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THANKS FOR JOINING US. GUEST: MY PLEASURE. HOST: ONE STORY THAT GOT OUR ATTENTION THIS PAST WEEK IS A REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL...
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| 00:00:23 |
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2015, THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE 62,900 FEWER DOCTORS THAN ARE NEEDED. GUEST: IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM. YOU HAVE RETIREMENT. PEOPLE
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| 00:00:38 |
GUEST, -
GET OLD AND THEY'D SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PRACTICE MEDICINE ANYMORE. IT IS HARDER AND HARDER FOR KIDS TO GO TO MEDICAL CSCHOOL. AND WE HAVE NOT EXPANDED...
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| 00:01:28 |
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ARE LOOKING AT THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW AS ONE OF THE REASONS IT. WAS THAT FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU AND OTHER DEMOCRATS IMPLEMENTED THE...
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| 00:01:47 |
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BECAUSE I SAID YOU WILL NEED A LOT OF PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS. THE PROBLEM IN MASSACHUSETTS WAS THEY TOOK IN EVERYBODY AND THEN PEOPLE WENT AROUND SAYING...
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| 00:02:30 |
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10 YEARS TO GO THROUGH SCHOOL APPEARED STILL TALKING ABOUT AN EIGHT- YEAR TO 10-YEAR PROPOSITION TO MAKE THEM A FULL-FLEDGED OPPOSITION. HOST: I SPENT...
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| 00:02:48 |
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IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GO INTO PRIMARY CARE, YOU COULD PROBABLY DO MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THEN ONE OR TWO YEARS. YOU ARE TALKING AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS TO...
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| 00:03:17 |
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MCDERMOTT, THE CONGRESSMAN. AND YOU CONTACT US OVER THE INTERNET. MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO GO INTO CERTAIN OTHER AREAS BECAUSE IT'S MORE PROFITABLE OR THEY...
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| 00:03:49 |
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WE GIVE A KID A COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AND A STIPEND. WHEN HE OR SHE FINISHES, THEY SERVED IN THE MILITARY FOUR YEARS OR FIVE YEARS. I SAID WHY NOT DO THE...
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| 00:05:09 |
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THE LEAST PRODUCTIVE CONGRESS IN A GENERATION. AS YOU LOOK BACK -- AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE BLAMING REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICANS BLAMING DEMOCRATS -- WHAT...
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| 00:05:38 |
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2009 WHEN HE SAID MY NUMBER ONE JOB IS TO PREVENT BARACK OBAMA FROM GETTING A SECOND TERM. THAT HAS SET THE KIND OF STRATEGY THAT HAS MADE IT VERY HARD...
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| 00:06:42 |
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BE A COMPROMISE ON DEALING WITH THE $16 TRILLION DEBT, WILL THE POLITICS BE DIFFERENT AFTER THE ELECTION? GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. YOU ALREADY SEE IT IN THE...
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| 00:06:55 |
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THEY WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS WHOLE ISSUE. THEY CANNOT HAVE NO COMPROMISE. WE ARE HITTING A CLIFF WHERE ALL THE TAX CUTS WILL GO AWAY. AND WE ARE HITTING...
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| 00:08:05 |
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THANKS FOR C-SPAN. I LOVE THE HEALTH CARE BILL.
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| 00:08:13 |
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MY HUSBAND DEVELOPED CANCER DURING THE HEALTH CARE DEBATE. HE WAS FIRED AFTER SEVEN WEEKS OF THE COMPANY FINDING OUT HE HAD CANCER. I KNOW A LOT OF THIS...
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| 00:09:24 |
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JUDGE TO CONTINUE ON WITH HIS HEALTH CARE.
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| 00:09:30 |
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HE HAD HAD A MAJOR SURGERY AND A LARGE TUMOR ON HIS LIVER. THIS HAS BEEN THREE YEARS. HE STILL HAS SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS, BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE THE TUMOR...
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| 00:10:00 |
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THINGS, BUT FOR MOST FAMILIES THEY ARE ALWAYS LIVING WITH THE FEAR THAT THEY WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE OR THAT THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE WILL NOT...
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| 00:11:13 |
GUEST, -
IS THE ETYMOLOGY OF THAT WORD SEQUESTRATION? GUEST: IT MEANS SEEKING BACK INSIDE. IT COMES FROM LATIN AND IT IS A MEDICAL TERM. IT MEANS YOU ARE HOLDING
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| 00:11:26 |
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STUFF IN. THIS ISSUE OF HOLDING BACK, HERE'S THE ISSUE, I THINK, ALL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WE SEND MONEY TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. EVERY DAY...
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| 00:12:48 |
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I WANTED TO ASK THE CONGRESSMAN, DOES HE THINK THAT THE WITH THE HEALTH CARE LAW WAS PUT INTO PLACE OR ADDRESSED INSURANCE VERSUS THE PROVIDERS THEMSELVES?...
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| 00:13:45 |
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WE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO AN INSURANCE EXCHANGE IN THE STATE AND CHOOSE A POLICY THAT THEY CAN AFFORD. AND IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH...
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| 00:15:23 |
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AFRAID OF LOSING YOUR JOB. GUEST: THAT IS KIND OF THE ISSUE. HOST: A CALL FROM CALIFORNIA WITH CONGRESSMAN JIM MCDERMOTT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
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| 00:15:43 |
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CONGRESSMAN, I AM LIBERTARIAN. SO I BELIEVE THERE IS ALREADY A DANGEROUS
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| 00:15:48 |
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LEVEL OF POWER. ESPECIALLY THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS ARE BLIND TO THIS CONCENTRATION OF POWER. AS SOME BIT -- EXHIBIT A, THE CONTROVERSIAL DEATH PANELS....
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| 00:16:17 |
GUEST, -
CARE ACT WAS A PROVISION THAT SAID A DOCTOR COULD SIT AND BE PAID FOR, TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT YOUR FINAL DIRECTIVES WANT TO BE. EVERY AMERICAN,...
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| 00:18:35 |
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THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO GUT THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM. YOUR COLLEAGUE OF MICHIGAN HAD THIS TO SAY ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. [VIDEO CLIP] >> ON JULY...
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| 00:18:56 |
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RUN AROUND THE CURRENT CONGRESS. THE ADMINISTRATION'S ACTION IS UNLAWFUL ON TWO FRONTS. FIRST, THE WELFARE WORK REQUIREMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN SECTION...
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| 00:19:38 |
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WORK REQUIREMENTS. BUT THE PRESIDENT WAS DEALING WITH THE FACT WE HAVE PARALYSIS. YOU CANNOT GET ANYTHING DONE. THE GOVERNORS WERE COMING TO HIM SAYING...
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| 00:20:39 |
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FROM THE NATIONAL JOURNAL POINTING OUT THAT THERE'S REALLY NO SENTIMENT TO KEEP THIS TAX CUT IN PLACE AND IT WILL LIKELY REFERRED BACK TO 6.2 THE SUN...
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| 00:21:00 |
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FOR OUR SOCIAL SECURITY, I WORRY IF WE REDUCE IT TOO FAR, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MONEY EITHER. RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY'S TAKING CARE OF TO 275 OR SOMEPLACE...
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| 00:21:49 |
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UNDER $250,000. THAT IS MOST AMERICANS. 90% -- SOMETHING. I AM NOT SURE, BUT IT IS CLOSE TO THAT. MOST OF US UNDERSTAND THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT...
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| 00:22:36 |
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YOU START PAYING THE HIGHER RATE. HOST: SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, DEMOCRATS. CALLER: THANK YOU. I JUST READ A BOOK BY A DOCTOR FROM OKLAHOMA
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| 00:22:51 |
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AND HE SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE RING OF POWER, PEOPLE AT THE TOP, SENATE AND DEMOCRATS. YOU CANNOT GET ANYTHING PASSED THEM BECAUSE OF LOBBYISTS, ETC,...
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| 00:23:48 |
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HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN HERE. I THINK IT IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE CONNECTED TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE. 700,000 PEOPLE GIVE ME THEIR TRUST EVERY...
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| 00:25:47 |
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IS THIS REALLY SIGNIFICANT? GUEST: IT IS PART OF WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN. THERE IS NO SINGLE SILVER BULLET THAT WILL DO THE WHOLE THING. BUT 5% IS 5%.
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| 00:25:58 |
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I AM NOT QUITE SURE WHERE HE GETS THAT FIGURE FROM. BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE GIVE- AWAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 10 YEARS, 12 YEARS, BY THE BUSH TAX...
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| 00:26:48 |
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EACH MONTH. THAT IS THE OTHER PART OF THE DEFICIT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, THE WAY WE'RE SPENDING MONEY IN
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| 00:26:53 |
GUEST, -
DEFENSE. HOST: THE SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION IS THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES. THE MOST RECENT FIGURES SHOWING THAT THE DOCTOR SHORTAGE
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| 00:27:02 |
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IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 20,000 TO 25,000 COCKLEBURS BUT INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. EVEN WITHOUT THE HEALTH CARE LAW, IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO 100,000 BY THE YEAR...
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| 00:27:28 |
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HALF, DOCTORS MEN AND WOMEN. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE NOT PAID ATTENTION TO. WE SAID, LET THE MARKET HANDLE IT. THE MARKET HAS NOT HANDLED IT BECAUSE...
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| 00:28:04 |
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DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO COME INTO 2013,
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| 00:28:07 |
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AND AS WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE LAW, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIND A DOCTOR. I HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS FREQUENTLY THAT...
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| 00:28:32 |
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WE HAVE A CALL ON THE PHONE FROM PENNSYLVANIA. YOU ARE CALLING ON THE THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I ENJOY YOUR SHOW. I ACTUALLY VOTED FOR...
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| 00:28:48 |
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GENTLEMAN WHEN I WAS LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO. HOST: HE IS FROM WASHINGTON STATE, SO I AM NOT SURE YOU VOTED FOR HIM. CALLER: SAN FRANCISCO IS IN WASHINGTON...
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| 00:29:01 |
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YES. I AM ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND I AM HEARING STORIES ABOUT THE SECONDARY
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| 00:29:06 |
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INSURANCE BEING DRAMATICALLY DECREASED AND ALSO ABOUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING TAKEN OUT OF SOCIAL SECURITY. I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE GENTLEMAN...
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| 00:29:38 |
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GUEST: YOU KNOW, SOCIAL SECURITY IS A FAVORITE WHIPPING BOY. PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS SAID WE SHALL NOT HAVE THIS PROGRAM
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| 00:29:46 |
GUEST, -
BECAUSE IT SMACKS OF SOCIALISM OF SOME SORT. BUT PEOPLE ARE COUNTING ON SOCIAL SECURITY, AND CONGRESS HAS TAKEN CARE OF IT. WE MADE CHANGES IN IT. AND...
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| 00:31:15 |
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ON THE PHONE, DEMOCRATS LINE, LAST WORD. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, TO A FOR C-SPAN. -- THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. I
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| 00:31:27 |
CALLER, -
AM A WANNABE BUSINESS OWNER. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE HEALTH CARE. AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND -- FIRST OF ALL, I WANT HEALTHY EMPLOYEES. SAID DICK -- SECOND...
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| 00:32:13 |
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HOST: HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? CALLER:
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| 00:32:17 |
CALLER, -
ONE. MRCANOE.COM.
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| 00:32:24 |
CALLER, -
THAT WAS A PLUG. IT SHOULD BE THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GET INSURANCE. IT IS TOO MUCH TO RUN BUSINESSES, JUST SO MUCH. HOST: WE WILL GET A RESPONSE....
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| 00:32:42 |
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YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ANY INSURANCE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY. BUT
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| 00:32:47 |
GUEST, -
THE FACT IS THAT YOU ARE RIGHT, I PERSONALLY FAVOR A UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, A SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM WHERE EVERYBODY PAYS THEIR TAXES UNDER THE TABLE....
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| 00:34:02 |
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CAN TAKE BACK THE HOUSE? KUCHAR ENGINE MARK GUEST: I THINK THERE IS A VERY ANGRY
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| 00:34:08 |
GUEST, -
MOVEMENT OUT THERE. THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP. THE TEA PARTY HAS BROUGHT THEM NOTHING. THE TEA PARTY PEOPLE HAVE SAID,...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.