Otherwise have had it. People who have preexisting conditions no longer are canceled or cant even get insurance, the doughnut hole is gone. Millions of people in lower income categories are now insured through medicare, millions and millions and millions. Cost containment is beginning to work. Its beginning to work. The increase in costs, that rate is going down and so is youre livid because its getting better. Thats why youre livid. And im not surprised at yurour your fervor. We will be glad to take it on. We will be glad to take it on. And i think you just need to understand what this experiment is all about. It was combining increased access to medicare, to medicaid, with an increased reliance on the private insurance sector. Thats really what this is all about. An experiment. And you talk about government control . More and more people are getting insurance through the private sector. And the states that are denying their citizens further coverage under medicaid are essentially tel
[ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. First, to our great madam secretary of state who is doing a fantastic job, lets give her a round of applause. [ applause ] his eminence, thank you for your leadership and guidance, cardinal oconnor. [ applause ] we have our attorney general doing great work with us, eric schneiderman, please stand. [ applause ] our new york state controller who is doing a great job, tom denapoli. [ applause ] we have mayor bill de blasio of new york city. The last time i was with the mayor, we were at new years eve. We did a new Years Eve Party in a subway station at the Second Avenue subway. Nobody had heard of it before. It went so well, that the mta now started a catering service. You can have a party at the Second Avenue subway. Theyre specializing in marriages. And they will calm the oncoming trains so the rumble starts right after the vows. Mayor bill de blasio, lets give him a
[ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. First, to our great madam secretary of state who is doing a fantastic job, lets give her a round of applause. [ applause ] his eminence, thank you for your leadership and guidance, cardinal oconnor. [ applause ] we have our attorney general doing great work with us, eric schneiderman, please stand. [ applause ] our new york state controller who is doing a great job, tom denapoli. [ applause ] we have mayor bill de blasio of new york city. The last time i was with the mayor, we were at new years eve. We did a new Years Eve Party in a subway station at the Second Avenue subway. Nobody had heard of it before. It went so well, that the mta now started a catering service. You can have a party at the Second Avenue subway. Theyre specializing in marriages. And they will calm the oncoming trains so the rumble starts right after the vows. Mayor bill de blasio, lets give him a
Seeing across the european continent. Our question this week here on quadriga, is this. Crisis in austria, who can stop europes drift to the right . To discuss that question, im joined here in the studio by three seasoned observers and analysts. Let me introduce them to you. Beginning with ewald konig, a freelance correspondent and austrian himself, who has been covering austrian politics for decades now. He says, it is not only the refugees. There are many other reasons for austrias and europes drift to the right. Also with us today is alan posener, a commentator with the berlin daily die welt. Alan says, nobody cares who governs a small country like austria, but germany has a responsibility for the whole of europe. We cant afford viennese coffeehouse politics, he says. And my third guest is ulrike guerot, of the european democracy lab, who believes that, a wildfire is sweeping across europe. Its taken in hungary, and now poland, and now austria, with france looking likely to be next.
Survivors and founders of the victims of the paris attacks last november meet with the judges who are carrying out investigations into the citys worst ever terrorist incident. But we began in greece, where the government has begun evacuating thousands of refugees campthe makeshift idomeni on its northern border with macedonia. Officials began blocking access to the area at dawn this tuesday and had sent in more than 400 riot police. Sprang up in february after more than 80,000 people were stranded there. It ignored appeals largely for organizing caps elsewhere around the country because they say it would move them further away from the border. Nathalie savaricas has more from athens. The situation of calm , the america in idomeni riot police are inside. They are more kind of asking the refugees to get on the buses that have arrived since the middle of the night yesterday to send them to more organized facilities throughout the country. Volunteers and journalists who have been living th