work out cost containment i don t see how it could support a bill that doesn t help the community and create more jobs. chris: i get the impression you are leaning no? we need healthcare reform. i m not sure the bills coming through the house and senate address healthcare reform, delivery reform and that involves cost containment and changing the way we reimburse fee for service system. i think we don t have a good system in some ways even though healthcare is good for a lot of americans. i m not sure we have gone to fixing the underlying system and making it affordable for businesses and taxpayers. chris: for healthcare reform to pass, first of all, you in the house would have to pass the senate bill as it and then the fix bill, the reconciliation which would have a number of changes in it to the senate bill. let me ask you first of all, congressman altmire, we have seen the house pass something and it dies in the senate. do you trust the senate to pass the reconciliation bill?
you both said that it failed to contain costs. are you satisfied, we will start with you, congressman altmire. are you satisfied with the senate bill and will you vote for it? i need to see the reconciliation package but there is no question in my mind the senate bill is stronger than the house bill on cost containment and did away with many so the things that i was concerned about, the income tax increase and employer mandate. i think we have a much better product to work with but i need to see the cbo score on the package and the revisions. chris: i get the sense that you are leaning towards changing your vote. i wouldn t say that. i have an open mind and i m talking to my constituents. i have to make a decision between passing this bill this is the finish line or doing nothing and i m weighing the balance between the two. chris: congressman adler. i am one of the guys that believes i should read the bill
chris: it is no ex-agarics to say our next guests will be among the post powerful people in washington the next few weeks. house democrats who voted no on healthcare reform the first time around and the president needs a number of them to switch their votes to yes if his plan is to have any chance for passing. jason altmire is a second term comeman from pennsylvania. john adler is a first term member from new jersey and welcome to fox news sunday. thanks, chris. chris: both of you voted against healthcare reform in the house in november because you both said that it failed to contain costs. are you satisfied, we will start with you, congressman altmire. are you satisfied with the senate bill and will you vote for it? i need to see the reconciliation package but there is no question in my mind
i haven t gotten any offers unrelated to healthcare policy. i m on one of the committees of jurisdiction and healthcare is my professional background. for me it astining conversation and i have spoken with the president about it recently and it is all on policy. what my concerns are in the bill and in the end this will come down to whether or not we do nothing or whether or not we pass the bill. i think the worst possible thing we could do is pass a bill that makes the system worse. a close second is to do nothing because if we do nothing business owners will continue to see double digit rate increases, seniors will continue to see medicare increases. chris: i want to talk some politics. some would say we have been talking it all along. you come from a district that not prior to you had a democratic congressman i think it was for more than 100 years. question if you switch from a no vote on healthcare reform because a lot of people aren t going to get all the nuances to a yes vote.
reconciliation which would have a number of changes in it to the senate bill. let me ask you first of all, congressman altmire, we have seen the house pass something and it dies in the senate. do you trust the senate to pass the reconciliation bill? they have given them a lot of reasons not to trust them. there has to be certainty that the senate is going to follow through on their part. chris: that would give you some concern then about just passing the senate bill and wondering whether the fix will ever go through the senate? it gives me concern. my constituents put me in washington to cast tough votes on their behalf. i m not afraid to take the vote but for it to pass the senate has to follow through. chris: what two or three key fixes do you need to see in the reconciliation bill to go along with the whole package? bringing down the cost of healthcare for people who have it now. the bill does a good job on insurance reforms making sure that you can t do preexisting