the united states causing more than 500,000 deaths per year. the centers for disease control and prevention notes three in four adults in the united states are overweight or obese. in other words more americans are sick than they are healthy. the cdc also reports more than 100 million americans have prediabetes or diabetes. that is almost half of the country s entire adult population. according to the american heart association about 122 million americans have cardiovascular disease, which causes about 2300 deaths every single day. there are economic effects, too. according to the institute the total cost of obesity in america is estimated at $1.72 trillion annually. joining me now the former secretary of agriculture and coauthor of the new york times op-ed, dan glickman. good to see you. i can t see you. i only see the picture. there you are. hi, ali. let s talk about this.
this is not health care reform. this is taking money from one group of people and giving health care free to another group of people. health care is outcomes. if you want to change medicaid, make sure a medicaid patient doesn t have to run to the emergency room when they get sick, they have a doctor to a medicaid person out there. if you smoke, you ought to pay a little bit more. i want to tie our outcomes to our own behavior. reward outcomes. medicaid and medicare by 2022 will consume all the money you send in taxes. we re expanding a program that is unsustainable. when you add up the unfunded liability of medicare and social security, promises made that we don t have the money for, you need $72 trillion in the next 40 years. if you want us to get out of debt, we need to deal with entitlements. president trump, i hope you re watching, put something like simpson bowls on the table. you can t take entitlements off the table and run this country.
want to change medicaid make sure they don t have to run to emergency room when sichlkt they have a doctor. if you smoke, you ought to pay a little bit more. i want to tie outcomes to own behavior, reward outcomes. medicaid and medicare by 2042 will consume all the money you send in taxes. we re expanding a program that s unsustainable. when you add up unfunded liability of medicare and social security, promises made that we don t have the money for, $72 trillion in next 40 years. if you want us out of debt we need to deal with entitlements. president trump, i hope you re watching, put something on the table. can t take entitlements off the table and run this country. 70% of the money we spend in washington is interest on the debt, medicare and social security. here s how you fix it, younger people have to work a little bit longer because we all live
planet may be 12 light years or 72 trillion miles away. stuff like that makes my head hurt. the new york daily news. nine sky divers went up for fun in wisconsin but the planes they were in collided mid flight. miraculously everybody survived. anne thompson has the exclusive video. reporter: the last jump of the day for nine sky divers and two pilots nearly became the last flight of their lives. two planes out of control saturday evening. one plane breaking up in fiery debris. what looks to be certain disaster was not. watch again from a different angle and you can see what happened. in this video licensed by nbc news you see the divers in the second plane get out on the step preparing to jump. that plane appears to fly right on top of the first plane. there is a fireball and now divers from both planes, instead of flying in a planned formation
issues plaguing health care.gov. planet may be 12 light-years or 72 trillion miles away. yesterday the website was down stuff like that makes my head approximately 90 minutes. today the wall street journal hurt. the new york daily news reports early buyers of over the weekend, nine skydivers insurance through obama care are went out for a little fun in trending older than expected wisconsin, but the two planes which could drive up costs for they were in collided midflight. everybody. they need young, healthy miraculously, everybody customers. last night president obama survived. nbc s anne thompson has the defended his health care law and the controversy around the exclusive video. number of cancelled policies reporter: the last jump of the day for nine skydivers and related to obama care. people are acting like this two pilots nearly became the last flight of their lives. is some new phenomenon. two planes and people out of every year there was churn in the individual market