Well, that didn't take long. Despite a full day of everyone talking about areas of agreement in a substantive and civil manner, it's still the disagreement that seemed to matter at the end of the day. The Republicans stepped in front of the microphones outside the White House and drifted back toward the talking points they started with, almost the exact same words at 6 pm that they started the summit with at 10 am. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell urged the president to scrap the whole bill and predicted not a single Republican would vote for the bill. We'll see what happens, but the ball, and the bill, may be back in the Democrats' court.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Attorney General Jerry Brown, who has an ongoing investigation into possibly illegal practices by some health insurers, on Thursday subpoenaed financial records and other documents from California's seven largest health insurance companies.

"We have been looking at these companies for a number of months and are very concerned that some of them are unjustly raising premiums and denying payment of legitimate claims," Brown said in a prepared statement. "Not only are the rate increases devastating to Californians strapped by the economy, but in some cases, they are possibly illegal."

"Our best attorneys are going to get to the bottom of this, and where we find violations of California's unfair business laws, we intend to stop them," Brown added.

Brown, a Democrat who is widely believed to be considering a run for governor, subpoenaed records from Aetna Health, Anthem Blue Cross, CIGNA, Health Net, Blue Shield of California, Kaiser Permanente and PacifiCare.

Thursday's subpoenas cover pay-for-service health plans, which are health plans that reimburse doctors and hospitals for services performed instead of a health maintenance organization approach. Brown revealed that his office served subpoenas to those same companies last month regarding their managed care plans, known as HMOs.

Brown said the insurance companies have 30 days to hand over their financial and other records.

Brown began an official inquiry in September into HMO practices of reviewing and paying insurance claims submitted by doctors, hospitals and other medical providers. The investigation was prompted by reports that California's five largest health insurance providers were denying insurance claims at rates of up to 39.6 percent.

Recently, Anthem Blue Cross announced to its members that it planned to hike premium rates by as much as 39 percent. Brown's investigation will probe whether the other health plans are planning similar rate hikes and will consider whether Anthem's steep rate increases for individual California consumers are fair under California law.