mr. galewitz keeps talking about free money, federal dollars. is unimportant -- uninformed that there is no such thing as federal money. there is not one entity that makes a dollar -- host: let's let mr. galewitz japan. guest: i agree. it is all our money. all the money is coming from taxpayers. dople who do not -- people not understand that a lot of money is being paid for coming from the industry. there is a new tax on medical devices bringing in $30 billion. there is a tax on health insurance companies, they will be paying tens of millions of dollars. hospitals will be giving up some of their medicare money. that is over -- hundreds of billions of dollars. it is also coming from taxes on people on medicare who are rich, who are going to pay more. when i say some of the costs have come in, some premiums will be 0 -- it does not mean everything will be free. premiums are only one factor that we pay in health care costs. people who are gotten sick, people on medicare realize this. they have good coverage and pay their premium. if they get sick a

mr. galewitz. if a millionaire has retired and his annual income is less than $50,000, can he get subsidies? guest: it is not assets. it is what your income is. i am assuming the millionaire is getting paid with stock dividends or has interest in the bank. i would find it unlikely that his income is not going to be higher than that amount. assets do not matter. that is a key point. for medicaid in many states, they do look at your assets. if you have a car, you may be ineligible for medicaid. that is going to be taken away as far as medicaid as well. it will be based on your actual annual income. host: richard, pensacola, florida, our line for those who are uninsured. you are on with phil galewitz. caller: as a veteran with a service-connected disability, i get all the federal subsidy i need. i do not need this. what mr. galewitz has been pointing out is that health insurance companies benefit from the exemption from antitrust laws. other than complaining, i will give you a couple steps on how we c