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we had the primary season. we heard him talk about important issues to latinos and non latinos, but so far, the polls are proving his positions, which were tough on immigration and other issues didn t convince latinos. now, he s at 27%. for a republican to win, they need anywhere above 35%. the last one to do that was george bush. he had a very aggressive campaign and mitt romney hasn t done that. so far and we ll see if he has time for november to change his message and to bring latinos on board. he has a strategy. president obama has a wider lead. there are questions and doubts from latinos and republicans, but obviously, we see the numbers confirm what has been historically a trend and that s up for more democrats than republicans. we talked a lot about immigration and romney s views. how that impacts latino voters. we haven t talked about board security. how s that playing into this? reporter: well, they re tied and one in all and mitt romney made very, very tou ....
Decision right there. reporter: they declined to comment on this case but says it relies on the judgment of the partners in the field. yet the story is not unique. outside of austin, oscar vaz s 12-year-old daughter slipped in the shower at summer camp. firefighters called in a private medevac chopper. once natalie arrived she was released and returned to camp within 24 hours. the bill? $16,335. it s a lot of money to us. it won t bankrupt us but a lot of people it would. reporter: nationwide, the number of medevac choppers skyrocketed since 2002 when new medicare reimbursements made it a far more profitable business. $2.5 billion annually with 900 medevac choppers today compared to 377 in 2000. 85% are private providers. two years ago the ntsb held hearings in the high crash and ....
Follows. in texas it was an accident in the kitchen that brought a medevac chopper to dana s house. the water flashed on me. reporter: boiling water. boiling water yes. reporter: fire department medics responded and called in a private helicopter to air lift dana the 40 miles to parkland hospital in dallas. even though a closer hospital was only 15 miles away. once at parkland, e.r. doctors released dana within two hours, along with pain medication for second degree leg burns. then the bill came, $17,492 for the chopper ride doctors told her she never needed. the insurance covered just over $3400. well my heart hit the floor. that s a huge bill for us. reporter: why did firefighters call for a chopper if dana s condition wasn t life threatening? we asked the local fire chief. we don t have anyone looking over our shoulder and telling us what s right and wrong. we have to make a gut reaction ....
Single-engine cessna 172 and medevac chopper. the dead were on the snaes and the chopper managed to land safely without injuries. again, this is at shenandoah valley airport in virginia. we will continue to bring you details on that story. we are monitoring both of these breaking stories. stay here. so i went back to my doctor again. we chose symbicort to help control my asthma symptoms all day and night. [ man ] symbicort improves my lung function, starting within 15 minutes. symbicort will not replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. it is a combination of two medicines and should not be taken more often than prescribed. symbicort contains formoterol. medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems, and children and adolescents may have an increased risk of being hospitalized for asthma problems. symbicort is not for people whose asthma is well controlled with a long-term asthma control medicine like inhaled corticosteroids. once your asthma is well con ....