authorities that we are putting to use, authorities that have been on the books for a long time, but no one has taken advantage of. the president believes in that if we use these authorities, we are demonstrating important domestic leadership on how to create a new energy future. our work has not simply been domestic. it does not stop at our borders. we achieved an agreement at the g-20 to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. we were able to achieve an agreement around black carbon. earlier this week, you may have seen the news that the agreement was reached in china, it is an important agreement. you have both countries speaking to all the component parts of the ballhi roadmap. they commit to make significant efforts to mitigation. they do so in a transparent and open manner. we think this is a very good lead into copenhagen, coming very soon. i am sure many of you will find your way there. . . now let me spend just a few minutes talking about what i spend a lot of my time on, w
and the possibility that medicare will not pay for procedures were the cost-benefit analysis is such where we may lose some people, they may die, for lack of care. the government says, because we are running the show we are concerned about cost and we are not going to pay for it. the implementations are not just for the mammograms, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, but also end of life care which is the most expensive. at what point is the government going to step in and say they are not paying for it and you will die earlier than if you have received the treatment. that is the most disturbing part of the implication. can you address the language in detail? there has been an accommodation in the congress for years now among the pro- abortion and pro-life communities to college truce and say there will not be federal funding of abortions. it has been resolved. i think most of the american taxpayers believe that is a fair way to resolve the issue. we re not going to decide