Gerri can a damning new report pushing General Motors even deeper into controversy a Watchdog Group now linking at least 300 deaths to the recalled cars specifically because airbags didnt deploy in the crashes. Joining me with the latest is the executive director at automobile nag seen. It is magazine. It is great to have you here, todd. Thanks for bringing your expertise. A new report as we just said today, they say, not true, 12 deaths in 31 accidents. It is more like 303. Issues with these, these airbag deployments. What do you make of this new report . Well i think the report is going to open up, has opened up this issue a lot further and i think the number is still kind of unknown because the report issued, lists 13 examples of deaths and it lists, it shows that those cars did not deploy their airbags but doesnt say whether the ignition was still on or not when the airbag deployed. So we dont know, we dont have a direct connection between the ignition key problem and the airbag pr
Welcome to the willis report. It is great to be back home tonight and we have an amazing story for you. One band caught of the Nations Health care system charging fortune for a routine surgery proving that it will not been set Health Care Cost curve as a result clerk from california had coverage and was charged 55,000 for the appendectomy his story fired of tens of thousands of people. He joins me now. We really appreciate you coming on the show. What happened in october you went to the hospital . I will cup october 1st with a sharp pain in my abdomen. They told me it was ppendicitis so they admitted the with scallions i was out the next day. A few months later i get to a bill in december it is 55,000 daintily my insurance took care of 45,000. Melissa you are stuck with 11,000 . What was your reaction . Was surprised but i was nodding three. I just figured id really have to sort this out and pay it off over time. Melissa i am admired that y try to pay it but dive into this bill of 55,0
Can you believe that . Some say clearly that has got to change. Tennessee congresswoman diane black is one of them. The hits just keep on coming with obamacare. This i was really surprised about. What can you do to change this . I have a bill and, fortunately our leader has dedicated time this upcoming week to make sure this legislation does get passed or at least a form of this legislation that would require the federal government to do just what our exchanges at the state level are required to do and what the private sector is required to do. If someones information is breached it should be the responsibility of the federal government to let the individuals know that so they can take the proper measures. Melissa you mentioned that everybody else has to report to you if your information has been hacked, whether its a private company or it is the state websites . How did this happen, that wasnt part of the law . Well thats a very good question. We know from testimony at various committ
I got to tell you, the president is building this giant utopian welfare society. Its very expensive. We got the highest Corporate Tax in the world. We got to go for the money. By the way the unions have money. Theyre learning a hard way at the end of the day on the pecking order the environment ammists are up there. President obama is up there. Theyre starting to fade, they dont like it. Its starting to pocket. I think if you read this report from this union group, it says they approve of the effort to extend coverage for the under and uninsured. As long as we dont have to pay for it and our Health Insurance doesnt change in anyway. By the way, i will point out the new battle front and the one that is looming is the cadillac excise tax of 40 on very large Health Insurance plans, because that is going to hit. You knew that. That is going toit the unions both private sector and Public Sector squarely. Already, employers and cities and states are trying to massage the Health Care Coverage
Cant. Just some back of the envelope calculations. Say youre a young person, 25, 27, you live in nashville, you earn 27,000 a year. Youve just seen your premiums double now, you add into that the deductible. Of course, the part you pay before, you know, the insurance kicks in. Those across the country have seen an average increase of 42 . So that same person, that young person that lives in nashville, they get sick in a year orthey happen to, you know, get some procedures done, they just saw an increase in their taxes, if you will, of 25 . I dont see, brenda, how that cant kill the economy . Well, chuck, less money in peoples pockets, doesnt that keep them from spending and hurt the economy . It reminds me of the old saying my granddaddy said, if you lie long enough about having a horse, eventually somebody will buy you a saddle. Lets not talk about what you may hear, lets talk about me. Today i wrote a check to Blue Cross Blue Shield for 500. Thats 275 less than i paid last month. Im