- >> on obama care? >> a young adult can stay on their parents ayin shurns until they're 26. >> insurance companies -- >> i've had moms come up to me in the supermarket and say debbie, thank you for supporting the affordable care act because now i can put my two young adult daughters back on my insurance. >> the insurance companies have already said they're going to provide it. but you didn't answer the question, who's going to run on obama care. >> if

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you know i didn't really want to have that mammogram.ws saved my life. >> you saved your life, amy. ♪ early in the morning it's a dawn of a new day ♪ >> welcome back to amy robach. ♪ open up my eyes and open up my mind ♪ >> i'm thankful to be alive. and it's good to know that you get to be thankful to be alive. ♪ good morning, america >> let's have a party. >> party. >> ask and you shall receive. >> five. >> four. >> three, two. >> one. >> you all having a good time? ♪ ♪ don't stop the party ♪ y'all having a good time >> sometimes you just gotta dance. you just gotta dance. >> gnat's what i say. ♪ >> when i dip, you dip, we dip. >> none of us can dance. >> at all. not even that. >> we love it. ♪ ♪ don't stop the party >> hi. it's robin. and i have been waiting 174 days to say this. magma. no. that's for the christmas reel. i'm out. >> well, boy, did we get a lot in. >> that was a big year. >> my gosh. i'm out of breath from watching all of that. >> the milestones, the robin moments, just take your breath away. amy's journey and battle. a

you're really happy you had this mammogram when you did. you maybe wish you had it sooner.a. they said so many viewers after your diagnosis and public sharing of the struggle, so many viewers said they went out and got their mammograms, as well. >> that is a powerful message. we talked about this. i had had that prescription for a full year. and i didn't go. and cancer spreads. and the sooner you get it, the better your prognosis. and with the fda regulations being that women can wait until they're 50, it was my excuse to say, eh, i can wait a couple years. some doctors say 40. some people say 50. maybe i'll split the difference. that could have meant, probably would have meant the difference between life and death for me. so, 40 for me was the right time. but 39 probably would have been better. >> and how happy we are to have you back. and your family, beautiful pictures in "people" magazine. >> thank you. >> they spent time with you over thanksgiving. and i know you're fighting for yourself. but you're fighting for them, as well. >> it was a very special thanksgiving. we

would it be okay if they were bouncing around and selling mammograms?e i will pre extend to make on -- pretend to make on my own. >> there were few women in this ad which makes me think maybe it is not for straight men. >> i was sitting there watching it and enjoying it so much and then i noticed the men were not looking at women. i mean, come on. you are not helping me out. you are hurting my feelings, man. you are not supposed to look like that. >> it is mean, that's what it is. >> joe, should they make more ads like this? i would be interested in seeing more. >> we can stick with this and play it over and over and over. extremely effective. >> it is leak a yule log or a collection of yule logs if you will. >> oh i will. i will pop a yule log after watching it. >> exactly. i don't know what that means. we could be jumping to conclusions here. they all have very at let tech bodies. athletic bodies. they could be athletes and obamacare caters to those who are athletic. >> i watched that video 30 or 40 times and i am not sure. can reroll it again? can we

good morning america" team and learned about her cancer in october after undergoing a ma'am -- a mammogram on tv and now talks about this in "people" magazine which helps the newsstands tomorrow. >> i made the close for a double mastectomy and it felt like the right choice because they found another tumor but they saw problems in my left breast as well, that looked hike it was going to be a problem her on. >> wow. we didn't know about that before. she will begin chemo in two weeks but a lot of people had it harder than her and she days it hour by hour. we will hear more from amy at 7:00 on "good morning america" after the morning news. >> now the weather. >> in a word: cold. >> freezing. >> you have some teens? >> that is right. napa is down to 19. plenty of reports have been shattered. it is quiet. there is nothing out this. that is why we are losing any heat we had year. in clouds. a puff of wind in san francisco. you are up to 37 degrees at the airport. the trees warning through 9:00 on friday and the sub-freezing temperatures again overnight tonight and outside the window you can see t

remember all the free stuff people are getting in the free mammograms? free preventative care, the free everything? nothing is free in this world. what obamacare managed to do very cleverly when it was selling itself is to hide all these taxes. there are a trillion dollars in year as the ones you mentioned are just a sample. and they are everywhere. and then there is a one that you just mentioned in your introduction, which is the hidden tax. people tossed off their private insurance. and then it will be in the future people tossed off their employer insurance who now have to buy plans with all of these bells and whistles that people don't want. but it does that to artificially inflate the premium and, thus, use that extra money people are at paying, the hike in their premium and to use it to subsidize other people. so the costs here that people are paying out is huge. and what you mention about the middle, the middle middle and the upper middle class is, they are being asked to subsidize anybody up to three times the poverty line. so that's the plan. th

free mammograms. what is your plan that would allow these folk, 105 million americans, to keep those benefits? >> first oall, there is nothing for free. you've got to pay for it. more people will lose their insurance under obama care. the republican plan is we have a choice. more choices not less. obama care narrows your choices. for competition, selling insurance across state lin and above all, we're for driving premiums now. under obama care, the premiums are even higher. yonlt see any way obama care can work. >> let me turn to another subject. loans. last march, you took to the senate floor for 13 hours to filibuster a nomination because of your opposition to the mitary use of drones to attack u.s. citizens. this week as i'm sure you know, the head, we're looking at a picture of the drone right there, of amazon, announced they have plans, maybe five years down the road, that loans would come, pick up a package. a book, a sweater and deliver it to your front door where you could take it. instead of

they can go get the mammograms, the colonoscopies without copayments or deductibles.that is a very important improvement. mr. baker i think you testified that these improvements apply in traditional medicare and the medicare advantage; is that correct? to make some plans that offer those preventive benefits and others did not. and of course traditional medicare to ask so wha not so wa and it is made sure they were in the traditional medicare and all medicare advantage plans as well. >> i would like to take a page out of how mr. dingell asks the question sometimes and i would like to get a yes or no answer. earlier this year to public and the house adopted a budget that proposed drastic changes to medicare. the budget that was adopted by the end of traditional medicare and medicare advantage and put in place a new system in 2024 so if you are 55 or younger this would really impact your future and medicare. rather than an role in the traditional medicare advantage under the republican budget instead beneficiaries would receive a voucher that would privatize medicare and

to get ongoing preventive care, to be able to get free contraception, and benefits that -- like mammogramshat allow them to maintain their heating throughout their lives without fear of going bankrupt or making their family bankrupt if they get sick, that's something that's priceless. and i think most people will recognize that. so my advice to everybody is the website is now working. go to healthcare.gov. take a look for yourself in your state what's available to you. there's no reason why you should not have health insurance. by the way, if you don't get health insurance and you get in an accident, the rest of us end up paying for it. they end up charging about $1,000 in hidden subsidies for the people who don't have health insurance. so that's what we're trying to eliminate. >> a story about the national security agency basically patrolling all the cell phones in the world basically. a lot of young people point to privacy requirements. they don't like being part of anything that's collecting information. health care, is this going to be one of the detriments to people signing up. >> fir

ongoing preventive care, to be able to get free contraception and, you know, benefits that, like mammograms that allow them to maintain their health throughout their lives without fear of going bankrupt or making their family bankrupt if they get sick, that's something that's priceless, and i think most young people are going to recognize that. so my advice to everybody is the website's now working. go to healthcare.gov, take a look for yourself, what's available in your state. there is no reason why you should not have health insurance. by the way, if you don't get health insurance and then you get in an accident, the rest of us end up paying for it because the hospitals, they end up essentially charging folks with insurance an average about a thousand dollars per family in hidden subsidies for the people who don't have health insurance. that's part of what we're trying to eliminate. >> when you saw the story today about the national security agency basically patrolling all the cell phones in the world, basically, a lot of young people point to the privacy requirements. they don't like bei

the same kind of criteria to some degree with mammograms. ration number three, there is the patient-centered outcomes research institute. that's pcori. i suppose the acronym for that is pcori. just a guess. this is the outfit that was given millions and millions of dollars to do comparative effectiveness research, also known as c.e.r. now, i'm not opposed, i don't know any member in this body who would be opposed to research, especially when it's used to inform the conversation between a doctor and their patients, but there is a reason this was formerly called cost-effective research. there is a very fine line between providing information to doctors and patients to help them make the right decision that works the best for them and then using that information to decide whether the care or treatment is worth paying for. i have long been concerned that this research will be abused to arbitrarily deny patients access to treatments or services to save the government money by federal government decree. and finally, there is my personal nemesis. i

ongoing preventive care, to be able to get free contraception and, you know, benefits that -- like mammogramst allow them to maintain their health throughout their lives without fear of going bankrupt or making their family bankrupt if they get sick, that's something that's priceless and i think most young people are going to recognize that so my advice to everybody is, the website's now working. go to healthcare.gov, take a look for yourself in your state what's va veilabavailable to yo. by the way, if you don't get health insurance and then you get in an accident, the rest of us end up paying it because the hospitals, they end up essentially schargeing folks with insurance about $1,000 in hidden subsidies for the people who don't have health insurance. that's part of what we're trying to eliminate. >> when you saw the story about the national security agency, basically patrolling all of the cell phones in the world, basically, a lot of young people point to the privacy requirements. they don't like to be part of anything collecting information. health care, is this going to be one of the de

whether it's making sure they get access to preventive care like mammograms without a co-pay or deductibleout a co-pay or deductible or birth control for free so they can plan their families in the way they want to. that's why i think gradually you'll have millennials fully embraced affordable care act, and it's going to be really an incredible opportunity. >> and one of the things that people are really frustrated about and the president addressed today already is the lack of accomplishment in washington. only 60 bills passed by congress since last january. tom daschle was on the show just a few minutes ago talking about four or five days where both house and senate are in session, only ten days by january 15th. it's really an asnoutounding la of accomplishment. one of the things that's not gotten done, as you know very well, any new gun laws. there's a new public service announcement i want to share with you and our audience. this comes from the moms demanding action for gun sense in america and the mayors against illegal guns, and it focuses on newtown. let's watch. >> on december 14th,

to be able to get free contraception and, you know, benefits that -- like mammograms that allow themo maintain their health throughout their lives without fear of going bankrupt or making their family bankrupt if they get sick, that's something that's pricelesses. and i think most young people are going to recognize that. so my advice to everybody is, the website is now working. go to healthcare.gov. take a look for oh yourself. in your state. what's available to you. there is no reason why you should not have health insurance. and, by the way, if you don't get health insurance and then you get in an accident, the rest of us end up paying for it. because the hospitals -- they end up essentially charging folks with insurance an average of about $1,000 per family in hidden subsidies for the people who don't have health insurance. that's part of what we're trying to eliminate. >> when you saw the front page of the "washington post" today with the story about the national security agency, basically patrolling all of the cell phones in the world, basically, a lot of young people point to

to 105 million americans including free immunization for children, free cancer screenings, free mammograms. question. what is your plan that would allow these folks, the 105 million americans, to keep those benefits? >> first of all, there is nothing for free. you're going to pay for it. we're paying for it through higher premiums. we're also going to find out in january that more people will lose their insurance under obama care, i think, than will actually gain it. the republican plan is freedom of choice. more choices, not less. obama care narrows your choices. we're for competition. we're for selling insurance across state lines. and above all, we're for driving premiums down. the problem under the old system was premiums were too high. under obama care the premiums are even higher. i don't see any way obama care can work. >> let me turn to another subject. drones. last march you famously took to the senate floor for 13 hours to filibuster a nomination because of your opposition to the military use of drones to attack u.s. citizens. this week, as i'm sure you know, jeff bezos, the head

care, quality, affordable health care that they couldn't before, access to preventive care like mammograms and colonoscopies, people with pre-existing conditions like me no longer will be worried about dropping coverage. more people are aware of the benefits that are available to them, get them signed up for coverage and make sure that we take the angst of not having your health off the table because we will be able to keep people well, catch illness early and for me, i can can tell you as a breast cancer survivor knowing that i was able to catch my breast cancer early, early detection was the key to my survival and for so many people because they don't have access to health care now and were unable to get themeses to a doctor, they're diagnosed at later stages, their health care costs more and often, too often, they don't even survive and that's what the affordable care act will turn around for millions of people. >> this is going to be a big issue in 2014, as you know. >> sure will. >> i want to get your take on a political report this morning that gop is teaching its male candidates for

they can go get the mammograms, colonoscopies, without co-pays or deductibles. ed is a very important improvement to medicare. i think you testified that these improvements apply in traditional medicare and medicare advantage. >> that is true. some medicare advantage plans did offered those benefits. others did not. with the aca did was make sure that those preventive benefits applied across the board in those traditional medicare advantage plans. >> but let's take a page out of mr. dingell's questions. year, republicans here in the house adopted a budget that proposed drastic changes to medicare. the budget that was adopted would in traditional medicare and medicaid advantage, and put in place a new system in 2024. if your pd five years old or younger, this would impact your future in medicare. rather than and roll in traditional medicare advantage under the republican budget, instead beneficiaries would receive a voucher. it would privatize medicare. you would get a coupon. most analysts raise concerns that this would in essence shift costs to our parents and

you front load the system with preexisting conditions, bells and whistles, mammograms paid for, u? the doctor, he can't do anything about it. let's cut the hospital. stuart: we had a story earlier this week about a tonsil ectomy which some plans in california would only reimburse the doctor to the tune of i think $114 for a tonsillectomy for heavens sake. you can't do a tonsillectomy and stay in business at that price, you can't do it. >> the total knee replacement medicare is replacing 7 or 800. that may sound a lot, but do you know how much down time is involved with knee replacement. scrub in, prepare for the case, it's two or three hours minimum not including operating time. stuart: is that just for the doctor? just the doctor? >> that's for the orthopedic. stuart: 800. >> at the most. stuart: and doesn't cover the anesthesiologist. charles: i don't think that 7 or 800 is a lot it pay an orthopedic. stuart: i don't use an anesthesiologist for a knee replacement i thought you were going to say. >> i'm not coming out on the side of greed here. there's no excuse for this. i'm on t

they were expected to be in favor of it, it covered mammograms and preventative care.ut women are starting to turn away by 50% against the plan. what does this mean for the democrats politically? >> they were -- they were hoping women would be individual voices to get people to sign up for obamacare. in july when the president unilaterally delayed the employer mandate republicans said why are you giving the break to business? the house passed a bill to do that, 22 democrats voted to delay the individual mandate before the implementation and the canceled policies. i think you will see votes in the future and perhaps more house democrats voting to delay the individual mandate. senate democrats are probably going to hold firm and will build momentum in congress against this individual mandate. jamie: thanks for joining us with your thoughts and the best to your family. if byron is right and there is a taxpayer bailout you can do multiples of that 2.5 trillion. another high profile figure commenting on duck dynasty. jamie: there are new details in the case of the 13-year-o

people with existing conditions and female members of congress talking about are vanity fair like mammogramsa harvard study that got attention showing the nation's eu's is breaking with the president over health care. many of them don't want to sign up. is the white house ringing its hands on this new disclosure? >> that is a pretty significant poll. it said about 29% of the young uninsured are leaning towards signing up for health care and only about 41% are singing, so so, we are less enthused about signing up for it. they need to get the young invincible, the young uninsured fined up to balance out the insurance pool. that is why use all the president yesterday, he held what was called a youth summit at the white house trying to get young entrepreneurs, people with lots of twitter followers to get out and spread the word. disclosure, we would like you to know that julianna goldman is one of the young invincibles out there. how will the republicans react? will they go out and badmouth the fact people can sign up? inthe republicans are sorted a bind now because they can no longer -- and all

many more, like mammograms, flu shots, patients will stay healthy.pplause] >> at the young age of 23, just ine ula is battling cancer for the second time. her mom e mailed me from cleveland university hospital and she stopped by to pick up the medicine. if she was uninsured, it would have cost her $4500 but she is insured because the affordable care act has let her and three million people have gained coverage to stay on their parents' plan until they are 26. [applause] >> that means just teen's mom all she had to cover was the $25 co-pay. because the affordable care act, more than seven million seniors and americans with disabilities have saved $1,000 200 on their prescription medicine. [applause] \[applause] >> 8.5 million families have gotten an average of 100 back from their insurance company because it spent too much on things like overhead. and not enough on their care. and by the way, health care costs are rising at the slowest rate in 50 years. so we are actually bending the cost of health care overall which benefits everybody. \[applause] >>

mammograms, -- >> i did not see that on here. >> there are a number and not just to women, because there are other things that have to be provided without cost-sharing, because there is a very robust literature which shows -- >> let me -- instead of leaving , let'swallow in that just take this to the question. how does a faithful catholic comply to this law and not violate convictions? >> i really cannot speak to the convictions of a catholic. and what causes them to violate or not. qwest they oppose contraceptives and the sterilizations and the abortions. the law says a policy shall be offered to anyone, at least one that does not fund abortion. how do i know that? >> i cannot answer the question of how people are able to find out the answer. a fair question. >> we have a mandate we will buy the policy or have the irs come with a taxnished us and not a penalty. how does a person comply with the law when the federal government is not complying with the law and if they are not, they have been obligated under obamacare to make sure there is at least one policy available that does not fund

now mammograms are covered, they are covered for all americans with no out-of-pocket costs. o are annual checkups, colonoscopies, diabetes, and other cancer screenings at no cost. let me repeat that, they are the beneficiaries of lifesaving .reatments, preventive care this not only helps to keep americans healthier, it also helps to drive down the cost of health care so that people can get access to the services that they need, chronic and often preventable diseases such as heart disease and diabetes cause seven out of 10 deaths in the united states of america. and they account for 75% of our health spending. preventive care can help americans avoid these ailments or catch them before it is too late. that is what the affordable care act does. that's what the people of this country need to know that their countless story after story after story of people's lives being saved because they have a opportunity to get treatment or a -- something that says you may be at risk for a particular disease and you can get that identification not by luck, not by luck but as a routine checku

for men, a mammogram for women, those are necessary. but to get stress tests or c.a.t.r.i.'s for back pains are not necessary. the more is not merrier. we're overdoing them. >> i know one of my kids got hit in the head pretty hard, went to the hospital, they said you've got to have a c.a.t. scan. you say with a kid that is not necessarily needed? >> a lot of this is defensive medicine. if they don't get a c.a.t. scan and something goes wrong doctors are afraid of getting sued. the truth is a lot of it is unnecessary. a good physical exam, a good doctor that will judge and find out if it is necessary or not, if there is any neurologic changes, it is necessary. we're overdoing c.a.t. scans that give too much radiation to the kid and it is unnecessary. >> great advice. dr. samadi, thank you so much. >> happy new year. >> it's been great having you a part of our team. we look forward to 2004. next on the rundown, 2013 would not have been complete without this. ♪ what does ♪ the fox say >> so dumb. what is it about? we've got the top videos that went viral in 2013. did you k

and protections -- 100 million americans who have gained the right for free preventive care like mammogramsnd contraception,the more than 7 million americans who have saved an average of $1,200 on their prescription medicine, every american who won't go broke when they get sick because their insurance can't limit their care anymore. more people without insurance have gained insurance -- more than 3 million young americans who have been able to stay on their parents' plan, the more than half a million americans and counting who are poised to get covered starting on january 1st, some for the very first time. and it is these numbers -- not the ones in any poll -- that will ultimately determine the fate of this law. [applause] it's the measurable outcomes in reduced bankruptcies and reduced hours that have been lost because somebody couldn't make it to work, and healthier kids with better performance in schools, and young entrepreneurs who have the freedom to go out there and try a new idea -- those are the things that will ultimately reduce a major source of inequality and help ensure more ame