Those clinicians who were providing higher quality, better value care a big movement in general to give patients more knowledge and to let them be more active participants in their own health care. Medicare solved the initial problem. It was designed to solve. But there is so much more that we need to do to make sure that the program improves and of course most importantly, is around for our children and grandchildren. That will be a whole other discussion. What changes would you make . First i think we need to establish that something is happening. As producing much better results. Were not sure what that s there is per capita spending and medicare has essentially been flat or going up about the rate of the gdp. Its unprecedented in the history of medicare. Its always been said that actual was wrong. Were spending much less than predicted. And i think well probably wind up talking this morning about whether this is sustainable or not. But something good has been going on. I also have
Other sister agency. Its a meritorious move. You said is, quote, good people operating in a flawed system. Would you explain that . Sure. There is a misalignment between the incentives that a person giving advice has and the best interest of the consumer. So, for instance, again, getting back to the tofels, if you have four or five different products under the current suitability rule that are suitable and product the first product, the variable annuity generates 26,000 a year in fees and another product, which would have a comparable return has a fraction of those fees, you have per verse incentive to steer them to the product that generates the most fees. And again, that is totally permissible so im not casting aspersions on the person that does it. Im saying thats not right. And we can device a system and i underscore what i said in my testimony, theres a substantial number of people, including one of the witnesses who will come up on the next panel, that operate under a fiduciary m
For them. But that is an a direct attack. Host bill in lynchburg, virginia. Caller to me, people claim that the Second Amendment is the most important thing. The right to vote is the most important thing right that we have, and republicans are doing everything they can, all over the country, to try to make it harder and harder for people to vote. We have holidays for everything, but the day that we elect the president or a congressman or something, many people cannot get there to vote and they are trying to make it even harder. To me that is the most important thing that we have in our constitution, is that right to vote. They do so much. Bill, what do you think about early voting, as well as a day off . Voting, they have tried to present that in some states they are working some have early voting. They make it difficult to get absentee ballots, you have to give some special cases are outright lie to get one. Now in virginia where they are oath,g about the loyalty i have another commen
Or washington to come here and determine we would have to raise that kind of leverage, i went through all the floods. Could you explain that for me . Mayor nagin what are you running for . Excuse me . Mayor nagin what are you running for . Dogcatcher. No, im not running for anything, im just a working person. I just asked the question. Mayor nagin let me try to answer you never answer any question. Mayor nagin enough of the political ads. Im not political. Mayor nagin these are legitimate questions. Pine village is an area that really needs electricity. They are working to get you electricity, and their commitment is to have electricity there by january. Once you get electricity, the world will change out there. As it relates to you and limiting your home, that is a personal decision that the homeowner has to make. If you want to elevate your home, and do it. If not, then that is your own personal decision. All we can do is take the federal law on the books and try to get people as muc
Teens. The reason is this area of low pressure between us and iceland and a trailing weather front. Helping to drag in airfrom the mid atlantic. Helping to drag in airfrom the mid atla ntic. There will helping to drag in airfrom the mid atlantic. There will be a chunk of milderaircoming mid atlantic. There will be a chunk of milder air coming through the uk tomorrow. Whether you have sunshine oi tomorrow. Whether you have sunshine or include, itll be a different feeling kind of day. Northern ireland, rain on and off throughout and feeling cooler because of the breeze here, same too in western scotland. Heaviests bursts on the hills. Good parts of eastern scotla nd hills. Good parts of eastern scotland and england after the odd splash of earlier rain will stay dry. Most of england and eastern wales will have a dry day, varying amounts of sunshine and feeling pleasant. Temperatures into the low 20s or one or two, generally mid s to high teens, rain band spreading into west wales, devon a