one of them is offered by a 5- year-old nonprofit united healthcare children's foundation. >> it came about to follow the mission of united healthcare, which is to help people lead healthier lives and fill the need for children and families who have a gap in coverage and need help an i providing solutions, therapies, durable medical of a man, things that are not covered. this foundation helps cover them. >> the grant money is available to anybody who meets the guidelines as insurance. it does not cover those on medicare and medicaid. children who are obese and not automatically prone to portraits. a study finds that the genetic predisposition to obesity did not appear to affect exam scores. other studies showed that obese children perform worse of school, so other factors may be at play. coming up, your maryland lottery numbers and another check of your insta-weather-plus forecast. >> scorching temperatures have prompted baltimore health officials to declare a code red heat alert. tune in to see how long he will last. scam artists are posing as volunteer firemen. how to spot the real

. >> it is sponsored by united healthcare with each activity designed to encourage families, especially children, to get more active and live healthier lifestyles. >> using technology and positive gaming, getting children to move with a dance revolution handgun old-fashioned games like hula hoop, hopscotch, jump rope, and bike riding. >> there is also balas exercises. bicycling you can see with a virtual trails. and it is the fun part that fort discovery and united health hope will hook kids on exercise. >> in the u.s. senate, one in three children is overweight. if you have a child that is over with your obis, you are looking at in adulthood with diabetes. these are things we know families to not want their children to inherit. we are asking them to make wellness and have it earlier. >> and for these sisters, three games are doing its job. getting their heart rates up and plump -- and blood pumping. >> i am worn out. >> on the bicycle, you can release the tension or put up the tension. when you are going, you can feel it in your thighs. and dance revolution is hard because you are movi

we are implementing the waiver plan within the united healthcare ppo. is ultimately closing the double for medication between now and the year 2020. and since people who don't have w hr it, will provide a subsidy to the employers. to make sure all those are eligible for the money. the migration of families and has lowered the risk of this plan that linked and said no employer group could get better benefits9>]fg from the federal employee health benefit plan. they could come in and charge us what we should have been charged. we went to a negotiated decreases with kaiser. the formation of the accountable care organization has created competition. they would must increase their market share, so they came man very low. supervisor kim: can you talk about that again? there is a sunset of the federal law. >> they were charging the federal government so we were playing for the federal employees risk. congress in their wisdom saw that was unfair to other large employers. supervisor kim: i thought that is what he said. >> the other good news is for retirees that

passed on to those the purchase had those hospital services whether it is through blue shield or united healthcarean, that we have transparency with regard to that. that those rates are kept consistent and they don't reflect the increase in the construction cost across the board because as representing the public, we have an obligation that the money originally that goes into the general fund starts out has taxpayer dollars. we tried to get the best bang for the buck. how we need transparency in regard to the hospital rates. lastly, as a resident of district 11, st. luke's is significant to all of us that lives in district 11 and 10, who must critical that we have the hospital or we have to go across the line and we don't know what is going to happen with stephen. they just can't handle the capacity even with the new hospital rebuild. let's look realistically at the families we have out there. we need a guarantee that st. luke's will remain for ever in our neighborhood serving districts 10 and 11. >> i have called all the cards. if there is any one of that would like to speak, please come forward

passed on to those the purchase had those hospital services whether it is through blue shield or united healthcarean, that we have transparency with regard to that. that those

cover the anticipated costs and costs that had been spent, which is exactly what we do with united healthcare supervisor chu: thank you. >> can i? supervisor chu: go ahead. >> you pointed out the issue of planned migration with a risk premium costs. i wanted to give you an example of how significant this is. over the past few years we have had 4000 members move out because of the rising cost of the shield premiums. in this last year we kept the premiums constant and only 300 people moved. if we had 2000 members moving out with their families into kaiser coverage, the city would save $9.8 million. but the loss of those younger, healthier families in the risk pool would increase the aggregate blue shield premiums, because all you would have left are sick, middle-aged people. to balance the risk pool, you need help the families in both. that is why they apply only to dependent coverage. so, in the long run, there is still a lot of work to do. as you pointed out, this is a short-term solution and only the second time we have done this. it is essential in order to negotiate good premiums that we h

other companies like united healthcare and aetna oversee the care and you get medicaid, similar to getting private insurance from an employer. this is growing. more and more states are saying we cannot control medicare costs anymore. they're not sure they're doing a good quality of care. they are hiring these private insurers and putting them in charge of your care. it has been a mixed bag. people look at it in terms of how the control costs and improve quality. and is still uncertain whether or not this is working, but it is clearly a trend for the states. it it helps their budget because they can give the health insurers a set amount of money and they can treat people on medicaid for that amount of money. it will cause the insurers more money and they are at risk and not the state. but as one big reason they have moved to medicaid managed care and you will see more of that regardless of what happens to the federal health care law. host: here is 8 tweeted about conn. -- a tweet about connecticut. tell us about a place like connecticut. guest: for some people, they're looking to eliminate

it's nothing that is going to do anything for healthcare in the united states of america. so i will continue to stand by the comment that i said based on some of the responses that she was making and the struggling that you saw her this past sunday to try to change the decision of this supreme court to fit her own descriptions. >> greta: congressman, thank you, sir. nice to talk to you. >> always a pleasure. happy independence day, greta. >> greta: and reb members of congress are a bit hot under the collar, firing off a strong message to the nation's governors, telling th the govers not to implement the changes. do governors agree? louisiana governor bobby jindal joins us. governor scott of florida told us he won't begin developing these changes. i'm curious, louisiana, your state, do you intend to begin developing these exchanges? if not, why not? >> absolutely not. we declared a year ago we were not going to do the exchanges. we're not expanding our medicaid program. this is a huge mistake for the country, certainly for the state of louisiana. we need to do everything we

. >> this action constitutes the largest healthcare settlement in the united states history.determined to stop practices that jeopardize patient's health, harm taxpayers, and violate the public trust. >> consumer advocacy group public citizen said the $3 billion settlement does not go far enough because the fines pale in comparison to the drug companies' profits. in a statement, public citizen said -- a new york judge has ordered the social media site twitter to hand over the account details and message history of and occupy wall street protester. a new york state court has called on twitter to hand over tweets written by malcolm harris, a protester who was arrested with hundreds of others using -- during the occupied march across the brooklyn bridge on october 1. twitter had sought to avoid the order, saying it constitutes an undue burden and a violation of freedom of speech. in a statement, the aclu criticized the ruling saying -- twitter has revealed u.s. law enforcement agencies account for the vast majority of requests for its users private information. of around 850 gov

healthcare system, it's also a disaster for our economy. >> republicans would like this one to come up for a vote in the united states senate. that appears highly unlikely. but, before election day, it is a reminder to the american public vote are for repeal vote d to keep this healthcare law. shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel live on capitol hill. mike, thanks. the former united nations secretary general kofi annan said today iran can play a positive role in syria. the white house apparently disagrees. kofi annan is now the special envoy to syria. he has been trying and failing for that matter to hammer out a peace deal there kofi annan met with the iranian officials today, a group of them and claims tehran could be part of the solution. the white house press secretary jay carney today told reporters at the white house air force one i don't think anybody with a straight face could argue that iran has had a positive impact on development in syria. [shouting] [gunfire] >> shepard: all the while, as it does every day, the violence in syria rolls on despite the syrian president ba sar assad's claim that is he committed to a new pea

healthcare bill. but the existing system that it needed to be fixed? >> the system was not perfect. one of the reasons i ran for the unitedas because i knew things could have been better. i think they still can be better. this is not the solution. this is healthcare law that going to make costs go up and lose control of the patients and fewer choices for patients. that is not what people wanted. people wanted healthcare reform and what they were looking for is the care they need from a doctor they choose, not that the government chooses and at lower cost. president promised lower costs. what we have seen that costs have gone up faster if the healthcare law had never been passed in the first place. >> greta: give me an idea of three things you would have done differently? >> from day one we could have accomplished so many different things, that would have lowered the cost. i think people ought to be able to shop around and buy insurance from other states. buy insurance across state lines. >> greta: do we have that now with the exchanges? >> each state is supposed to set up its own exchange. that is what i would have done o

that is romney's advisor disagreeing with the supreme court of the united states that the individual mandate and obama healthcareing rather it's a penalty. let's bring in the panel. jeff zel nearbyr for the "new york times." juan williams, of course, columnist with the hill and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer is here. so there is a question, is it a snacks is it a penalty in you can have your view on that. charles, start with you. you don't even think that the romney campaign should be talking about that. >> this attempt to be consistent and ledge call on the issue is a mistake. even chief justice roberts and his opinion is totally twisted and trying to decide if it's a tax or a penalty. at one point in the decision he says that for the purposes of the constitution it's a tax but for the purposes of the anti-injunction act, arcane reason that it should be invalid in the first place it's not a tax, it's a penalty. so even he didn't have it straight. don't worry about getting in a twist over this. forget about consistency. use whatever end of the argument you need at the time. that's exactly what democrat

healthcare. the fact is the average taxpayer can't afford it and the united states of america can't afford it. >>ce? does he need a reagan moment? >> what he needs is righteous indignation. it's not about nice, its about who he's going to fight for, hard working taxpayers? is he going to stand up against a washington democracy, bloated, in your face, denying you the rights you deserve. if mitt romney fights for hard working taxpayers, he wins. if he doesn't, he doesn't. >> neil: interesting. are you exploring this with others? you have a big ol' special with us. what are you exploring? >> oh, i've got allen west, darrell issa, eight members of that freshman class. all on fox news tonight at 9:00 p.m. east coast time and at midnight. they're going to talking about what makes america special and interact with the american people. it's a chance for real people to challenge elected officials. ice is. >> neil: we get a lot of reaction every time he's on. have a great independence day, be well. >> thank you. >>> coming up. >> oh my god! my home is destroyed! >> we got injuries. >> nutty and now that du

almost five days since the healthcare ruling from the supreme court and we are still seeing growing anger from conservatives and others over the vote of the chief justice of the unitedtes john roberts. radio host mark levin has been particularly outspoken, arguing that the roberts' ruling in favor of this healthcare overhaul is damage and down right dangerous. take a listen. >> john roberts threw the door wide open on the constitution. to massively increase the federal government's power against you. do you think it many just to raise revenue? no, it tops coerce you and punish successful people, to stop you from eat are certain times of food and buying certain times of the automobiles within on and on and on. megyn: joining me by phone, mark levin, the host of the "the mark levin show." and the author of "men in black, how the supreme court is destroying the united states of america." it seems like many conservatives are dried on this. some -- conservatives are divide on this. some believe it's a master check move by the chief justice who managed to narrow congress's powers under the commerce clause and are declaring victory. >> this is why conservatives screw up so

evidence that supreme court chief justice john roberts, chief justice of the united states may have switched his healthcareat the last minute. if the reports are true did he give into political pressure? what does that mean? our panel weighs in. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! megyn: the debate from the healthcare overhaul heads to the campaign trail. some of them are finding touting one of their landmark achievements could be fraught with political peril. democrats facing an onslaught of republican criticism since the law was upheld about it supreme court. now they are lashing out at what they call questionable motives from those critics. they say they are

healthcare. we haven't seen that on the floor. the other thing is that, dr. foxx mentioned the president of the united states rightfully said this is the greatest country on the planet and we all agree with that. that somehow you can't try to make the greatest country in the world even better is a little bit stunning to me. we all got elected because we want to improve the quality of life for the people we represent. that's what we're here for. that's what the president of the united states suppose to do. this is the greatest country in the world. if we can guarantee everybody in this country the right to have good quality healthcare, i think it makes us even greater. again, i understand what's going on here. the hot button issues. i would just request that you give us a less time on hot button issues. we should be spending a little bit more time on jobs, little less time on hot button issues. i yield back my time. >> thank you. i don't intend ongoing through the philosophy of this particular bill or issue here. with one caveat, before i came here, perhaps i'm different from the rest of my delegation.

where you find us on capitol hill, just down the street from the united states capitol building where they had a big vote on healthcareay. we'll talk about that as well. we'll tell you what's happening around the country including mitt romney at the naacp laying a big goose egg yesterday down in houston. and another big defection from the assad government in syria. we've got tons to cover all around the globe and tons that you're going to want to talk about. give us a call at 1-866-55-press. that is our toll free number. hey, it is a busy thursday already. team's been working overtime. team press. peter ogborn and dan henning. hello, guys. >> bill, good morning. >> bill: cyprian bowlding, our videographer. everything good? >> happy to be here. >> bill: the big vote in the house yesterday. they had to make sure that we understand that they don't like the republicans in the house. make sure we understand they don't like the healthcare bill. i think after the 33rd vote yesterday, maybe we got the message and maybe the message we really got is they're wasting their freakin' time. >> i have to be honest. when we had barney

unit that reported to him was for from it. >> tom: highly critical and certainly will continue. janet tavakoli with tavakoli finance in chicago. >> susie: be on the lookout for >> susie: be on the lookout for a healthcare rebate check in your mailbox this summer. it's part of a new rule in the "affordable care act" aimed at keeping health insurance companies accountable and premium costs in check. but this year, many insurance companies didn't meet the new standards. so together, they'll be refunding more than $1 billion to their customers. sylvia hall reports. >> reporter: it's called the 80- 20 rule, or the medical loss ratio. the goal: to hold down health insurance costs by controlling the amount of money companies pay for care. insurance companies have to spend at least 80% of customers' premium payments on medical costs, not administrative ones like salaries and investments. for large group accounts, it's 85%. if a company doesn't make the ratio, it has to refund the difference to consumers by august first. a lot of companies didn't make it this year. in all, more than 12 million customers are expected to get rebates, totaling more than $1 billion nationwide. the rebate amounts vary greatly, but t

united states. thanks to their country's government-run healthcare. finally, $225.pump more money back into the city. gretchen? >> gretchen: thank you, peter. for the first time since the supreme court's ruling, the house of representatives voting to repeal the health care law, a move criticized by house democrats. >> affordable care act is about strengthening our middle class and honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of america. let's stop this legislation to nowhere that they have on the floor today. >> steve: our next guest says there is still one way that the law can be repealed and joining us now from capitol hill is house budget committee chairman, wisconsin congressman paul retirement good morning to you. >> good morning, steve, how are you doing? >> steve: i know you're hoping the 33rd time is the charm. what's the one last way you can repeal it? >> the american people can repeal it this november by voting for mitt romney and a new senate. that's what john roberts basically said. the supreme court, american people, we're not going to get rid of this law. it's

in healthcare, you didn't get the single payer and that led to cynicism and that it's fundamentally broken and we shouldn't try any more until we rip apart citizens unitedd the next 50 years focusing on that and not dealing with issues of climate change immigration, jobs, places where there is potential for compromise and groundwork has been laid. if we don't invest in that and will be how to split the deal there, we'll be worse off. >> eliot: coming back to the funneledfundamental principles. i think you're right you will probably fail and not come out with subjectives. nonetheless, we should remember a lot of energy for it came from nancy pelosi and the house the unsung hero. and likewise to the extend we got anything terribly use informal wall street reform that came out of the house and an much more aggressive negotiating posture from legislative branches where the white house was too willing to accommodate and the metaphor with the relationship with the republican party whether its tax cuts, budget issues or stimulus they were too quick to cave. that may an harsh word but not negotiating and using the full weight and potential of the bullhorn that

rate because my stomach columbus and healthcare plan are going to bring this whole new era ora to the way we are thinking about business in the united states. do you think he would have been elected in 2008 with that campaign platform. >> certainly not folks would have translated that into 8% unemployment rate. this guy did not inherit the biggest hole of any post war president. ronald reagan inherited unemployment mess. 10.4, not the 10% the way it did for mr. obama. at this point mr. reagan had the economy growing at 6%. whereas mr. obama a growing it 2%. he had gotten unemployment down at 7%. mr. obama t about 8%. simply, this guy didn't inherit a bigger mess. what he does his alibi better than anybody i have ever seen. >> why is mitt romney not ahead in every single poll and not ahead significantly if in fact things are as bad as you say, peter and said some economists are saying? romney isn't turning this into some big path to victory. at least so far. >> two factors. one he has not done a good job of explaining how he would create jobs. running around the country tax cuts and deregulation reminds folks of george bush. other is