taxes. but saying that it will go to health care reform. but also go to social security. right. so the idea is that wages will be higher because insurers employers are going to give more from wages, less in health insurance. we re going to tax those wages. they take the taxes and spend them on health insurance. unfortunately, the taxes and spn benefits. social security higher. class act, a long-term care insurance program. we re going to collect $70 billion in premiums. they take that money, spend it on the new bill. unfortunately we still have to pay benefits under the new program. they ignore that entirely. so there s a lot of this kind of gaming going on. the biggest one and the one i think is most important, they are taking well over $400 billion out of the medicare program and using it to fund the new insurance subsidies. they haven t done anything to medicare to make it work better. can they do that? i don t believe so. that s the source of the big argument. the medicare ar
between $200 billion and $300 billion more over the next two to three years, that s not in this bill anywhere. it s going to cost over $100 billion to run the programs that the bill sets up over the next ten years. that s not in here. some things are left out. there are lots of gains with timing. you frontload the bill with taxes and have ten years of taxes with only six years of spending, it makes it look like it add up, but it doesn t. let me pick up on that because i think the response to that or counterargument to that allegation is that, yes, as a practical matter we can start collecting the revenue immediately. but the savings don t kick in until later. but the bottom line, the real measure of it is does it affect the deficit in the first ten years, and the second ten years, and they say by that measure it does. but they ve left out well over $300 billion worth of costs. it s only supposed to save $138 billion. so i don t think they can even make that case. and there s a lot
happens the dems will walk the plank in november for sure. another says i think it will pass. it s not perfect. you have to start somewhere. one more says yes, i think it will pass by just one vote. but this is just one battle in a four-year war. someone else on facebook. a comment that came in from olivia says i believe it will pass. the next great hurdle is the senate. a recent uninsured college graduate, i want universal health care for all. that s what people have on the line. we appreciate you sending those into us. e-mail us. send it to us at facebook.com, twitter.com and cnn.com/tj. it represents a big step in the process in iraq. now a call for a recount. he cadc laurel sales event. featuring the acclaimed cts sports sedan. a car & driver 10best for the third year in a row.
a late winter storm dumped more than seven inches across kansas city, missouri, yesterday. meanwhile, further north, the big problem there, flooding. one million sandbags are all that stands between parts of minnesota and north dakota and the rising red river, of course. it s expected to crest, that river today. our meteorologismeteorologist, reynolds wolf is out there. it keeps inching up and inching up. where is it now? reporter: little by little. the the latest we have is 36.93 inches again is where it is right now. expected to top out around 37. that s certainly significant. it is well beyond major flood stage. still not quite as high as the 40.8 that we had just last year. you know, it s funny just last year some of the homes behind me were really suffering from some of the floodwaters. now this one house we have the blue one, it s got the red river all the way around it, in fact. you ll notice at the bottom of
hill to make the final big push with house democrats to lay out and make clear what the is at stake here. don t do it for me. don t do it for the democratic party. do it for the american people. they re the ones looking for action right now. reporter: we are told by white house aides after the critical vote we are expecting to hear something from the president. it will be low key. there will be no celebration because there s still a lot of work to be done in the senate. so no real celebration plans then, huh? reporter: not yet. not yet. thank you so much, dan. all right. don t forget cnn is counting down to the wire. reaction is poring in after the pope releases a letter apologizing for the catholic church sex scandal. coming up at 8:00 we talk to our