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to consumers, that s allowed in only one other country on the planet. but it s allowed here. surpr so it may not surprise you thatn in this country, drug companies spend more on lobbying congressress than any other industry. a lot more than an industry, a lot more than any other industry. and they don t d o it by accident. they do it because it pays off in a deal like this. a pretty remarkable deal . the drug companies have worked out with politicians. so the government usesthe gove x dollars to buy billions worth of their products and then in prme cases forces you to use those products. d sometimes sometimes those products work, sometimes they don t work. in some cases, those products can injure work. d some cases t you. no matte but no matter what happens,appes there s nothing you can do about it because politicians have given these companies s have gcomplete immunity. if their products hurt or kill you, you can t sue them. you re not even really allowedtt to compla ....
congress. and former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzales is here. he llw weigh in on holder. president obama s health care law, the supreme court could keep parts of it or strike it altogether. is the individual mandate constitutional? if it is found unconstitutional, does the whole law have to go? or can the mandate be instruct down? and is medicaid expansion constitutional? and will the tax law prevent the court from addressing the mandate issue right now? a chief correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, also a practicing neurosurgeon, joining me here in new york. s sanjay, what happens if those benefits from the health care, could the insurance companies drop them? they could. that s why it s such a big deal, kyra. we ve been doing investigating on this, we talked to several big insurance companies around the country. some say, listen, in spite of what may happen with the ruling tomorrow, we still will keep things the way they are. some insurance providers may choos ....
killed. a spokesman says the cause of the crash is currently unknown but reports there was no insurgent activity in the area. north korea says it will launch a rocket to put a satellite in orbit of the the korean central news agency announced the launch saying it s intended to mark 100 years since the birth of the founder of the north korea state, if north korea goes ahead it will breach the united nations resolution passed after a previous launch in 2009. those are the headlines from cnn, i m zain vergee, world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london i m nina del santos. i m andrew stevens, the top stories this friday, march the 16th. certainly is friday, apple with a record high for their company stock and lines like these cueing up for latest ipad. the ax is falling on subsidies in india, how citizens are affected by the government s latest budget. a critical source of funding for the government also linked to corruption and human righ ....