Ifill plus, from hippie to corporate c. E. O. The head of Aetna Insurance on the payoff for a nontraditional approach to leadership, reducing the bottom line. I came to work one day, and i said, you know what . I think we should do meditation and yoga at work. And everyone went, uhhh you know . The eye roll, right . And its because the c. E. O. Does yoga and meditation, weve all got to do yoga and meditation. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of th
The head of Aetna Insurance on the payoff for a nontraditional approach to leadership, reducing the bottom line. I came to work one day, and i said, you know what . I think we should do meditation and yoga at work. And everyone went, uhhh you know . The eye roll, right . And its because the c. E. O. Does yoga and meditation, weve all got to do yoga and meditation. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made po
The presiding officer anyone wishing to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the yeas are 94, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. The majority leader. The next vote is to occur on the peterson nomination. Mr. Reid yield back that time. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The time is yielded back and the question is on the motion. Nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 70, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior it a vote on th the rosenstengel nomination. Without objection, all time is yielded back. Is there a sufficient second to the yeas and nays . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer is there any senator wishing to vote or change his or her v
Stephen kicked off the debate in a recent and widely read article for Time Magazine where he delved into the absurd hospital charge master, revealing a hospital pricing model as absurd, they charge the highest prices to the people who are least likely to pay them, the uninsured. He pointed out his point of view that the only force disciplining it is medicare, which still guarantees wide access and quality medical care for beneficiaries. We could bring more to the system and save patients a lot of heartache and expense. In rebuttal, he says our system is so dysfunctional because medicare distorts pricing in ways that produce perverse outcomes for payers. Allow me to introduce both of our speakers before we begin. Stephen designed a company to create a viable Business Model for journalism to flourish on line. He is a feature writer for magazines and trains journalist and founded brills content magazine. He is a graduate of yale and yale law school. The chief executive officer of the game
Next, the 25 minute debate on the senate floor. It is now time for us to vote up or down on the nomination for many reasons. The nomination has been before us now inadequate time to get the information which our colleagues have asked for. There is also the looming fact of sequestration. We need to have a secretary of defense who is not only in office, but whose leadership is not in limbo, but is there. Our troops need it. Their families needed. Our country needs it. We have 66,000 military arsenal in harms way in afghanistan. The president of afghanistan has directed the United States to remove its special Operations Forces from a key afghan province. Our military bases key decisions about the pace of the drawdown between now and the end of 2014. The size and composition of a residual force in terms of conditions for the ongoing presence in afghanistan of the United States Coalition Partners after 2014. At the same time, we face new and growing threats elsewhere, including the ongoing