Very excited about this one. Were calling it the users guide to your health care. Im going to be giving you the tips, the tools and the strategies you can use right now to help you better understand and take control of your health care including, of course, savingoney. Among the issues were exploring tonight, are you getng the most from your insurer . I spoke to dr. Pamela galen about this shes a working mom, practicing if and author of the book how to survive your doctors care. We talked about the run around some Insurance Companies can give people. Heres a quick preview. Take a listen. The al here is not to reimpurse the provider and, in turn, the patient. So the first one is weve lost your paperwork, or you didnt fill it out correctly. Another one is youre not covered anyway and, therefore, we will not reimburse you. And the other is your doctor did it wrong. Gerri well have a lot more coming up tonight on our users guide to health care. And join the conversation on twitter using the hashtag gerris users guide. Check it out. And i started posting a ton of just terrific info on gerri willis. Com. So be sure to check that out. Were going to be talking about everything from choosing a doctor to cutting your Health Care Bill to even just reading your Health Care Bill. We know it takes a lot of time to do all of that and, of course, were going to give you the guide to doing each and everone of those things including h to get the most from your insurer. But fst, aecord amount of cash is pouring into an investment boasting high yields and limited rate risk. Im talking about bank loa. But this is is this a smart move for your money . Joining me now, j cox, managing partner for Harris Financial Group and phillip silverman, managing partner for kings view capital. I think weve only got e of you, do i have that right . Is it you, jamie . Yeah, im jamie. Yes, maam, im here. Gerri all right, i think phils coming in in just a second. But i want to start wit these floating rate bond funds. So its the debt of companies that are having trouble paying back a lot of debt, theyre paying high yields at a time that investors are just desperate r a yield. What do you make of them . Well, first thing investors need to understand that high yield, floating rate, all of these things by definition are below invesestment grade. Thats very, very important. What that means is the companies have to pay a higher Interest Rate for investors to loan them money, and there are two categori which you can do it. You n do a fixed, you know, highyield bond which is what most people buy, or you can have a loan that ahas a fixed percentage of that loan that has a stated Interest Rate, but the rest floats on some metric on top of it. Interest rates have fallen, those floating rate bonds haae become less valuable because the Interest Rates are lower than their brethren on the other side. However, in march all of a sudden the Interest Rates on highyield bonds, if you look at the price of the bonds versus the Interest Rate, they actually dropped below the Interest Rates on floating rate for the first time gerri all right, well, jamie, i appreciate your explanation, but welso want to get phil into this sment. Phil silverman is joining us now. Were talking about some of the benefits of these floating rate Corporate Bond funds, and i think a lot of people a looking at them because theyre desperate for yield, but as jamie was pointing out, you know, this is variable. This is a Floating Rate Fund at the end of the day. I think right now it might be something to look at especially when youonsider that most folks think rates are going to go up. Yeah, i absoluty agree. I think theyre anntegral part of an investors fixed income portfolio. A couple of tngs that are important is they do flow, so as the Interest Rates go up, the interest theyllay will increase. But you need to remember theyre fixed to shortterm Interest Rates. So when weve seen intere rates recently g up, which is a loer term Interest Rate, these havent benefited. But we know the shortterm Interest Rates are going to go up at some point in the future. They cant go down. So i think its a great and the other thing is even though they are considered not investmentrade in some aspects, the reality is that theyre often senior to the other bonds in the company and so they tend to be backed by assets that the coany have, so theyre not as risky as some highyield bonds. Gerri jamie, you were starting to say that. These remind people of junk bonds, but theyre not. How are they different, nd are we going to be talking about junk bonds . Some people are saying t rid of this floating rate securities and instead buy junk bonds. What do youlike best . All the portfolio magers weve been listening to have been sort of antihigh yield en the yield spreads were really, really tight, but all of a sudden now that theyve widened back out, opportunities have presented themselves. So people are looking at both sides. In my view as an investor of both, i think that the floating rate represents the best opportuny because as Interest Rates rise, highyield bonds by definition with that fixed intere rate could become less valuable. But at we do here is there is a certain sleeve of high yield. The below but triple d double c, thats what im hearing. All the Portfolio Managers tell me thats the place to be in high yield, so its the junkest of the junk where they want to be. Most individual investors buy these things, they need to be very careful. Dont buy them in etfs. Gerri phil, do you agree the junkiest of the junk is the best . Well, theyyre buying the os that have gotten beaten up the most in the last month or two. So those are the ones that have gotten beaten up the most, so they have the most opportunity for a bounce. Thats where the high yield guys are going because the floating rate loans havent been affected by the move in Interest Rates. Gerri jamie, how do you pick a fund in this category . Whats the way to go about it . There are some 40 funds. Theres all kinds ofhem. In fact, a new one just came out, double line has introduced one in june. What i was saying before, etfs, you can buy them in funds, i think you nee to stay as far away from bond etfs as you can. Etfs have shortterm bias, bad idea. But you need to Pay Attention to people who specialize in bonds. You dont want to pick the Floating Rate Fund of an equity manager, for example, if thats their specialty. Gerri well, absolutely not. I agree with that. Phii, to you, you have specific funds you want to recommend here. What would you say . Yeah. Theres a spider fund thats managed by gso thats a loan fund, and theyre excellent in the space, and i think they would be a great fund to buy. Gerri all right. Great, guy jamie and phillip, thanks for comi on and explaining this, its drawing so much attention right now. Thanks to both of you. Thank you. Thanks very much. Gerri well, from the bnd market to the Housing Market also tonight growing calls to pull the plug on fannie mae and freddie mac. House republicans are pushing efforts to unwind fannie mae and freddie mac from the government. With more on this, republican congressman the chairman of the housing and insurance subcommittee. Congressman, thanks for coming back on the show. Its always good to see you. Now, telme why you believe its so important to unwind these gses. Well, gerri, first of all, than for having me back on the program. What happened after 2008 we basically have nationalized the Housing Finance market in this country. Nine out of every ten mortgages in this country now are guaranteed by the american taxpayers. If were going to have a good, strong Housing Market in the future, we have to have a sustainable Housing Finance market, and right now the government is in control of the Housing Finance market. Gerri thats right. Ll, you know, i was looking at numbers over the weekend, and apparently when you consider the gses, fannie and freie and the fha together, theyre guaranteeing 85 of the market or standin behnd 99 of all the loans. So lets see now, we had all the form from doddfrank, we had 200 billion to bail out fannie and freddie, and where are we . The government still controlling this marketplace. How do you unwind these two massive institutions . Ll, what were going to do is we going to dohree things here. One, were going to bring fha back to its more traditional role. Toy they have higher lending limits than the gses, so were going to brring them back to the traditiol levels of firsttime home buyers and low to moderate income. Then the other is were going to wind down the gses and at the same token creating some space for private label and private investment to come back in the Housing Finance market. Doing these three things will make a more sustainable housi finance market. Gerri congressman, how much time do you give them . A lot of people out there, critics of winding these institutions down say you cant get rid of them pronto because theousing market would collapse. What do you say . I dont thats not true. The Housing Market is Getting Better and what were talking about doing is making some adjustments to the Housing Finance market. Were not talking about cutting off all the Housing Finance. But we are going to bring the private market back. We think that brings more competitn into the market. We think that, ultimately, that begins better pricing for homeowners which is, obviously, helps for with home ownership. Gerri well, thats what were looking for, right . To help out homeowners and not be a drag on the market as, ultimately, these Government Agencies were. Ive got to tell you, if you look at what voters say out there, theyre behind you. 52 in favor of phasing out fannie andfreddie. They dont like it. 32 oppose the idea. Heres wh i dont understand. Every report ive read about yourill says its going to go noere. Why when the American People stand right behind you . Well, i think those people that say its going nowhere need to understand just what you just said, and that is that the American People are behind this. You know what happens, and the American People are tired of these booms and bust, and it hurts homeowners and taxpayers, and what happens when we have these is that weve got these hard working amecans that are making their own house payment, then they found out theyre going to have to maybe their neighbors house payment. They dont think thats a good idea. Gerri no, they don i want to talk to you about something thats in washington that i think could be a problem Going Forward for the Housing Market, and thats melvin watt. He is a republican the democratic congressman from North Carolina who may run fha. Hes been proposed the administration to take the place of dimarco. Is this a good idea or is melvin watt and his history of being outspoken about home ownership, is that a bad thing . First of all, i want to say mr. Dimarco has done an outstanding job and, you know, im sorry to see that the administration has decided to replace mr. Dimarco. He buys into the idea that freddie and fannie need to begin to wind down. He undersnds that guaranteeing all these mortgages is not in the best interests, you know . So if i had my first choice, while serve onhe Financial Services committee with mr. Watt, i certainly think mr. Demarco has done an outstanding job. Gerri well, ive got to tell you, a lo of ideas that were proposed from the administration on housing were turned down by ed demarco. We wont have that stop anymore once he goes, so its a shame. Congressman, thanks for coming on the show. Gooduck with your bi. Thank you, gerri. Gerri more to come this hour including advice for your 401 k , the best way to balance your investment. And the new trend spreading across the countr getting Emergency Care without dealing with waiting hours at the hospital. But is the price tag worth it . Were looking out for you and your money, coming up. The average text takes your eyes off the road for nearly five seconds. [tires screeching] stop the texts. Stop the wrecks. Visit us at stoptextsstopwrecks. Org. Gerri getting emergey care without the hassle of waiting for hours in an overcrowded waiting room, think of that. Freestanding Emergency Rooms are a hot new trend across the u. S. , but critics say the convenience comes for a price. The ceo of texas Emergency Care center, a 24hour freestanding emergency room with thr locations in houston. Rhonda, welcome tothe show. Weve got lots of these cnters now, some 400 centers ilt in the last four years. Whats the big attraction . Why are these centers being built so quickly . First of all, gerri, thank you for having many me on th show today. And, certainly, the reason these facilities are so popular and so important is because of the access to care anthe convenience to care. These facilities work. We offer an option to the public that a forears has been at the hospital room level. Weve decided to fix whats been a longstanding problem. Gerri heres what i dont understand. So hospitals have Emergency Rooms, why do we need Emergency Rooms with no hospitals . What market niche are you filling . Were filling the niche that first of all, our freestanding Emergency Rooms are no different than a hospitalbased emergency room. Other than were not physically attached to a hospital. We see all of the same patients that come to an emergency room whether it be a nonemergent, an urgent or an emergent patie seeking treatment. The problem that were fing is hospitalbased Emergency Rooms have long standing been on 2, 4, of, 8, 10hour waits. With the freestanding emergency room, we are taking the wait out of Emergency Care and giving the patient direct access to the physician in a more timely and effective manner. Gerri so youre not going walk into the emergency room and sit on your butt for four or five urs just waiting to be seen. Youre going to get care, and youreoing to get it quickly. Now, rhonda, critics say that theyre too expensive. What do you say to that . I say absolutely not. 3 charge no differently than hospitalbased Emergency Rooms. Often times our bills are 10, 15 less than the hospitalbased emergency room. What we are fixing is access to health care, so because we have more Emergency Rooms available for patnts to be seen, there are more patients being treated by physicians. Thats where the increased cost is. The increased cost gerri heres my confusion because people who go into the centers and don have Health Care Insurance so theyre paying out of their own pocket, theyre seeing the bill, theyre paying the bill, they say theyre surprised at the cost of the services. Why would that be if you say that your prices are 1015 below competitors . If you look at the same bill side by side, if that same patient walked into the hospitalbased emergency room, they would get that same exact bill. Theyre seeing the same doctor, theyre seeing the same nurse, theyre getting the same cat scan, labs, xray. Everything is identical. The misconception is because theyre seeing and getting all of that treatment in a shorter amount of time, theyre not seeing the need for the pricing. So they compare the 8hour wait time is okay for an 800 emergency room bill, but when youre seen in 5 minute, you get the same treatment, the same diagnosis and you go home, or youre transferred to the hospitalbased emergency room, the fee is the same, but the coumer is not seeing the difference between t timecost comparison. Gerri i think its an interesting business, and weve seen a lot of innovation in health care over the last few years in part because of obamacare, companies trying to position themselves to being on the winning side once this bill is entirely put into pla. Tell me, who are you targeting with these centers, and who do you think are going to be big fans of them, coming back time and again as they have to for Emergency Care . Absolutely. In texas by law we have to see any patient that walks through our door, so i cant say were targeting anybody. We are targeting the patient that wants to come in and be seen, get the same care, the same treatment they would in the same manner. We see patients that have surance, we see patients that have no insurance, we see patients that have Governmental Insurance whether it be medicare or medicaid. All of those patients are seen and treated in identical manner, in the identical manner. What were targeting is just getting the patient out of the hospitalbased emergency room and being treated closer to home to where they can atually have access to care quicker than looking for an emergency room that may be 30 or 45 minutes away. The emergency room now is in thhir own backyard. Gerri well, its an interesting model for health care. We Cover Health Care extensively here. Its a pleasure to have you on the show, rhonda. Thank you for coming on. Thank you so much. Gerri coming up later, our users guide to health care with rtant information your Insurance Company and, well, they may not want you to know. And next we answer the question how do you do that. Were helping you right a wrong with ways to balance your lopsided index funds, coming up. [ male announcer eligible for medicare . Thats a good thing, but it doesnt cover everything. Only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. So consider an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesnt pay. And save you up to thousands of dollars in outofpocket costs. Call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about. 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Thats you have a difficulty with that. Now, you can go short the fund itself, bui dont know the average investor isnt going to do that. But you can buy an etf which is like the one the wisdom tree etfs which tends to emphasize earnings and so if your companys going crazy in price, it wont have as much impact on gerri so weighted by earnis rather than weighted by market cap. Correct. Gerri ok. Well, that makes sense to me. You know, jack vogel, who invented index funds, for goodness sake, has been complaining about Bond Index Funds lately because theyre too heavily weighted for treasury. So what would you do in the case of a bond index fun which Bond Index Fund would you buy . I would buy vanguard short term corporate. I think that hes got a very real point right now in which you know that government bonds are being squeezed down, and why do you want to participate in a squeezeddown bond fund thats not going to perform as well as, say, corporates will . Gerri now, i unrstand that you do like index funds generally, and you think theyre a good idea. Is there an allocation mix that you like . Yes. I would, for people who like index funds which means i dont want an investment manager, and i dont want to really be actively researching things, i think a 60 etf or mutual fund index, 40 active management works out very well. Gerri now, are you a big fan of the Vanguard Index funds, or which ones would you choose . Yeah. Well, i told you about wisdom tree, but i like vanguard. I think vanguard is sort of close the walmart of the business and very cost conscious and give you a quality product. Gerri which is the point of of having an index fd aer all, having low cost. 60 index, 40 actively managed, why are you adding in the activelymanaged portion of the well, at the current time we really have, the situation is somewhat precarious. You have about a 20 chance at we could go back into a recessionary mode which would really trip up a lot of people, but i myself believe that were going to do better and exceed expectations in growth. And i believe that active managers know how to shift at crucial times i think index funds dont do as ll. Gerri interesting point. Lew, thanks for coming on the show tonight, really appreciate your time. Oh, enjoyed it. Gerri coming up, dont fall for the fake wifi. Well explain that. Next, we kick off our weeklong users guide to health care. How to get the most out of your Health Insurance. Plus, we get your reaction. Stay with us. Weekdays are for rising to the challenge. Theyre the days to take care of business. When possibilities become reality. Wi cenrylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud inastructure and Global Broadband network free you to focus on what matters. 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A lot of people have their settings so that they automatically can and keep content connect to whatever the strongest wifi is. What is your advice to people . Gerri what is your advice to people . Be set up a virtual private network. You can get through work and sometimes through universities. They havent that is available. What you need to do is also, f youre going to be staying in using the system at the hoel, ask every question you can and most particularly, what is the actual name of the system. Gerri you have to know what it is. You have to do something that is the name of the system. They could Say Something like free wifi. Maybe they misspell the name, they had another word. So be precise and find out from the front desk or the information in your desk in your room. Gerri it is only fair. Sometimes youre just in such a hurry. What is the information ey can gain if i get onto their network . They may be able to get now wear on your computer, asking for all kinds of information, that is why always tell people try not to do banking or shopping wi any free wifi network. Operate on a vpn or a secure network that you are familiar with. Gerri that makes a lot of sense. Where else would you be at risk . Where other plac do i go that i might be using an unsecured system that could put me in my information at risk . You are in a copy shop, a Conference Center, any one of those doing whatever you do. Dont think its your specific castle, its more like a minefield. Gerri thank you for coming on. Still to come, my two cents more and we are separating fact from fiction when it comes to car maintenance. Find out how not to fall into a trap that next time you take a car out. [ villain ] well mr. Baldwin. It appears our journey has come to a delightful end. Then i better use the capital one purchase eraser to redeem my venture miles for this trip. Purchase eraser . Its the easy way to erase any recent travel expense. I just pick a charge, like my flight with a few taps, its taken care of. Impressive baldwin. Does it work for hotels . Absolutely thank goodness. Mrs. Villain and i are planning our. You scare me. And i like it. Lets go whats in your wallet . Gerri coming up, the putting the gerri maintaining your car and wallet. Its important to keep your car turned content tuned up, but you could be spending extra money on car maintenance. Thank you for joining us. Should you change your oil every 3000 miles . This makes a lot of sense to me. It makes a lot of sense because the oil places stick the sticker on your windshield until you do so. You can save money and youre also saving oil as well. Gerri 7500 miles . Are you kidding me . Lets talk about air conditioning. Is it bad for fuel economy . That is something that people think about. You can still run the air conditioning. There is no measurable difference when opening the windows. We want it to stay awake, be comfortable while driving, for the safety of other people on the road, you want to kep it cool. I like that. That appeals to me. Now, i have heard this before and i thought it was a mix. Do you get more bang for your buck if you fill up your car with gas in the morning . That was not the cas. Underground it is the same temperature. Youll get more for the money, but its not going to be changing the temperature. Gerri is premium gas better for your car payment. Is actually not better. Youre not going to know any difference if you actually use premium gas. Most can run on regular gas just fine. There are some that recommend this, but you can still be ents a gallon for this. but otherwise you must spe extra 30 cents a gallon for this. Doesnt hurt your engine if you dont use the fuel they recommend . It is just a recommendation and its not going to hurt the car. Okay. This nxt one, should you inflate tires to the pressure shown on the tire sidewall. Okay. Gerri you really have to do that . It is actually the figure of the amount that is the maximum that the tyler can hold. But that is not connected to the vehicle is. That is what you want to do for the handllng of your vehicle. Gerri if all these people have been telling us this for years, what is true. What should we be doing . Well, for tires especially, you want to set the tire pressure about once a month that we are experiencing the east coast here, check your tire pressure because it will definitely show a difference in for fuel economy area whereyou can definitely go and get it checked as well. Gerri eza, thank you for coming on. Great stuff. It may be the advertising that brings you to the deership. But if the dealership is isnt up to par, you probably wont be driving this yet. To which brands have the worst dealer . List is my tp five. Number five is lincoln. It could be the result of a bad deal. Number three is chrysler. And according to a csi, they had the worst satisfaction ratings of all brands. And this car has a lot of problems for every 100 miles. Number two is misubishi. And that mayccount for the more than 7 drop in sales this year. The number one car brand is the psion. It ranked below the average in terms of sales and satisfaction in their are 161 problems for every 100 vehicles sold. So can we hear that sound one more time . Very nice. We will be right back with our two cents more and the questions of the ay. What is the top priority for what is the top priority for health there is a pursuit we all share. A better life for your family, a better opportunity for your business, a better legacy to leave the world. We have always believed in this pursuit, striving to bring insight to every investment, and integrity to eve plan. We are morgan stanley. And were ready to work for you. Gerri welcome back, here are some of your emails. Did coness do theirob and stop worry about doing a better job, they could save this country. Diane says i want your piece of mind understanding of tragedy and where the money went. I heard a similar report about donating money for those victims. Hopefully the families of connecticut will not have to wait that long. Gerri right on. And here is gerald from arizona. I retired in 1972 from the air force with 20 years of rvice and served in korea and vietnam and i applied for benefits in 1973. Until this day, i keep getting turned down even though i have a hearing loss and exposure to agent orange. The ba should get that email. Send me an email at gerriwillis. Com. Earlier in this hour we kicked off our health care segment. But what do you think is the top priority for Health Insurance . That is the question that we ask on gerriwillis. Com. Just 2 said patients. That leaves 90 of profits. Log on gerriwillis. Com for online question every weekday. And most of us think we have Health Care Coverage from employers. And that i is the backbone of the health care industry. But these days, even that coverage is under scrutiny. Lame obamacare for a less is more philosophy and health care. Lets care, more coverage. Heres the thing. Even if you have coverage, youll want to pay special attention right now with consolidating, trying to get ready for the revolution in health care and many are tightening their gri on this as a uest with us tonight, doctors and insurers valdis every day about over the themes over money. Know what your policy covers and stay in your network for hospitals and doctors and if you have to, get a health care advocate. They can help you negotiate with insurance if you cant. Health care reform is going to be a bumpy ride. That is my two cents mor. Coming up tomorrow, our weeklong users guide with Important Information on one patient should change doctors and how do you do that. That is it for tonight willis report. Dont forget to dvr the show. Have a great night and we will see you right here tomorrow. Lou good evening, everybody, thank you for being with us. The George Zimmerman murder trial politicization has been gleaned from the beginning. Now the rhetoric from the Obama Administration is undeniably incendiary, aimed at undercutting Public Confidence related to the zimmerman not guilty verdict. Many of the corrosive comments have originated with the nations leading Law Enforcement officer. Attorney general eric holder. President obama releasing a statement yesterday calling for restraint but not missing an opportunity