against the individual. doesn t that bother you? come on, a secret meeting in the white house like this? i tell you, i m all for transparency but this is fairly low on my list of things to worry about today. i m glad that the white house is meeting with these executives. i m glad they re meeting with tech people, trying to solve the problem. if they weren t doing it you d be mad at them for not trying to solve the problem. i m glad we have problem solvers to joint show. in the crossfire tonight, former vermont governor and democratic party chairman howard dean, who is a medical doctor. and former indiana republican congressman chris chacola now president of the club for growth. first to you. you know, newt s all upset. i am sure you actually are glad the president is bringing in people to help on this thing. you weren t upset with the bush administration when they met with the oil executives. this is no big deal. you re proud of the president today for getting this meeting going? a
in the crossfire, howard dean, a doctor and form head of the democratic party. and chris chacola, a former congressman who s a critic of the president. what s the best strategy for selling obama care? is there a plan b? is there a plan b? tonight on crossfire. captions by vitac www.vitac.com ing with to. welcome to crossfire. in the crossfire tonight howard dean and chris chacola. today the head of almost every major insurance company was summoned to the white house for a closed door meeting with the president s closest advisers. you know, we used to think that ceos of the same industry plotting together could only mean bad things for competition and higher prices for the consumer. now these meetings are actually organized and hosted in the white house. welcome to government-run health care. the achievement has been to take the insurance bureaucrats who we re all mad at and add to them the government bureaucrats so they can now both conspire
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she was a compliant patient. she knew she didn t know. this is one of the great challenges with doctors. she knew she didn t know. but let me give you an example. there s a terrific new start up in california, i think it s called thoramus. young woman dropped out of stanford as a sophomore, found a method for doing nano scale laboratories. she s taking a drop of your blood. they can do 1,000 lab tests. they just went online at a local drugstore and have posted all their prices. their company has said they can take 50% out of the cost of medicare and medicaid diagnostics. now, here s the challenge. no laboratory in america will post their prices. they re all trade secrets. all these medical technology companies that want a tax break? none of them will tell you their prices. let me just go back to you, chris. you have these kind of innovations. there are some moderate democrats, moderate republicans. if we all got around the table
interests as an american to make sure people get good prenatal care whether they re related to me or not. so now we have this sort of how much community do we believe in and that s what this is really about. but you believe in coercing community. no. i don t. you re saying i m not going to give you a choice about helping the community. i m going to take your money. taxing is coercive, right? but we all do it. we may disagree on what we spend it on but we all do it. thanks to howard dean and chris chacola. now we want you at home to weigh in on today s fire back question. is it okay for the white house to host insurance executives behind closed doors? tweet yes or no using #crossfire. we ll have the results after the break. at a ford dealer with a little q and a for fiona. tell me fiona, who s having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who s offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee, affo