compassion not the democrats we should kill ourselves. you volunteering? am. democrats are pro abortion, pro death penalty and they get you at both parts. they are telling everybody who is alive and well you got okay you got this far. can you explain to me how this panel works? what are they going to ration? they going to ration the number of open heart surgeries you can have? they might. yes. 15 unelected bureaucrats who have unbinding power who cannot be sued, appointed by this administration who will this is how they will do it cut reimbursements to doctors and hospitals and the most drastic are the most expensive. end of life care. the president said, president obama the chronically ill and those towards the end of their lives account for 80% of the total health care bill.
i take it you ve never spoken to an audience of 30 million people before. no i haven t. it was quite a surreal moment for me. i was speaking from the heart and it was something i feel passionate about. i was able to go through and share my message. i think zoe doesn t have a microphone on her but she doesn t need one. we have a feeling she s right there near you. caleb, you re trying to provide health care for your daughter and literally keep her alive through what is now a series of heart surgeries. there s another one planned, isn t there, for her next year? that s correct, lawrence. she has she s had two open heart surgeries and her condition requires a series of three planned surgeries. so her third and final planned surgery is scheduled, tentatively will occur next year or the year after. and you heard mitt romney say that his aides now say that the marketplace can take care of
through what is now a series of heart surgeries. there s another one planned, isn t there, for her next year? that s correct, lawrence. she has she s had two open heart surgeries and her condition requires a series of three planned surgeries. so her third and final planned surgery is scheduled, tentatively will occur next year or the year after. and you heard mitt romney say that his aides now say that the marketplace can take care of your problems. stacy, he feels that the health insurance market is going to offer you whatever you needed. you would be able to get whatever you need in a private market. right. that s just absolutely not true. it would be that would be
of utah but medicaid is a federal program so how can a state like utah make changes to it? if this passes, then the state s health department will have to seek a waiver from the federal government in order to charge more. that s an amount they have yet to nail down. now n. utah, smoking-related illnesses cost medicaid $104 million in 2009. the lawmaker behind this says if someone wants to smoke it s their choice but doesn t think taxpayers should fit the bill for that decision. representative paul rey, republican, says the genesis of this goes back to his mother: she was a two pack a day smoker, my father smoked, died because of smoking. you know, i ve lived around the i ve had four open heart surgeries, my mother smoked when she was pregnant with me, i was born with a birth defect because of that. i know firsthand the effects of smoking and how that affects peoples lives. and he says if someone can afford a pack of smokes
absolutely not. no. reporter: the american lung association agrees it won t help smokers quit but says it might keep them out of the doctors offices. we think there will be more hrt attacks, more lung disease problems and that will end up costing more in the long run. reporter: ray doesn t buy it. he s had four open heart surgeries due to a defect from his mother s smoking during pregnancy. it s got to start somewhere. reporter: the federal government funds a majority of medicaid. if utah lawmakers back his bill they must seek a waiver to charge a co-pay. if successful representative ray says his next target could be the obese who he says should have to pay more for an unhealthy lifestyle. martha: thank you so much. gregg: republicans giving up their faith against the extense of a payroll tax cut saying the ko gs of los cost of loss