this type of suture here costs about $200.d if you look at even devices like -- this is a needle that's used for biopsies. if there's a concern of a tumor, they would use a needle like this. this is going to cost about $800. it's important to keep in mind, if you ask theers of a device -- manufacturers of a device like this why so much money, they'll say it took years to develop it. search and develop cost were needed and guaranteeing the effectiveness of the needle costs money, as well. maybe something you didn't know -- when you look at a hospital bill, it's not just the cost of splice. there are admin-- supplies. there are administrative costs. the costs of covering people who don't have insurance or can't pay. that's built into these costs, as well. keep in mind whether or not insurance pays, those high costs, they're eventually going to be passed on to you, to me, to everybody. joining subcommittee one of our favorite guests, andrew rubin from the nyu medical center. he oversees 1,400 doctors and a budget of $800 million.

you're investing in why and do you expect this could provide the cover to push this sort of property sutures through it's actually san marino city which is declared bankruptcy max not the county san marino city though likely has the most people there's two hundred thousand people and i'm going to have to be bold here it is the cesspool of southern california you've got have over half the workers on welfare you go into any store and ask for you to pay with which is food stamps the you see graffiti all over the houses in the town i've been on the ground through the area and they've had years decades of corrupt wasteful spending. so you know i don't think anyone that i've polled in the area is surprised the san marino city went bankrupt if you look at their financials seventy percent had to go for police and fire now you think oh my goodness the unions there they're costing too much money but the reality is there's so much crime and poverty in the area that they actually really need the police and the firemen who are basically just responding to people getting shot right i mean they're not even