senseless act of violence. and turning now to politics, a new report from cbo reports that the health care a law will cover more people and cost less than previously projected. according to the cbo, the law is going to cost $5 billion less than exped this year, and the coast over the next 10 years is $104 billion less than in previous forecasts and in what could be great news for the consumers, most of those lower cost costs are will come mostly, because the premiums will be cheaper than previously thought. and joining me live nbc news senior editor mark murray. mark, we have been talking about the midterms and whether or not the health care law would be something that would hold down the democrats or put those who have their feet close to the fire right into it, and this is maybe certainly some good news, an kconfetti falling down for some democrats i would guess. well, i would not go that far, tamron. and certainly, some of the democrats running for
there and make it clear that there are people who need insurance. there are a lot of people that need insurance. a lot of times what i do in my democratic when i have people who are against the affordable care act, what i tell them is look, if your mother was sick or your father or sister or brother, if you expect that i m going to leave them behind and not do everything in my power to help them get the kind of coverage they need, then you ve just got the wrong person. because i just cannot do it. and usually when they hear that, they have a little bit of a change of mind. congressman, a new report from the congressional budget office, non-partisan, says the affordable care act will cost the federal government $104 billion less that s right. over the next ten years than originally expected. is this a number that you can bank on? is this a truthful number? and is this good news for the democrats going into the
she wants us to believe that president obama s new health secretary will of spin the numbers on the health care law. they don t stop with the conspiracy theorys. back on planet reality, 7.5 million people have signed up under health care exchanges, and just today more news that it will save money. the most expensive provisions of the law, things like insurance subsidies, will cost $104 billion less than expected over 10 years. and overall, the health care law will reduce the deficit. let me repeat, reduce the deficit. the republicans can t attack this law on its merits, it used to be about death panels and job killer. now it s about cooking enrollment numbers.
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they have more than 250,000 employees and more than 60 countries operating in more than 4,000 legal entities. no one can manage that bank. and as you say, even if they re the best in the business, they can t manage it. you see, the problem for many people is that we ve just been through, as you said, this horrendous recession. and for ordinary americans, there was no tolerance for failing to satisfy their mortgage bills. they were thrown out of their houses. people were prosecuted for not paying their bills. and yet what the public repeatedly see are these hugely successful banks, with leaders at the top, who perpetrate all kinds of frauds, and nothing ever happens. what is a $10 billion bill as a fine when your over all earnings are $104 billion? well, you re exactly right. and it is absolutely inexcusable that the prosecutors and