get people back into the workforce. this gentleman, a young guy, he had late stage cancer, colon cancer as you mentioned that failed chemotherapy, radiation he asked what about immunotherapy which is a more novel treatment turning on your own cells to fight the cancer? they said well, can you request it to the government. it will take months upon months for a response. he didn t have months upon months. he ended up getting a response. and they said absolutely not. this is not cost-effective. this hasn t gone through so many trials. we re not going to do it. and so what he did was, he did his own crowd funding. and he raised the money and paid for it himself. is he doing great now. he has written a book. when he was just given months to live. ainsley: if this happens in america if we get socialized medicine or universal healthcare, could that happen here people would be denied life-saving treatment? the u.k. is known for being very strin jent. they don t have a lot of money in their h
between 20 cents to as much as $1.10 per gallon. california has one of the strin jent blend with the highest gas taxes in the country so its fuel is often expensive. the national average is $3.73 a gallon for regular in california it s already $4.99. the price of oil itself affects the price at the pump. that price has been rising in part because of concerns about iran that overlooks the strait of hormuz which oil tankers flow. possible interruption of supply is why many analysts say north america and president obama should be doing everything we can to become energy independent including building the keystone xl pipeline from candidate. that is the harbinger whether we need all of the above strategy or if it s campaign rhetoric. activists are determined to block the pipeline and held demonstration to demand they prevent the construction. canada on the other hand argues the u.s. should want oil from a reliable ally.
$4.67 a gallon. highest on record with many stations above $5 for regular unloaded. they blame the cost on higher demand. refinery outages which led to decrease supply. the gas price has politicians scrambling with four weeks until election day. governor brown changed requirement to the less strin jent winter standard to help increase supply. senator dianne feinstein calling for a federal investigation saying the prices are being manipulated. meantime, president obama is raising money across the state. 4-1/2 years after declaring he d work to solve energy crisis once for all. high prices should remain for week to ten days. when they do come down they will be higher than last year. across the state there have been a number of reports gas theft with pumps disabled after hours.
shannon: we know you are keeping an eye on it. thank you. let s get thoughts about the debt limit vote and fiscal situation from senior political analyst brit hume. good evening. hi, shannon. what is happening right now in the political struggle over spending and debt will test both parties and it will test the nation news media. consider this. the democrats resisting the strin jent paul ryan budget when it passed the republican controlled house have now united to vote it down in the democratic controlled senate. they re attacking the ryan plan proposed overhaul of medicare, as a scheme to destroy that program. never mind that everyone over the age of 55 is exempt. never mind that medicare will be insol vent with within a decade if nothing the done. if democrats offered competing plan of their own to achieve needed savings there would be nothing wrong with attacking the ryan plan. the democrats have no plan of their own. they point to last year s healthcare reform and the proposed
once again, passal unlikely. shannon: we know you are keeping an eye on it. thank you. let s get thoughts about the debt limit vote and fiscal situation from senior political analyst brit hume. good evening. hi, shannon. what is happening right now in the political struggle over spending and debt will test both parties and it will test the nation news media. consider this. the democrats resisting the strin jent paul ryan budget when it passed the republican controlled house have now united to vote it down in the democratic controlled senate. they re attacking the ryan plan proposed overhaul of medicare, as a scheme to destroy that program. never mind that everyone over the age of 55 is exempt. never mind that medicare will be insol vent with within a decade if nothing the done. if democrats offered competing plan of their own to achieve needed savings there would be nothing wrong with attacking the ryan plan. the democrats have no plan of their own. they point to last year s health