Getting Insurers On Board With Reform

" This very moment closed -- held negotiations. Going on with the White House. Senate majority leaders all office they want to get enough done so this thing can get to the Senate floor by the end of the week. Sure to be on the agenda what to do about those pesky health insurance company's top White House adviser David Axelrod seems shocked -- insurance are not on board at this eleventh hour. As he puts it my best guess what's at this place. If you didn't demonize and in the first place. Maybe -- more responsive. Doctor -- Detroit was that the human services deputy secretary under the Bush Administration so doctor you say it's next to impossible now to get the health insurance guys back on board --"

" Well I'm announcers -- and a tough spot I mean they've been. Very accommodating for a long time. Until last week or so of the bill and the they they feel like they've made a lot of couldn't have done a lot of cooperation. I'm at the same time they're being demonized by not just half -- Rogge the President Obama gave a speech this week about how dishonest they are. Nancy Pelosi back in July was going and villains and immoral on the if -- have that no offense but you guys do. Some things it. Make people feel that read on the night before the big stuff. Vote on health care right in in in bags boxes committee lo and behold. You come out with a study that -- premiums are going to go up and going to release that that study before what you did on the eve of the vote. And that many people just say it did but that's curious and well I don't know who you guys because I'm not them but. Nobody on segment of the economy is going to -- those who was this the data about those against it -- timing was weird that's. But that timing but it was not only weird but clunky and it is not thoughtful and they just sort of put it out there at a time that you knew it would. Do they would they thought it would do the most damage and in some ways that this article about it and help the baucus bill all right so you view it. I know Republicans and it's and then of former both sides of the thing. It's around the margin allowing recovered to pre existing didn't divisions and a -- portability of coverage from state to state moment I'm. That never went anywhere and at some Republicans are deemed in the -- of a lot of these polls as being the party of no -- as -- every thing. This got a decent damaged in that posture as -- Well obviously if that Republicans were the party of no there would be some damage and I think the Democrats are making it hard for the Republicans have anything to vote yes for. But the Republicans have a lot of good ideas that you're talking -- these things if it's on the margin but you know lot letting people purchase across state lines. I'm Jeff Anderson had this bill called simple bill that's going around. That would expand cobra for thirty months that would equalize the tax treatment for individuals. And who would really have the same impact in terms of increasing the number of people insured. But it would have a much smaller cost but baucus bill so I I think there are good Republican ideas out there. But that Decker talked to a number Republicans aren't there more of them authored solemnly. They're getting skittish about looking like they're close ups and that when push comes as southerners voted they'll -- They're going to look like obstruction and they don't want to look like that they'd -- well see your point. I because it's their that that is where you can do around march and then to do something like this. But they fear the political fallout if they don't even. But you're right there in a tough spot and when you don't not only don't have a majority. But when you have sixty votes against in the Senate and your forty votes down in the house and very tough to even get small changes Olympia Snowe. Decided to vote yes and she thinks that she can have some impact on the debate maybe she can prevent a public option for being part of it. But a lot of the main Republican sort of the with the leadership of the party Mitch McConnell Eric Cantor John Boehner. They really can't have much and it because they've been so invested in saying no to the Obama proposal which aren't problematic it would cost a lot of money so it puts them in a tough spot. Our doctor very Gibson thank you."