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Physician Supports Health-Care Law

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    Physician Dr. Ari Silver-Isenstadt explains why he agrees with the health-care law.

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A can be reworked apotheker will issue put it back to rich and sit outside the supreme -- more on today's health care arguments rich.

How well Melissa were talking about before the Supreme Court today was a technical issue whether or not they're actually going to decide.

On this case we finally got some audio here they don't allow cameras in the courtroom but this is justice Sonia Sotomayor and her basic point.

Is that in this.

Questioning contacts.

That they can hear the case because they don't really mentioned the word tax.

Is a very specific part of this but that in the past congress has circumvented this issue or -- -- circumvent this issue.

Allowing them to hear cases like this -- take a listen.

I count at least four cases of the court's history.

Where the court has accepted the waiver by the solicitor -- and reached -- taxation.

I have at least three cases one of them just mention by justice Kagan weird exceptions to that -- located in.

And there -- handful of other justices who seem to join in that point of -- again not deciding anything today.

But as this hangs in the balance tomorrow we really get into the merits of the case and here.

Doctor silver Eizenstat down.

From -- Baltimore Maryland thanks so much for joining us you support the law.

Do you find that doctors are split on the one cents from a business standpoint.

You've.

You -- -- thirty million more customers as a whole but on the other end there are provider cuts in this room.

Is is the -- community split and why did you come out for this law.

No thanks for having and I think that the majority of physicians are actually for -- -- The -- actually increases.

Support for primary care providers especially if they practice in rural areas and doesn't cut their income.

-- while also has a lot of support for educational.

-- reimbursement to try to encourage new positions new nurse practitioners to go into primary care so that way they'll be plenty of providers for the new people that are covered.

In the medical industry there and posted taxes on medical device makers and others and on those making more than -- -- 2000 dollars -- in the law.

Whether it's paid for not -- something the congress isn't and Republicans and Democrats have been debating.

On it does cost something.

Is it too expensive.

Right now -- -- paying for.

We're already paying for the cost of everybody's health care and we're paying at the -- -- once people are really sick once they're in the intensive care unit this law helps shifts some of that.

Cost -- that money to prevent illness in the first place which -- tremendous moment.

Doctor thank you very much for joining us listen -- back to you are right protection thanks so much thanks that's when you are.

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