[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] . . as the debate over health care continues, our health care hub is a key resource. go online, although latest tweets, what s the latest advance including town hall meetings, and share your own videos, including any videos from town halls that you have gone too. of our coverage of the health care to be continues with three doctors from the virginia hospital center in arlington, va. talking about legislation being considered by congress and how the health care system works for them. this is 45 minutes. why did you get into medicine? i worked in a family where my father colorectal father where my father was a colorectal surgeon. i could speak to him and get the inner workings of taking care of people. it was very exciting from the beginning to be able to participate. it was a very easy process going to school, and since i grew up and pu in puerto rico, i
to the congressional budget office, you don t need to listen to what one member or the other says, the congressional budget office says that h.r. 3200 will have $239 billion in increased national debt, and will add to our additional debt in additional to new taxes that is in the bill. is in the bill. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ america s suicide. [applause] the most powerful weapon against america disdain of our history and guiding principles. we are close to losing our liberty. we re patriotic but had almost forgotten why, but we have this moment in history to stop suicide. i have this moment to tell you, david, congress, and president obama, you were never given the right to destroy and enslave the populace. thank you. i thank you very much. [applause] charlotte will the senate be covered by the same lot that they an act for us plebeian? plebians. i find it reprehensible but a house committee rejected that amendment that said just that. charlotte, you are right. you are very
could not. and we re doing a lot of work to prepare for that possible fight. i will give you the broad brush impression, which is maybe half of the entire plan could be passed in some way through a simple majority. but the other half could not. it is a very imperfect tool to do everything they want to do. . number two, what can we do to convince congress to approve to oppose the government option which could result in a socialized medicine. we are going to continue to offer options and continue to bring in bills. in the two years of barack obama was in the united states senate, he voted against giving insurance across state lines. he voted against having individuals having the right to write it off their taxes. he voted against letting you use your health service savings accounts. there was item after item after item that we think is so crucial that the voted that the president and voted against. we re going to use every technique weekend. we can. we need the help of
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quickly as it has. the number and proportion of americans who are obese has doubled in just a couple of decades. that s not because our genes have changed. they haven t. that s not because our tastes have changed. they haven t. we re hard wired to like sweet salty foods. it s because our environment has changed. there s more on healthy food around. it s more accessible, it s cheaper. there s less healthy food around. it s harder to get to. it s more expensive. until we change that environment. we re not going to tip the scales on the obesity epidemic that we re living through. and not only does obesity cause lots of health problems but it is driving to a large extent the increase in health care costs in this country. dr. frieden, we are out of time but want to thank you for being on nake. newsmakers. thank you very much. we have a few minutes left. but lets start with swine flu. what did you learn from what he said and compared to what the president s team also sai