Go along. we believe that a significant impediment to job growth in this country has been the existence of the obama care law. the republicans have to understand that the health care bill is not going to be repealed. yesterday, the independent congressional budget office said repealing health care reform would leave millions of americans without coverage. and a repeal would also cost the government $230 billion over 10 years. federal and california state leaders promised to fight a huge increase in health insurance premiums. one provider, blue shield of california, wants to increase rates up to 59%. david muir tried to get answers from that company. reporter: michael frasier was stunned when he opened up the bill from his insurance company. my rate s going up 59% on march 1st. reporter: his monthly payment shooting up from $271 to $431 a month.
god has a plan for me. and i know it s not to be sitting here all the time. i know he has something planned bigger for me. la grande also says he tried to give a thumbs-up after being injured but he couldn t because he says it felt like there was a thousand pounds on his thumb. you can see the exclusive interview with eric la grande today on espn sportscenter at 9:00 a.m. eastern. flights are canceled here in the northeast where winter storm watches and warnings are posted again. buses are already outfitted with chains on the tires. plows are ready with plenty of road salt. the aggressive response follows the post-christmas blizzard mess that left vehicles stranded in streets, unplowed for days. garbage still piled up, uncollected since that late december blizzard. that s right outside my apartment looks like. they said that rats are coming to the surface to go after those trash bags so there you go. today s storm could be a preview of much bigger ones to come, at
insurance and taking my chances which is i m 53. blue shield says medical costs for individual market are rapidly rising. a trend the industry echo autos they ve been increasing and people particularly who buy insurance individually don t belong to a big pool of people like group health insurance. so when costs go up, they have to pay those costs in the form of higher premium autos in a staipt, the health insurer says with rate increases, blue shield of california expects to lose tens of millions of dollars on individual health care business in both to 10 and 2011. there has been numerous attempts to cap hikes but they ve been vetoed by the governor, the insurance commissioner has no authority to regulate rates but he can. we need to take the next step to deny unreasonable rate increases. and they ll try to give more authority to stop hikes. and hopes governor jerry brown will sign it. and a couple other companies in california have smaller rate increases and blue cro
praise from some of the administration s critics. president obama introduced daley as someone who knows how to create jobs and grow the economy. banking communities. d daly has urged democrats to steer toward a more moderate course. the president is expected to make another appointment that businesses will like. treasury official gene sperling will likely be named chief economic adviser, a position he held in the clinton administration. back then he helped president clinton balance the budget and negotiate with republicans. mail rooms at all maryland state agencies are shut down today after suspicious packages were received at two office buildings. hundreds of people were evacuated. the packages released a puff of smoke when they were opened but they did not contain explosives. at least one package contained a note complaining about highway signs that promote the state s terror tip line. if you re flying to or from the northeast today better check with your airline. ano