a big storm s a-brewin . back with us on set [ laughter ] a-brewin ? yeah. we have jon meacham and nicolle wallace. thomas roberts. love that name. and in washington, ron fournier. and ron, is, like, throwing 98-mile-an-hour fastballs, every op-ed the guy i know. they re really good. every story, boom, right down the middle. thank you. on capitol hill, members of congress were able to pass a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling. however, after months of back-room negotiating, republicans walk away mostly empty handed. unable to get his party to rally around a so-called add-on bill, house speaker john boehner once again had to turn to democrats for support, and with just 28 republicans voting yea, many in leadership positions the house passed a clean bill, 221-201. 193 democrats supported the bill, 2 voted against it. facing the prospect of
attorney generals in 16 states with radical idea of making the food industry pay for soaring obesity-related health care costs. it s a move straight from the play book of big tobacco and, may i just say one other thing, the lead attorney is paul mcdonald, mcdonald s firm has sent proposals to attorney generals from california to mississippi explaining how suing big food could help their states close budget gaps as billions in medicare expenditures eat a growing share of tax revenue. okay. on capitol hill i told you you had would happen. republicans walked away empty handed, unable to get his party to rally around a so-called add-on bill. speaker boehner again had to turn to democrats for support. 193 democrats supported the
be open to new patients. reporter: so why is that happening? one reason is plain and simple, it s money. the average primary care doctor makes $173,000 a year. compare that to $419,000 for cardiologists or $335,000 for oncologists treating cancer. how much of this is about money, just compensation? i think that s a major reason why a lot of medical students aren t choosing family medicine. the potential for financial gain is just not the same as those other fields. reporter: the health care bill does try to fix that. there s a 10% pay bump to family physicians through medicare. and the add-on bill which is now being considered in the senate has an even bigger increase for doctors making medicaid. low-income patients. the bill that passed has other incentives as well. it expands the program to forgive loans to medical students who go into primary care. even before all of that goes into effect, there have been some signs of change. in fact, last week when medical students around th
cardiologists or 335,000 for oncologists treating cancer. how much is about compensation? i think that s a major reason why a lot of medical students aren t choosing family medicine. the potential for financial gain is just not the same as those other fields. reporter: the health care bill does try to fix that. that s a 10% pay bump to family physicians through medicare. and the add-on bill which is now being considered in the senate, has an even bigger increase for doctors taking medicaid, low income patients. the bill that passed has other incentives, it expands the program to forgive loans for medical student who go into primary care. even before all of that goes into effect, there have been some signs of change. when medical students around the country picked their specialties, the number picking primary care was up for the first time in 13 years. we ve had a huge debate about health care reform. what do we need to do to get this country on a healthy track?
why a lot of medical students aren t choosing family medicine. the potential for financial gain is not the same as those other fields. reporter: the health care bill does try to fix that. a 10% pay bump and add-on bill considered in the senate has an even bigger increase, medicaid. and it has other incentives, expands the program to forgive loans to some medical students who go into primary care. even before all that goes into effect, there had been some signs of change. last week, when medical students around the country picked their specialty, the number picking primary care was up, for the first time in 13 years. we ve had a huge debate about health care reform. what do we need to do to get this country on a healthy track? the foundation of that is primary care and family medicine. students took notice of that. they became excited, thinking