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whit comes to service at the bottom, joining united health care and cigna with one star. most ppo companies hadn't reviewed the report card yet, but united health care and aetna said they're committed to improving service. >> i was astonished. my god. >> we showed ppo members ratings. >> on the phone very to repeat everything i just said to another girl. she transfers me to someone else. >> some say they don't understand letters companies send. >> i think the companies need to do a better job on explaining things. there are crazy codes. >> advocates may start pushing to be more clear. >> because customers have better information and clearer standards. and they have more transparency to make decisions when they're deciding between plans. >> on a positive note, the report found eight out of 1010 ppo members had a positive experience with their plan and two thirds are getting the right care for their condition. >> and still ahead tonight on abc 7 news, bingo-style drawing could change california politics for generations still to come. setting new boundaries for lawmakers. >>

therefore, our health care costs are higher in the united states than they are in other countries. he health care bill without challenging the expenses of the medical devices, of the pharmaceutical companies, the insurance companies. they just added new members to medicaid and medicare and kicked the costs down the road. what you're got to do is challenge expenses, decrease the cost of health care in the united states by 25% and still improve care. >> let's go to social security, the other major expenditure on the books. what would you prescribe for social security? sp. >> frank luntz polled young people and asked, "do you think you will ever get a dime from social security, and do you think you will meet an alien during your lifetime"? more of the 30 and younger people in the united states thought they would meet an alien than ever get a dime from social security. here, i'm going to tell you how to fix it. everybody who knows insurance understands time and money. you can't tell somebody that's 50 or 55 years old everything that you have done for your whole productive career is out

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they're followed by united pacific care, health net, kaiser foundation health plan, cigna, and aetna. topping our health watch tonight, eating disorders are on the rise in children and teens with more boys and minority kids falling victim. the december issue of pediatrics reports anorexia and bulimia, the numbers are up, as are partial syndrome disorders, where people have some of the symptoms. researchers say hundreds of studies show a genetic as well as a psychological component to those disorders. they're advising pediatricians to talk about weight with their patients, especially overweight children. dieting at a young age can trigger eating disorders in people with a genetic predisposition. >>> you go to the grocery store, pick up spices for your holiday baking and little do you know that you may also be buying what some are using as a gateway drug. a growing number of teens are smoking, or drinking, nutmeg to get high. some say the effect is similar to smoking marijuana. but it has side effects, serious ones apparently. in this skype interview, one teen described the frightening

. >> we should say the merck foundation and united health care helped by sponsoring that project.ugh to play off a puppet. >> well you have a sweet tooth. i do know that so eat your kiwis, too. >> that's true. i don't know if this counts as eating healthy or not, but we're going to talk about what to do with your thanksgiving leftovers next with the man, emeril lagasse. >> it's a little lighter this year. salad, not sandwich. let's support the small business owners getting our economy booming with the first ever small business saturday. on november 27th, shop small. it's going to be huge. [trumpet playing "reveille" fades to silence] of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew, hon. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. [ female announcer ] choose. brew. enjoy. ["stir it up" playing] stir up a smile with hershey's syrup. >>> coming up in our next hour, we're going to get a closer look at these characters. they're going to be performing live for us, something for the kids. they are fr

disproportionate leo bees, we believe that the hair stale3 is definitely a barrier and we %-united health caree people will say why is it a barrier, i don't understand? >> african-american women, studies vo proven to show that african-american women spend so much money to getting their hair style and they don't want to mess it. we are going to give them tips on how to keep their hair healthy. >> when you do workout, you'rr going to get sweaty, your hair is goiig to get freezey and curly. how do you prevent that? >> one of our models is going to show you, wearing a head band the neck and the off of the where it's going to reduce the freeze. >> if you have a hair style that you can pull back, and you know, wear up in a pony tail. >> she has all of this hair. she has a pooy tail. >>and the next strip is a way to reduce the hair from the neck area. that also is very good. what we want to show is healthy styling tips so when you go to the gym, you can also be healthy and fit and maintain your hair style. >> we have 30 seconds, because when you pulled this, i say what does that have to do with healt

just seen in this year a dramatic piece of legislation that has come through the united states in reforming our health care system. to put something that sets in stone, even historically in stone types of medical procedures, ways of delivering services, that will be changed and that we will be stuck in a plan that is three years out that we need to wait to go back to. deliveries of services will change dramatically. doctors will be probably going into pod there. will be a whole new structure about how medical services are provided, which this plan will be outdated before it even gets started. so we have concerns about that. if you look at that as a gap analysis we don't think that will be the same case. there are roles and we've heard some tonight. access, cultural access, those sorts of things are important. but based on geography, most likely health services will not be delivered primarily around geography, especially for specialty services. we've done a very good job of using clinics in san francisco and we should continue to do that and build that out. but for specialty services, that's probably not go

health care bill. so the republicans believe those nine are the most value number. virginia, '05. the president of the united states campaigned in this district the other night. voters for health care, the stimulus, cap and trade. there are 44 democrats in the cnn 100 that are considered vulnerable. 53 in the class of 2006 and 2008. that's where the republicans will start their targeting. look at all the blue. think all the way back. there are democrats as far back as the 90s, 70s, and late 60s, the republicans believe. and we'll know this. so many races in the east of the mississippi time zone. we should have a good sense if republicans are on the path to building the foundation in pennsylvania, ohio, and look at the class of 2006 and 2008. >> and of the hundred seats ha are really at stake, they're really at play, 91 are held by democrats. >> 91. which tells you about all you need to know about how much it is the democrats on defense. >> there's been a lot of campaigning on this day. in providence, rhode island, we see the former president bill clinton with fred capia. we saw in wilmington, delaware, chris

fines range from 300,000 to $900,000 and are aimed at anthem blue cross, blue shield, united pacific care, health net, kaiser foundation health plan, cigna and aetna. >>> the u.s. supreme court set to hear argue aments tomorrow about a -- arguments tomorrow about a federal court order that requires california to release inmates from its overcrowded prisons. it grew out of a lawsuit over medical care in the state prisons. 18 other states have joined california. they view it as a conflict between state's rights and the power of the federal court. >>> we learned today the two people who will be hosting the upcoming academy awards show not only are they young it's possible they both may be nominated for an oscar as well. >>> also congress today makes a crucial but temporary decision that could impact millions of people. >>> and just in time for the holidays, a new boozey whipped cream is on store shelves. it may sound festive but it's going to cost you. >>> congress granted medicare doctors a short reprieve today, freeing to a one month delay in payment cuts. today's vote postpones a 23% cut in docto

united states. she passed health care through her chamber. i give it to her. she's powerful and she's not a terrible leader. the country just wanted change this time and we got it. >> let's talk about earmarks. >> please. the vote from republican senators, there's been all sorts of conversation about the earmarking of money in our country, our congress. an issue you're surely familiar with and it has taken up the political sort of avant garde if you will. the war cry for the tea party. and it goes at $15.9 billion spent on earmarks which is the total amount of earmark money that is spent, which amounts to less than 1% of the federal budget, which makes me wonder whether this is perhaps a symbolic gesture to approach earmarks, but if the issue in this country we owe a lot more money than we have, $70 trillion in long-term liableties, are we not once again barking up the wrong tree. >> this is, here we are. we are talking about dividing the pie when we ought to be talking about the size of the pie. how big is the pie versus how we're going to cut it up. >> the p

sometimes the practice of health care in the united states particularly often pushes those apart.nd i think the novel portrays that in a really beautiful way. >> i joke, but only half joke that if you show up in an american hospital missing a finger, no one will believe you until they get a cat scan, mri and orthopedic report. >> reporter: adding costs to the health care system and comes at the expense of one of our most important rituals. a visit with one's doctor. >> transformation. we marry with great ceremony to signal a transformation. we are baptized in a ritual to signal a transformation. the ritual of one individual cong to another and confessing to them things they wouldn't tell their spouse, their preacher, their rabbi, and then even more incredibly, this roving and allowing touch, different than any other context would be assault bp you know, tell me that that's not a ritual of great significance? if you shortchange the ritual by not being attentive or inputting while the patient is talking to you you basically are destroying the opportunity for the transformation. and

four trillion dollars you know how do you deal with that especially when you have a cost of health care in the united states which is double the cost of other countries in the g seven you know that's the elephant in the room that we're not even going to be you know that you're. that's something that who knows i really just don't think that perhaps america's even ready for this but who knows how much more time america has to play around with these ideas i don't thank you so much for being here thank you all right still to come tonight it's veterans day here in the u.s. but more and more members of the military are going to take a look at the reality of service in the military in just a moment. sure is that she must be really. a lot of people are curious what makes a person powerful and in the winter maybe it is a combination of the worst doctors in forbes magazine sixty. today vice president joe biden later rethought the tomb of the unknowns celebrating veterans day arlington national cemetery now veterans day is celebrated every year on november eleventh a day that's reserved to honor those who fough

and health care most rapidly inflating sector, not just in the united states but all over the world in terms of cost, so that in the oecd overall health care costs in 2000 has inflated roughly 70%. but here's the interesting fact, it's inflated 16%. so they're feeling the pinch on the home front that is an additional pinch that is going to constrain the sense of generosity. we have a currency war going on that essentially involves countries trying to devalue their personal labor forces more than the other gice's labor -- guy's labor force. this doesn't bode well for middle class anywhere. and the liquidity crisis with roughly somewhere between 5 and 10% of the $70 trillion global wealth locked up, not out there at the moment, in general circumstance lace. so when you put all this together, what it means is that we have less cash in circulation, we have a shrinking middle class, and most of the wealthy countries that wealth has really shifted to the top 0.1% weltsiest and the most large economies in the world. and we're shifting from a g-8 world to a g-20. and here comes the big catch.

. >> reporter: the united states was the first country to require health care warnings on cigarette packages in 1966. but the u.s. is now playing catchup to more than 30 countries that already require large graphic cigarette warnings. studies consistently show these disturbing images are effective at exposing the health risks, discouraging people from starting and getting smokers to quit. canada started using warning labels like this in 2000. since then, the number of smokers there has dropped about 20%. a recent law now grants the fda authority over tobacco products. and one of their ams is to tackle the 20% of high schoolers who admit to lighting up. every day, about 4,000 teens try smoking for the first time. do you think when people see this, they'll have a change of heart? >> i don't think so because kids know the risk even if they don't see it, but they still smoke anyway. >> when they see pictures like they are really going to say, "i don't want to look like that, i don't want to end up like that." >> reporter: the fda is currently considering 36 images, and will narrow it down to nin

she did indagate everying a very diverse caucus to save the economy of the united states, to do financial reform, to do health care and to do climate change, you will not find another speaker for decades or perhaps longer generations passed who leave that kind of record. you can judge it in the near term all you want to. but that is not how speakers or presidents are judged. >> i think she is going to be a scapegoat for this election ander that happened much she did too much too soon and unapologetically liberal. for the liberal wing she will be a champion. but for longer terms she lost a lot of -- i think they will blame her for this. >> let's keep -- >> it's because of all the things that you said the democrats got it handed to them on tuesday. the fact -- both her and president obama and others, but i mean i don't know how you can look at that say well this i will with be seen as great speakership. when the public is adamantly rejected it. on top of that it's not -- >> it's not just also true after social security and medicare were put in to place they were wildly unpopular with the american public. now it's wh

would be counterproductive to our issues than our relationship with united states i believe that americans should provide all the health care to the marshallese people because they are responsible for the testing they contaminate in our islands. so far we have negotiated with them it didn't work out it's not helping much. as the wrongly piece chase after a health program and the decontamination of their island huge expenditures are made right under their noses yes the islands are still at the heart of american military research with progeny at the epicenter. was an able base and its support of the testing during the eighty's when the star wars program came into effect questions importance was raised again it became what has been referred to as the catcher's mitt where rockets fired from vandenberg air force base in california would land in the lagoon or near. while hanging on to the dream of building an anti-missile shield the americans bombed praja name for more than twenty years but this sort of nuclear umbrella which cost the american taxpayers about ten billion dollars every year is also very controversial because the u

health care. if america was the greatest nation, why doesn't she have universal health care for all of her citizens? women cannot even get free health care, a living wage in the united states. it's a travesty and a tragedy. the worst part about it is that if a person never acknowledges their problems, they will never connect them -- correct them. america is getting worse and worse. a few democrats are leading to a total destruction. host: is there a country that has the number 1 spot? caller: countries least depended on the federal reserve will be places like venezuela, iran, and they're trying to change that dynamic. they do not want anyone to see that a nation can run itself independently of the federal reserve. host: back to your calls. we saw the money-easing policy on the front page coverage. 600 billion boost equities. in this, "china, brazil, and germany criticize in defending their economies against large capital flows." zeke talked about health care. there are rankings in health care. host: this is from a viewer and he writes on twitter -- we are asking you we think about the concept of america as the greatest country. caller: i am glad to have this opportu

health care provider with a unique history. we have been in existence for 110 years. we are the only hospital dedicated to the care of chinese in the united states, and have been supported by the community extensively. in 1925, the community raised the funds to build the first official hospital at 835 jackson st.. we are -- we are governed by a voluntary board of trustees. 90% of our residents come from san francisco. more than 45% come from the communities in chinatown, north beach, and not hill. 98% are asian. 88% are over the age of 60. we serve a unique nation of residence in san francisco. -- we serve a unique niche of restidents in san francisco. overtly -- over 90% of them speak chinese. originally, we were concerned that the language in the available public document would impact our ability in the pipeline to meet and go forward with our plans to build a new hospital. we thank you for that amendment. that allows the date to be changed. we look forward to working with you on the health care plan for san francisco. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is wayne hu.

republicans are able or willing to address the biggest problems facing the united states today which are the economy the environment health care and the wars and now you have to ask yourself as an american do you want to tolerate the system do you want to tolerate a system that is unresponsive and not going to go anywhere or do you want to change it the anti-american manifesto is not anti-american it's anti the american government or more specifically this american government we can do better and that's what we want to do what i want to do now you're a big critic of america's wars and occupations both in iraq and afghanistan a call to arms really seems like you know an aggressive way to respond to the aggression that the u.s. government is involved in the reason i oppose this particular regime is because it is so in aggressively violent. as the rest of the world knows the united states is always involved in some kind of war of aggression it rarely goes spends an entire year without invading some for some foreign country and that's only part of the story i mean there's the overall economic system that the united states provoked

in the critical care unit, i notice thathysicians and health-care providers were mostly understanding the importance of all of the precautions, hand precautions, gown and glove, but it is also important for family members to pay attention as well. this seems to be an discourse between the families and friends when they visit patients, and if the people who care for loved ones walk in with , make- a gown and glove sure you do the same thing. the question i have, do you ever think we are chasing the wrong end of this animal with the new antibiotics for different infections? we're seeing resistant increases across the board. sensitive staph -- it can keep methicillin-resistance in check. maybe a way we could have a symbioticme bioti -- fora instead of going after it with a bigger, better bazooka? host: how long have y been practicing medicine? caller: 10 years now. guest: kevin makes a very good point. first, it is absolutely important, what he said, that you kind of defeat the purpose if you have physicians and nurses and health care providers in the hospital gowning up and with hospita