we have cutting health care costs while boosting the productivity and value. several people came to us about solving the cost equation. we spend about twice per person as other rich nations but with better results. we need open patient access for medical data. why? what you and i spend on health care each year is faster than the rise of inflation. the nation spent 2.5 trillion on health care in 2010. that s trillion with a t. nearly a third of that is wasted on unnecessary tests and medications. another 56 billion is spent on medical liability, mostly defensive medicine, as doctors run up the tab to cover their you-know-what. no wonder we ranked third in cost but number 27 in quality of care. and remember, 56 million americans are still uninsured, and every dollar of health care waste is someone s dollar of income. they won t give it up without a fight. a task force organizer. welcome, bob. it s great to see you. great to see you, matt. it s great that they re weighing in
why? what you and i spend on health care each year is faster than the rise of inflation. the nation spent 2.5 trillion on health care in 2010. that s trillion with a t. nearly a third of that is wasted on unnecessary tests and medications. another 56 billion is spent on medical liability, mostly defensive medicine, as doctors run up the tab to cover their you-know-what. no wonder we ranked third in cost but number 27 in quality of care. and remember, 56 million americans are still uninsured, and every dollar of health care waste is someone s dollar of income. they won t give it up without a fight. a task force organizer. welcome, bob. it s great to see you. great to see you, matt. it s great that they re weighing in with this new report. give us the headlines. what s new here in terms of what people need to know about how we can get a handle on these surging health costs? we have a lot of recommendations and people can go to our web site and they ll see the recommendati
with caribou barbie. this is the story that has me fired up tonight. president obama kept his eye on the ball and focused on the bushing crisis in this country. folks, i m not talking about burning the koran. i m talking about jobs. the president made it very clear that he knows americans are angry on a lot of issues and on edge. moms who are sending out resumes and not getting calls back, worried about losing homes, not being able to pay bills, you know, they re not feeling good right now. and i understand that, and i ran precisely because i did not think middle class families in this country were getting a fair shake. for all the progress we ve made, we re not there yet. that means the people are frustrated. and that means people are angry. it s understandable that people are saying, you know, what have you done? president obama called on congress to pass the small business bill. the anti-american obstructionists in the republican party have been blocking for months.
talk. he ll bring the straight talk here in the bottom of the hour. and glenn beck and sarah palin are restoring dishonor in my opinion to psychoduo are taking their circus to alaska. palin said there s no better way to commemorate 9/11 anniversary than to be paid for it? it s disgusting. that s coming up. this is the story obviously that has me fired up tonight. it s all about this crazy pastor in florida. pastor terry jones just announced he will cancel his koran burning event. pastor jones said he made the decision because the imam associated with the controversial plan to build the islamic center here in new york near ground zero will move the mosque. the american people do not want the mosque there. and, of course, muslims do not want us to burn the koran. the imam has agreed to move the mosque. we have agreed to cancel our event on saturday. and on saturday, i will be flying up there to meet with him. all right, all right. time-out. folks, you can t believe a wo
talk. he ll bring the straight talk here in the bottom of the hour. and glenn beck and sarah palin are restoring dishonor in my opinion to psychoduo are taking their circus to alaska. palin said there s no better way to commemorate 9/11 anniversary than to be paid for it? it s disgusting. that s coming up. this is the story obviously that has me fired up tonight. it s all about this crazy pastor in florida. pastor terri jones just announced he will cancel his koran burning event. he says he made the decision because the imam associated with the controversial plan to build the islamic center here in new york near ground zero will move the mosque. the american people do not want the mosque there. and, of course, muslims do not want us to burn the koran. the imam has agreed to move the mosque. we have agreed to cancel our event on saturday. and on saturday, i will be flying up there to meet with him. all right, all right. time-out. folks, you can t believe a word this gu