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CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME DEALS AND THE HOUSE SHOULD TAKE IT
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GUEST, -
UP WHEN THEY RETURN FROM RECESS. THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON A BIPARTISAN HEALTH CARE BILL RIGHT NOW AND THEY WILL BE WORKING ON THIS...
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| 00:01:48 |
HOST, -
WAS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO PASS SOMETHING OUT WITH PROGRESS, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET IT.
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GUEST, -
HOST: WHAT ENABLE THEM TO MOVE FORWARD >> THEY NEGOTIATED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS -- GUEST: NEGOTIATED -- FORWARD. GUEST: THEY NEGOTIATED FOR A COUPLE...
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| 00:02:17 |
HOST, -
A CONSERVATIVE PUBLIC PLANT IN THIS BILL, AND NOW MEDICARE WILL NEGOTIATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN SETTING IT
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| 00:02:31 |
GUEST, -
BASED ON MEDICARE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE BLUE DOGS. THEY DO NOT GET PAID AS MUCH FOR MEDICARE AS IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS. HOST:...
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| 00:03:09 |
HOST, -
TWITTER.COM/C-SPANWJ. THE FACT THAT THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE DOES NOT LOOK TO GET A WHOLE LOT ON THIS WEEK, IS THAT GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT BLOW...
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GUEST, -
HOST: HOW DIFFERENT IS WHAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH? WE DO NOT KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT HAVE DIFFERENT DOES IT LOOK TO BE FROM WHAT IS COMING OUT OF OTHER...
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| 00:04:11 |
HOST, -
INSURANCE AS A MIDDLE GROUND WHERE IT WOULD BE AN INSURANCE COOPERATIVE. THOSE THAT PARTICIPATE WITH OLD AND OPERATE IT.
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| 00:04:22 |
GUEST, -
IN A SENSE, THESE COULD BE REGIONAL OR NATIONAL. IT IS HARD FOR THE LOWER LEVEL DEMOCRATS TO ACCEPT A FULL PUBLIC OPTION AND HOLD THE INSURANCE COMPANIES...
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| 00:05:11 |
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GUEST: HE IS NOT PART OF THE SIX THAT ARE NEGOTIATING THE BILL. IT COULD CAUSE SOME ISSUES IN THE MARKUP OF THAT COMMITTEE. HE IS ON THAT COMMITTEE....
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GUEST, -
IT WILL STILL HAVE TO BE MERGED WITH OTHER SENATE COMMITTEES THAT PASS SOMETHING, AS WELL AS THE HOUSE. HOST: WHAT IS THE GAME PLAN AS THEY GO BACK TO...
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| 00:06:17 |
HOST, -
THE CONSTITUENTS BEING SOLD OVER THE RECESS IS THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE GOVERNMENT WITH INSURANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE. WE JUST WANT TO REGULATE...
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| 00:06:57 |
HOST, -
NOW, WE ARE IN FOR A VERY RUDE AWAKENING. PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE USING A SPREAD
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| 00:07:06 |
HOST, -
THE RISK MODEL TO GET MONEY, WHERE THEY PUT INSURERS HELPING PEOPLE ON ONE SIDE, AND ON HEALTHY PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE. ALONG WITH THE PROFITS, ANYTIME...
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| 00:08:23 |
HOST, -
POSITION, SUGGESTING THAT THE PUBLIC AUCTION IS GROWING INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE EVEN AFTER CONSENSUS. DOES THE -- CONSENSUS." DOES THE PUBLIC AUCTION...
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| 00:08:56 |
GUEST, -
IS JUDY, REPUBLICAN LINE. SHE IS CALLING FROM WASHINGTON STATE. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HER ON THE LINE. LET'S HOLD OFF AND GO TO TED, INDEPENDENT...
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| 00:09:16 |
HOST, -
COMPANY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WITH GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE IS SOMETHING CALLED DRG'S, DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPS. WE ACTUALLY...
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| 00:10:47 |
HOST, -
BEING SEVEN-ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THAT ALL AMERICANS RECOGNIZE FACE THIS NATION. THERE IS NOT
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| 00:10:54 |
GUEST, -
ANY ADULT AMERICAN THAT DOES NOT HAVE A HORROR STORY OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM UNDER THIS TROUBLED SYSTEM. REPUBLICANS, JIM, THEY HAD NOTHING IN TERMS...
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| 00:12:02 |
HOST, -
POINTS TO TAKE HOME. ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED THERE, REPUBLICANS AND SOME OF THE TALKING POINTS THE THEY HAVE, LIKE SINGLE
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| 00:12:20 |
GUEST, -
PAYER, TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S IS CREATING A SINGLE PAYER OPTION. THE DEMOCRATS KEEP SAYING THEY DO NOT HAVE A PLAN OTHER THAN...
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| 00:13:15 |
HOST, -
DEMOCRATS PASSING SOMETHING OR SEEING A BILL, PRESIDENT OBAMA OR WHEN ANYONE ELSE SPEAKS, THEY DO NOT HAVE A PLAN TO SELL. THEY
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| 00:13:29 |
GUEST, -
HAVE IDEAS, BUT NOTHING ON PAPER. PEOPLE ARE NOT SURE WHAT HEALTH REFORM IS GOING TO MEAN, FOR INSURANCE REFORM. HOST: DEMOCRATIC LINE, TENNESSEE. RICH,...
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| 00:14:00 |
HOST, -
BUSINESS, I SAW A PROGRESSION OVER TIME FROM HAVING HOUSE BILLS THAT WERE -- HOSPITALS THAT WERE RUN BY THE CHURCHES OR UNIVERSITIES, OR BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES....
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| 00:15:31 |
HOST, -
HAS MOVED FROM SOMETHING THAT WAS A CHARITABLE OPERATION OR A TEACHING CIRCUMSTANCE TO ONE THAT IS FOR PROFIT. I HAVE SEEN COSTS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY...
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| 00:16:08 |
HOST, -
THEY ARE LOOKING AT. HOST: HOW STRONG IS A LOBBYING EFFORT GOING
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| 00:16:13 |
GUEST, -
TO BE OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR MORE? THEY CAN HIT CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS IN THEIR HOME STATES, THERE CAN BE A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN, WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING...
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| 00:16:31 |
HOST, -
UP, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WHILE THERE ARE NO BILLS, THERE ARE MORE IDEAS ON WHAT COULD BE IN THEIR. YOU HAVE SOME OF THE DEMOCRATS IN LEADERSHIP AND THE...
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| 00:16:51 |
GUEST, -
NOT BEFORE BECAUSE MOST SENATE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON BOARD. NOW THAT THEY ARE SEEING THAT MAYBE THEY ARE GOING TO GET HARDER THAN THEY THOUGHT, I THINK...
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| 00:17:28 |
HOST, -
OBAMA OR HIS SUPPORTERS HAD IN MIND." IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT DID NOT COME TO CONGRESS WITH A TAILOR THE BILL, LEAVING...
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| 00:18:11 |
GUEST, -
LINES. THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF A BIPARTISAN EFFORT WHERE NOTHING WAS PASSED OUT SO FAR. THEY CONTINUE GROWING. HOST: MANY OF US REMEMBER THAT FROM 1993,...
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| 00:18:48 |
HOST, -
BACK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE THIS TIME. IT COULD BE EFFECTIVE. PEOPLE COULD SWITCH THEIR OPINIONS. WORKING CLOSELY WITH GROUPS LIKE FAMILIES USA, WHO WOULD...
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| 00:19:05 |
GUEST, -
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPING FOR THESE BIG REFORMS. HOST: PATRICIA IS ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE CALLING FROM DALLAS, TEXAS. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: HELLO. THE PUBLIC...
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| 00:19:29 |
HOST, -
RUNNING YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE WHEN THEY CANNOT EVEN RUN CASH FOR CLUNKERS? YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH RED TAPE AFTER RED TAPE TO GET IT DONE. THAT IS WHAT...
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| 00:20:50 |
GUEST, -
ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE TAKING EVERYONE'S INSURANCE. A FALL BACK RATHER THAN A SAFETY NET. HOST: THERE IS A PIECE TODAY...
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| 00:21:26 |
HOST, -
GUEST: THAT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AN ISSUE. RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE, THINGS LIKE THAT. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE VERY OLD, OR YOU HAVE...
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| 00:21:50 |
GUEST, -
SO MUCH MONEY IS SPENT IN THE LAST YEAR OF LIFE. SO, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE, WILL THE GOVERNMENT MAKE THE DECISION TO RATION HEALTH...
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| 00:22:30 |
HOST, -
OFFICE, GOING OVER THE NUMBERS, SAYING THAT IT WOULD NOT CROWD OUT THE PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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| 00:22:42 |
GUEST, -
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EVENTUALLY THIS WOULD LEAD TO A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT. HOST: OUR GUEST IS ANNA EDNEY, A HEALTH CARE REPORTER...
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| 00:23:13 |
HOST, -
HEDGE FUNDS. WALL STREET IN HEDGE FUNDS ARE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR HEALTH CARE. WHETHER IT BE RATIONAL OR ANY OTHER...
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| 00:24:20 |
GUEST, -
ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE FROM CLINTON, MARYLAND.
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| 00:24:23 |
GUEST, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HOST: YES, WEEKEND. -- WE CAN. CALLER: UN THIS LADY KEEP REPEATING THE FACT THAT
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| 00:24:40 |
HOST, -
THE GOVERNMENT -- YOU AND THIS LADY KEEP REPEATING THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT RAN OUT OF MONEY FOR CASH FOR CLUNKERS, BUT THAT
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| 00:24:47 |
HOST, -
DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE LARGER ISSUE IS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BEING USED AND MISUSED BY THE PRESS AND PUBLIC AUTHORITY....
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| 00:25:56 |
GUEST, -
MY MEDICARE, GOVERNMENT, BUT GOVERNMENT IS THE ONE RUNNING MEDICARE. THERE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A SUCCESS TO THAT PROGRAM. HOST: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT...
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| 00:26:29 |
HOST, -
ACT, A MEASURE THAT HE CAMPAIGNED ON. TAX CUTS, REDUCING TAXES
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| 00:26:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BY $800 FOR WORKING FAMILIES. THAT IS
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Unidentified Speaker, -
WHERE THE FOCUS IS. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WORKING TO STRENGTHEN THE FOUNDATION. THERE IS A LOT THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW, IT IS NEVER...
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| 00:27:48 |
HOST, -
COMING FROM CUTS IN MEDICARE. THERE WILL BE A NEED TO RAISE REVENUE. THE HOUSE IS LOOKING AT A MILLIONAIRE'S TAX. THEY ARE TRYING TO ENCROACH ON THE...
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| 00:28:57 |
HOST, -
IT IS RIDICULOUS. HE TALKS ABOUT CASH FOR CLUNKERS BEING SUCCESSFUL? WHERE DOES HE GET THE AUDACITY THAT WE CAN TAKE MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S, TAKING...
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| 00:30:04 |
GUEST, -
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PRESIDENT'S SAID, HEALTH REFORM IS NEEDED BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING SO MUCH UNNECESSARY MONEY ON HEALTH CARE AND INSURANCE. SO,...
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| 00:31:00 |
HOST, -
I AM OVER 65. I PAID BETWEEN $2.50 AND $6 FOR THE DRUGS I AM TAKING. WHEN I GET MY PRESCRIPTION, ON THE TOP OF THE PRESCRIPTION, THE BAG THAT IT COMES...
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| 00:32:03 |
GUEST, -
AS A PART B PLAN, I HAVE NOT HEARD MUCH OF A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SAME THING, WHERE THEY MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE FOR MEDICARE PAYING A LOWER RATE. SO,...
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| 00:32:49 |
HOST, -
IGNORANCE, AS WELL AS THE FEAR ON WHAT THEY HEARD WHEN THE CELLULOID COWBOY RODE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, TELLING US IS MOST TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE -- I AM...
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| 00:34:22 |
GUEST, -
THAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO BE MAKING OVER THE RECESS, THAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO LOWER YOUR COSTS. THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS KIND OF ARGUMENT THAT...
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| 00:35:21 |
HOST, -
RECESS WITHOUT AN ACTUAL BILL. THERE COULD BE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO CHANGE IN THESE
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| 00:35:33 |
GUEST, -
BILLS, TRY TO FINESSE A LITTLE BIT. I THINK THAT WHEN THEY RETURN, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE SOMETHING COME OUT OF FINANCE BASED ON WHAT THEY HEARD...
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| 00:36:16 |
GUEST, -
BE THE ONLY BIPARTISAN BILL COMING
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| 00:36:19 |
HOST, -
OUT OF THE HOUSE. HOST:
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| 00:36:23 |
GUEST, -
ANNA EDNEY IS A HEALTH CARE REPORTER FOR "CAPITOL HILL DAILY." WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. GUEST: THANK YOU. (music) >>
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HOST, -
STARTING TUESDAY, THE FULL
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| 00:36:53 |
GUEST, -
SENATE DEBATES THE NOMINATION OF SONIA SOTOMAYOR AS A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. WATCH IT LIVE ON C-SPAN 2. STARTING IN THE FALL, THE SUPREME COURT. DAVID...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.