huge deal. set the scene. reporter: this is a big deal, wolf. a trip by the president of the united states to a war zone like afghanistan is extraordinary and this is only the third time that president obama has made this trip. it s been over a year. the last time he was there was in december 2010 and furthermore, at the presidential palace which is where he is right now for brief remarks with president hamid karzai and to sign the strategic partnership agreement with afghanistan to talk about the u.s. relationship with afghanistan beyond 2014. that s extraordinary. the last time the president was in afghanistan in december of 2010 he could not make that trip from bagram air force base which is about 30 miles or so north of kabul to the palace because of weather concerns, and certainly security is always a concern as the president is in the comfort of the air force base. if you look at past trip, wolf, the last one only lasted four hours and it s very late at night in afgha
top of tf of the hour. a terror blot here at home. the feds say this frgroup of a anarchists are accused of wanting to blow up a bridge in ohio. the target here, a four lane bridge in cleveland. but get this, the fbi says it controlled the plot the entire time. under cover and the public was never ever in danger. so coming up, more on that alleged plot and how they planned to distract place. but first breaking news. i m hearing now president obama has made a surprise visit to afghanistan baghram air base. he s now left? over the last four months, forgive me, i m just getting the information, the president has lived in afghanistan. so again, will this is significant about a think about what s happened over the last couple months in this afghanistan. you have a sergeant who walked in to one of the villages and shot and killed 17 civilians. that was just a couple months ago go. you also have a couple months ago korans being accidentally torched and that led to anti-american viol
so insurance companies will have the ability to raise premiums for people, the costs go up. post-2014, when the cost reforms take control, the state exchanges come into play and you re going to see costs stabilizing. i don t think they re going to go down. i think they re going to stabilize. that would be a pretty good accomplishment. that would be a gain. let me ask you this one, andrew, from carrie, if we currently have health care through work, are we able to qualify for this new insurance? these are really great and tough questions. the answer is maybe, probably if your income is above if your portion of your premium from your employer is more than 9.8%, you are entitled to go out and buy insurance on the exchange. that means, imagine, so, andrew, if you make $60,000 a year, but you have to pay $7,000 out of your pocket for your share of health costs, that means you would be qualified to go out and buy cheaper insurance on the health exchange. that is correct. okay. i
keeping track. that s right. here to help answer the questions, our very good friend andrew ruben, vp of clinical affairs for nyu landon medical center and host of sirius xm dr. radio. all of these are questions you have asked us that you want to know specifically, now that the debate has we left the debate phase and now going into how this will be implemented, what it will mean for you. floyd m., this is what he wants to know, will it bring costs down for people who currently have health insurance? so i m looking at this two ways. i think that you need to think between now and 2014 when all the insurance reforms kick in and then post-2014. in the sheort-term, i don t believe costs or premiums will go down because the provisions will have not kicked in yet. so insurance companies will have the ability to raise premiums for people, the costs go up. post-2014, when the cost reforms take control, the state exchanges go into play and you ll see cost stabilizing. they won t go down, t
you. as you were sitting down and said this is an exciting day. it s an exciting day. and you have that perspective why? because i actually know what s in the bill and i think once the american people move away from the politics and get into some of the substance they re going to like what s in it. okay. let s get to an average middle class family with children. what are they going to like about this and what won t they like, because it s not perfect. no bill is perfect. washington is not perfect. this country is not perfect. i m sort of breaking this out between pre-2014 and post. short term, families, if you have children under age 26, will be able to stay on your insurance policy if they don t have insurance options on their own through an employer. that s a big deal for a lot of families, a lot of young americans. post-2014, if you can t get insurance today, that s when the insurance reforms start to kick in. you ll be able to get it through state exchanges. if you can t